
DEVELOPING SOFTWARE TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES
MANAGE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Sally Shalloe, Glyn Lawson, Mirabelle D’Cruz & Richard Eastgate
Human Factors Research Group, University of Nottingham, UK
European SMEs experience higher accident rates than their larger
organisations which directly affects profit and competitiveness.
Research has shown that SMEs may not see the benefits of imple-
menting OSH management systems and often adopt a reactive
rather than proactive approach when accidents occur. This paper
describes the user centred development approach being adopted by
the EU funded IMOSHION project to develop an OSH knowledge
and learning