This article's goal is to assess the degree of workplace safety and health promotion in micro, small, and medium-sized businesses, an issue that is now in the news due to the coronavirus epidemic. SMEs in the Czech Republic are frequently run by families. The study's objective to learn how Czech family manufacturing businesses approach OSH promotion was carried out on a sample of respondents. Data was analysed utilising statistical techniques and empirical research approaches. The OSH principles or procedures and the size of the firm were compared using the Chi square test to find the specifics in manufacturing companies. Regarding their KPIs in the area of OSH, the surveyed firms were examined. To Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to analyse changes in the KPIs' significance before and after the COVID-19 epidemic. To determine if the importance of each KPI is connected to the size of the organisation, all of the KPIs were put to the test using an ANOVA study. The most significant conclusion is that, despite the fact that the surveyed firms' application of OSH promotion concepts is not good, they nonetheless succeed in doing so. The research can assist establish initiatives to promote OSH promotion and also offer suggestions on how to evaluate the degree of OSH promotion in such SMEs. The report can be useful for professionals working in different manufacturing SMEs and OSH promotion.
KeywordsOccupational safety and health; Promotion; Family manufacturing enterprise; Level; Research
Published Date: 2022-12-30; Received Date: 2022-12-01
