Workers’ Active Involvement In theImprovement of Occupational Safety andHealth in a Textile Enterprise—A Case Study

Abstract

Part of the Polish-Swedish OSHMAN project was carried out in a textile company. It aimed at implementingand improving effective health and safety management with workers’ active involvement at all levels ofthe enterprise. The two main problems to be solved during the project were decreasing occupational riskand improving workers ‘ poor knowledge on occupational risk. Training courses, workshops and practicalactivities were undertaken. As expected, there were changes in work organisation and improvement in the wayworkstations were looked after, which led to a decrease in occupational risk. Workers were highly committedduring the project. Nevertheless it seems that more training should be directed at middle management.

• safety management
• worker’s involvement
• occupational risk