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<p>In times of strong economic growth, one of the elements of a company's competitiveness is innovation. It determines a company's development and its success. Appropriate innovation management within a company is determined by specific activities in the areas of research, planning, implementation, diffusion and control. Innovation can relate to products, processes, organization and marketing. In the area of occupational health and safety, there are many innovations that improve the quality and productivity of work and have an impact on occupational health and safety. This paper presents the results of a study conducted using a survey of companies that use modern forms in the area of training to improve safety in their companies. The survey was conducted at the end of 2022 in 25 SME companies in the Silesian Voivodeship. The results of the survey were compared with trends in Poland and worldwide, based on publicly available reports and communications. The aim of the article is to highlight the level of training related to occupational health and safety and the demand for innovative forms of such training. Health and safety training is the cornerstone of creating safe work awareness in employees. Surveys of Polish companies indicate major problems in this area. According to Polish employees, training is boring, overloaded with theory and rarely deals with the practical side of work. This paper identifies modern forms of health and safety training and assesses the impact on safe employee behavior in the workplace. The results confirmed that there is a great need for modern training methods to improve the level of occupational safety in enterprises.</p>
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In times of strong economic growth, one of the elements of a company's competitiveness is innovation. It determines a company's development and its success. Appropriate innovation management within a company is determined by specific activities in the areas of research, planning, implementation, diffusion and control. Innovation can relate to products, processes, organization and marketing. In the area of occupational health and safety, there are many innovations that improve the quality and productivity of work and have an impact on occupational health and safety. This paper presents the results of a study conducted using a survey of companies that use modern forms in the area of training to improve safety in their companies. The survey was conducted at the end of 2022 in 25 SME companies in the Silesian Voivodeship. The results of the survey were compared with trends in Poland and worldwide, based on publicly available reports and communications. The aim of the article is to highlight the level of training related to occupational health and safety and the demand for innovative forms of such training. Health and safety training is the cornerstone of creating safe work awareness in employees. Surveys of Polish companies indicate major problems in this area. According to Polish employees, training is boring, overloaded with theory and rarely deals with the practical side of work. This paper identifies modern forms of health and safety training and assesses the impact on safe employee behavior in the workplace. The results confirmed that there is a great need for modern training methods to improve the level of occupational safety in enterprises.

Modern Forms of Occupational Health and Safety Training as a Factor Influencing the Development of Safe and Health-Promoting Behavior Among Employees

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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In times of strong economic growth, one of the elements of a company's competitiveness is innovation. It determines a company's development and its success....

Modern Forms of Occupational Health and Safety Training as a Factor Influencing the Development of Safe and Health-Promoting Behavior Among Employees

Data publikacji: 29 gru 2023

Zakres stron: 370 - 377

Otrzymano: 14 lis 2023

Przyjęty: 06 gru 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2023-0040

Słowa kluczowe
innovations, training, occupational health and safety

© 2023 Marta Niciejewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Modern Forms of Occupational Health and Safety Training as a Factor Influencing the Development of Safe and Health-Promoting Behavior Among Employees

Data publikacji: 29 gru 2023

Zakres stron: 370 - 377

Otrzymano: 14 lis 2023

Przyjęty: 06 gru 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2023-0040

Słowa kluczoweinnovations, training, occupational health and safety

© 2023 Marta Niciejewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
innovations, training, occupational health and safety