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  • Small Business Management
  • Intervention Science

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  • Small businesses (SB) present unique challenges for occupational health and safety (OHS) authorities.
  • SB contribute disproportionately to work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
  • Early OHS support for SB can reduce injury burden.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the nature of early occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions for small businesses (SB).

Main Methods:

  • Environmental scan of OHS interventions for early implementation in SB.
  • Synthesis of findings from peer-reviewed, non-peer-reviewed literature, and websites.
  • Qualitative thematic analysis of interviews with 11 key informants experienced in SB OHS.

Main Results:

  • Identified 24 OHS interventions applicable early in SB lifecycle from 20 documents.
  • Prevalent interventions included education, enablement (consulting, tools), training, and persuasion (assessment, feedback, planning).
  • Interview informants emphasized the importance of early engagement with SB.

Conclusions:

  • Few published OHS interventions specifically target the early life cycle of SB.
  • Identified 24 interventions, primarily focused on education, enablement, training, and persuasion, can be applied early.
  • Further development of early-stage OHS interventions for SB is warranted.