"Large enterprises usually have the resources to set up separate departments responsible for compiling and interpreting the relevant national, European and international standards. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other hand, frequently lack an inexpensive and easily accessible source for information on standards. This KAN Study was designed to determine what information small and medium-sized enterprises have or need about standards relevant to occupational health and safety as well as the importance attributed to such standardization by small and medium-sized enterprises.
In the first part of the study, a questionnaire was developed for the purpose of analysing how much SMEs know about standards relating to occupational health and safety. In the second part of the study, a written survey was conducted with 138 selected companies, which manufacture products and where standards relating to occupational health and safety are of considerable significance. The majority of the companies surveyed were active in the fields of electrical engineering/metal-working and mechanical engineering. ..."

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