KemiGuiden - the Chemical Guide: an e-tool supporting chemical risk management in micro and small enterprises

Introduction

Chemical risks are among the most difficult risks to manage, especially for micro and small enterprises, MSE. In a pilot study[1] managers and safety representatives in enterprises of different sizes were interviewed. Small enterprises had two main questions they wanted to get support for: What regulations apply to us? and especially What do we need to do to comply with the regulations? Large enterprises often had more subtle questions and unlike MSE often had experts working with safety and health.

Starting from this pilot study, the e-tool KemiGuiden was developed and launched in 2003. KemiGuiden was developed especially to be adapted to MSE and to…