Worker representation on health and safety in small enterprises: Lessons from a Swedish approach

This article reports on a rare example of an effective preventive strategy for health and safety in the small enterprise sector: Sweden's system of re gional safety representatives and its underlying approach to participation. The means available in large enterprises for effective representation are generally lacking in small enterprises, and this report on a recent evaluat ion shows how the Swedish system has found ways of overcoming the problem. The authors conclude with lessons this scheme holds for other countries, in cluding the relevance of regional safety representation to trade union rege neration.