occupational safety News
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Health and safety at work: Commission opens public consultation on future EU policy framework
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather insights and contributions from the public further to results of the evaluation of the European Strategy on Safety and Health at Work 2007-2012. This should help identify current and future challenges in the occupational safety and health area, and identify solutions to address these challenges. All citizens and organisations ...
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The economic impacts of good and poor OSH management under scrutiny by EU-OSHA
Good-quality data is needed to understand the costs of work-related illnesses and deaths, and the real benefits of good occupational safety and health management. EU-OSHA tackles this challenge with its two-stage overview project ‘Costs and benefits of occupational safety and health’, which aims to develop an economic costing model to establish reliable estimates of the costs. The ...
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Labour market challenges for occupational safety and health
Globalisation and a fast-developing social context have important consequences for the labour market and by extension to health and safety at work. The ageing workforce, increasing participation rates for women and greater movement of workers to and within Europe all demand more effective prevention measures.Produced in cooperation with PEROSH, , the working paper ‘Health, demographic ...
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New guide to managing mobile workers’ safety, health and security
Managing the safety, health and security of mobile workers: an occupational safety and health practitioner's guide outlines the aspects of safety, health and security for which organisations should take responsibility when they have workers travelling for work, or on international assignments. The publication, developed jointly by the International SOS Foundation and the Institution of ...
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Watch live the Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards ceremony
Watch live the Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards ceremony, to be held at the Latvian Presidency Conference on Occupational Safety and Health in Riga. To view video click ...
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Priorities for occupational safety and health research in Europe for the years 2013–2020
EU-OSHA’s report “Priorities for occupational safety and health research in Europe: 2013-2020” outlines the priorities for occupational safety and health (OSH) research for the coming years. The demographic change, safe new technologies or the globalisation and the changing world of work are some of the key theme areas included. Released in 2012, the report also emphasises the ...
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EU-OSHA with Euronews: The Economics of Health & Safety
Workplace accidents and occupational illness can impact not only the economic performance of businesses but also a country’s economy. ‘The countries in Europe, many of them have their own methodology to calculate the costs. Their calculation is that poor occupational safety and health leads to a loss of 90 billion euros and that means more or less 3.2% of GDP,” says Christa ...
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EU-OSHA with Euronews: The Economics of Health & Safety
Workplace accidents and occupational illness can impact not only the economic performance of businesses but also a country’s economy. ‘The countries in Europe, many of them have their own methodology to calculate the costs. Their calculation is that poor occupational safety and health leads to a loss of 90 billion euros and that means more or less 3.2% of GDP,” says Christa ...
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Successful EU-OSHA benchmarking event at Siemens in Berlin
Around 50 experts met for fruitful discussions on best-practices in occupational safety and health at the latest EU-OSHA Benchmarking event. This time, Siemens invited the official partners of the Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress Campaign for two days to Berlin. Highlights were the two site tours at Siemens plants as well as the various workshops on occupational safety and health related ...
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Stay connected: explore our social networks
EU-OSHA maintains an active presence in social media using them as a knowledge sharing hub on occupational safety and health. Social media channels add value to our efforts to make EU workplaces safer, healthier and more productive by helping us engage with a wider audience and convey straightforward messages. We are present in the following social networking platforms: Twitter , Facebook , ...
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New mentoring system to help OSH professionals give and receive support
IOSH has launched a new platform to put occupational safety and health professionals in touch with one another for the purpose of sharing expertise, knowledge and development opportunities. IOSH Mentoring has been designed to create a collaborative community that can help members in their careers and enhance both their technical OSH knowledge and business skills. The platform has been developed ...
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EU-OSHA contributes to the 2015 International Congress on Occupational Health
The 31st edition of the International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH) is held from 31st May to 5th June at the COEX Convention Center of Seoul, Republic of Korea. The Congress is focused this year on the main theme “Global Harmony for Occupational Health: Bridge the World” with the aim of enhancing global levels of occupational safety and health by narrowing the gap between ...
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Safety Management Trends of 2013
Challenges and opportunities shaped the occupational safety management landscape in 2013. Results of an earlier survey showed that safety professionals were cautiously optimistic as they braced themselves for another year of heavier workloads, international duties, and more pressing safety concerns. Let’s take a look at the safety management trends that defined the previous year… ...
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Special NAOSH edition of EHS This Week
In honour of North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH), held from May 6 to 12 this year, EHS This Week is pleased to present this special edition of our EHS podcast. Kristy and I sat down earlier today to reflect on what NAOSH week is all about, how it was formed, the key themes for this year's week, and some of the events that are being held across the continent. So check it ...
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DG GROW, EASME and EU-OSHA reinforce their cooperation
On 27th November 2015, Kristin Schreiber, Director at DG GROW, Christa Sedlatschek, Director of EU-OSHA and Marco Malacarne, Head of Department in EASME, renewed their Declaration of Intention for Cooperation. In line with past successful collaborations since 2009, they declared their intention to continue cooperating closely in the task of disseminating essential information on ...
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EU-OSHA: who we are and what we do
Discover who we are, what we do and how we are organised, and find out more about our vision and mission. Read about our main activities as the EU information agency for occupational safety and health, find out more about our governance and discover how our national focal points help us to achieve our goals. Visit the section About EU-OSHA ...
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New challenges in modern society for the world of work and OSH
New forms of work, risk factors and types of risk are emerging due to changes in society, technologies and work organisation. Based EU-OSHA’s report on priorities for occupational safety and health research 2013-2020, a new publication on the topic is now available. This position paper, produced in cooperation with PEROSH ‘Challenge of Europe in a changing world — inclusive, ...
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OSHA now using drones to inspect employer facilities
Although many employers may not be aware of it, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is now using drones to conduct safety inspections of employer facilities—but only if the employer consents. Read the entire story ...
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First results from ENETOSH’s Joint Workshop on Mainstreaming OSH into Education
On the occasion of its 10th Anniversary, the European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH) held the Joint Workshop on Mainstreaming OSH into Education: Sharing Knowledge for Global Prevention, on 15 – 16 October in Bilbao. The workshop was organised by ENETOSH, EU-OSHA, ILO, ISSA and NIOSH, and included the participation of 45 experts from four ...
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Germany Begins Consultation on Announcement Concerning Manufactured Nanomaterials
The Committee on Hazardous Substances (AGS) of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) began a public consultation on its update to several technical rules. AGS seeks comment on Bekanntmachung zu Gefahrstoffen (BekGS) 527, “Hergestellte Nanomaterialien.” Although BAuA has published an English translation of Announcement 527, “Manufactured ...
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