Författare: Europeiska arbetsmiljöbyrån

28/02/2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and workplace safety and health EU-OSHA’s sister agency, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), is closely monitoring the spread of the corona virus and is regularly posting updates and resources on its website. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), as well as the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOSH) have also published practical information for…

28/02/2020 Forthcoming course on work disability prevention © EU-OSHA/Emmanuel Biard An occupational safety and health course organised by the Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) will focus on theoretical, methodological, ethical and practical challenges in relation to work disability prevention. The…

26/02/2020 Global movement raises awareness around suicide prevention source: https://www.darknessintolight.ie/ Over 200 000 people in 16 countries took part in the Darkness Into Light movement in 2019, turning it into a global awareness campaign for ending suicide. Each year, the walk provides an opportunity for people to connect with their local community…

26/02/2020 Global biltillverkare drar fördel av det användbara OiRA-verktyget för bedömning av risker på arbetsplatsen © EU-OSHA / Filip De Smet Vår nya fallstudie visar hur en multinationell biltillverkare har anpassat EU-Oshas fritt tillgängliga plattform för interaktiv riskbedömning online – OiRA – till sina behov. Resultatet? En högspecialiserad och kostnadseffektiv lösning för arbetsmiljöbedömning på företagsnivå. Detta tillvägagångssätt gör att arbetstagarna kan vara delaktiga och verktyget tillämpas globalt. Det kan överföras…

24/02/2020 Conference on digitalisation looks at safety and health in the new world of work Free-Photos via pixabay.com  How do new technologies or new forms of employment affect the safety and health of workers? EU-OSHA’s Executive Director Dr Christa Sedlatschek brings this topic of global importance at the Stay healthy in the new world of work conference on 26…

21/02/2020 #EU4FairWork: The first European campaign for declared work ©European Platform tackling undeclared work  Undeclared work puts employees at a multitude of risks. It hampers fair competition and undermines public finances, social protection and wider social cohesion. Now, the first European campaign, EU4FairWork, will be launched by the European…

20/02/2020 Good Practice Award for safe handling of asbestos in Germany Source: Federal Association of Glazier Trades The German Federal Association of Glazier Trade won a Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Award for developing safe and economical techniques for handling material containing asbestos.

19/02/2020 ‘WorkingAge’: enhancing safety and health working conditions for ageing people Image by Mustafa Düzenli from Pixabay By understanding the causes for long-term stress and workload of employees and its impact on sickness and rest periods, WorkingAge (WA) project aims to create a set of rules that enable adaptation of the changing status of the workers aged >50 to…

18/02/2020 Wind Harmony: seeking your views on the health and safety issues of the wind energy sector in the EU  © EU-OSHA /David Tijero Osorio The Wind Harmony project has just launched an online survey to seek your views on the key health and safety issues currently facing the European wind industry, and potential solutions to those issues. The project seeks to understand where…

17/02/2020 Voluntary Agreement and workplace safety by Formacare members: First results now published taniadimas via pixabay.com Formacare , the formaldehyde sector group of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), has published the first results of its Voluntary Agreement to protect workers’ health from formaldehyde exposure. The results show that 99.7% of workers are…