Arbeitnehmer in der Landwirtschaft erleiden 1,7-mal so häufig nicht tödliche Unfälle und dreimal so häufig tödliche Unfällen wie der Durchschnitt, was die besondere Gefährlichkeit dieser Branche zeigt. Neben den für landwirtschaftliche Betriebe üblichen Gefahren und Risiken bergen Instandhaltungsarbeiten darüber hinaus noch besondere Gefahren. Die Tatsache, dass in der Landwirtschaft zumeist Selbständige anzutreffen sind und die landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe häufig von Familienmitgliedern geführt werden, stellt eine zusätzliche Herausforderung für Sicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz bei der Arbeit dar. Dieses Factsheet bietet knappe und präzise Informationen darüber, wie Instandhaltungsarbeiten sicher ausgeführt werden können.
This Magazine is part of the resources produced to support the European Campaign on Safe Maintenance. The articles in the Magazine demonstrate the wide range of maintenance related issues that have an impact on maintenance safety and more generally on safety and health at work. These include, among others, maintenance organisation, maintenance planning, risk assessment, human behaviour, chemical safety, design, subcontracting maintenance, communication and training, and inspection of personal protective equipment.
Agricultural workers suffer 1.7 times the average rate of non-fatal occupational accidents and 3 times the rate of fatal accidents, making the sector particularly hazardous. This guide describes the main hazards and risks associated with maintenance activities in agriculture and the most common causes of accidents and ill health. The guide also provides advice on risk management, examples of good practice in accident prevention and policies and campaigns at national level. Finally, it includes examples of checklists for safe maintenance in agriculture.
In 2009 and 2010, the Agency commissioned an update to its previous research on gender issues at work , which found that inequality both inside and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work. This summary provides a policy perspective and is meant to contribute to the task outlined by the European strategy on health and safety at work for EU-OSHA’s European Risk Observatory, “examining the specific challenges in terms of health and safety posed by the more extensive integration of women in the labour market”. It provides a statistical overview of the trends in employment and working conditions, hazard exposure and work-related accidents and health problems for women at work. It explores selected issues (combined exposures, occupational cancer, access to rehabilitation, women and informal work, and “emerging” female professions such as home care and domestic work). The research highlights the type of work carried out by women, issues faced by younger and older women, the growth of the service sector, violence and harassment, and increasingly diversified working time patterns as major risk factors.