EU launches new global safety and health portal

Our new website is the first global portal to occupational safety and health information for people involved in risk prevention at work. It has been designed to offer the best possible support to a growing number of workplaces that are concerned about safety and health and need practical information to address their risks,” explains Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, the Agency’s Director. “A world of safety and health knowledge is now available right at your fingertips. I hope that our new information system will lead to improved workplace health and safety and help reduce the large human and economic toll paid due to accidents and ill-health at work.”

The new website can be found at http://osha.europa.eu, offering you the following services:

• You may search for information by risk types, sectors or groups
• When looking for more specialised terminology the on-line thesaurus in 20 languages will come in handy as it groups terms by subject and lists all the records containing the selected keyword
• You can customise the site to your own requirements in terms of OSH-topics, languages and countries
• Our good practice section will provide you with cases that you may readily implement in your organisation
• You can easily navigate the national sites maintained by the Agency's representations across Europe or any of its international partners sites
• Download any of the Agency's publications from popular factsheets to specialised magazines from our on-line library.
• You can learn more about noise prevention by having a look at our new noise at work web feature that we have developed to support this year’s European Week campaign

More information at http://osha.europa.eu .

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Press enquiries:

Marek Kosarczyn, Press Officer, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, email: kosarczyn@osha.europa.eu, tel: +34 94 479 43 86.

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Gran Via 33, E-48009 Bilbao, Spain, email: information@osha.europa.eu, fax: +34 94 479 4383.

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work was set up by the European Union to help meet the information needs in the field of occupational safety and health. Based in Bilbao, Spain, the Agency aims to improve the lives of people at work by stimulating the flow of technical, scientific and economic information between all those involved in occupational safety and health issues.

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