Factsheets 60 - Expert forecast on emerging physical risks related to occupational safety and health
Working environments are continuously changing under the influence of new technologies and of shifting economic, social and demographic conditions. In this context, the Community strategy 2002–06 called on the agency to ‘set up a risk observatory’ and ‘anticipate new and emerging risks’. The risk observatory aims to identify and anticipate occupational safety and health (OSH) trends in Europe so as to better target resources and enable more timely and effective interventions. ‘Adapting to change in work and society: a new Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002–06’, COM(2002) 118 final.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
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29.10.2006
Around 6% of workers are involved in maintenance activities on a daily basis. Because they carry out a wide range of different activities, they are exposed to many and varied hazards at work. There are physical hazards (e.g., noise, vibration, excessive heat and cold, radiation, high physical workload), chemical hazards (work with asbestos, welding, exposure to dangerous substances when working in confined spaces), biological hazards (legionella), and psychosocial hazards (poor work organisation). Maintenance workers are also at risk of all types of accidents. Figures from EUROSTAT indicate that around 10-15% of all fatal accidents are related to maintenance operations.
The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) asks managers and workers' health and safety representatives about how health and safety risks are managed at their workplace, with a particular focus on the newer ‘psychosocial risks’, such as work-related stress, violence and harassment. This report presents an overview of the results from a first analysis of the data, which is drawn from 36,000 interviews carried out in 31 countries.
The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) asks managers and workers' health and safety representatives about how health and safety risks are managed at their workplace, with a particular focus on the newer ‘psychosocial risks’, such as work-related stress, violence and harassment. This summary highlights a selection of the main results from a first analysis of the data, which is drawn from 36,000 interviews carried out in 31 countries.
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