Report - A Safe Start for Young Workers in Practice
This publication contains real examples of how enterprises and organisations from across the European Union have taken actions to prevent risks to young workers and to educate students about health and safety at work. The cases should inspire owners, managers, workers and those involved in education about what could be achieved in their workplaces or educational institutions.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
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28.03.2007
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Chapters in this Publication
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: "A Salvo!" Campaign - raising awareness in primary education about preventing school risks
A campaign to make children between 6 and 12 years of age aware of the importance of safety and of acting in a safe and healthy manner in any area of everyday life. European Good Practice Awards 2006 example. Spain Read more...Chapter 2: 'Future competence' skills improve apprentice safety
Promoting risk awareness while also supporting young employees in their personal development. ‘Future Competence’ is acquired through the interplay between safety, health, social and technical skills. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Austria. Read more...Chapter 3: 3D interactive simulator - safety training in process plants
Developing a simulator for safety training in complex systems. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Austria. Read more...Chapter 4: Apprentices teach apprentices
Apprentices use their own experiences to pass practical health and safety lessons on to their newer colleagues. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Germany. Read more...Chapter 5: Media 'Youth Programme' for building trade professions
Educational media material to prevent accidents, particularly for use with apprentices in the building trade by external industry training centres. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Germany. Read more...Chapter 6: The Value of Milk - from food safety to occupational safety
Risk awareness promotion via collaboration with schools / universities; dissemination of good practice examples based on risk evaluation; an action programme involving a holistic approach to the employment of young workers. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Italy. Read more...Chapter 7: E-learning for medical school students
OSH training for medical school students attending the teaching hospital to learn safe work practices through e-learning. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Chez Republic. Read more...Chapter 8: Pizza delivery by motorcycle
Minimising motorcycle-related accidents and other incidents during pizza delivery. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Cyprus. Read more...Chapter 9: Ensuring occupational safety during vocational training and on-the-job learning
OSH as an inherent part in vocational training: instruction on risk prevention; training in a safe environment. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Finland Read more...Chapter 10: Passport to health and safety skills - resources and competition
Promoting safety and health in general vocational education through resources and integrating it into skills competitions. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Finland Read more...Chapter 11: FAOS - Building accident awareness for a life-time - a schools partnership project
Combining health and safety education in schools with improved safety and accident prevention in schools through a partnership involving education, health and safety, and companies. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Greece. Read more...Chapter 12: Demolition safety
Systematic training and support for young workers on safety and health standards in demolition work, integrated into the overall company policy on risk prevention and health and safety promotion. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Greece. Read more...Chapter 13: 'Got a good idea?' - college students solve physical workload problems
Active involvement of college students in finding innovative solutions to prevent workplace hazards in the agriculture and horticulture sectors through assessment of their own workplaces and a competition. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Netherlands Read more...Chapter 14: 'KANSarme jongeren' - promoting safe and healthy computing at school and home
To increase the knowledge of students and safe and responsible computer use in a comprehensive secondary school. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Netherlands Read more...Chapter 15: 'Facket i sommarland' - telephone helpline for summer jobs advice
Integrating health and safety into trade union summer outreach and advice activities for young people. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Sweden Read more...Chapter 16: Preparing new pharmaceutical workers - in-house and with education establishments
Training and mentoring for new employees; partnerships with schools, universities and relevant ministries to improve the knowledge and practical skills of schoolchildren, students and young workers. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Latvia Read more...Chapter 17: How easy can it be? - interactive educational software about risks in retail
Interactive electronic training resources about working environment issues addressed to young people working in the retail sector and their employers. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Denmark Read more...Chapter 18: Safe practice in the meat industry
Activities especially aimed at preventing knife-related injuries and musculoskeletal disorders among young and new employees targeted: the individual level, group training and recommendations for the whole organization. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Denmark Read more...Chapter 19: 'WiseUp2Work' online resources for young people
Online resources for young people as part of the "Safeguarding the next generation” campaign incorporating the IOSH Workplace Hazards Awareness Course. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. UK Read more...Chapter 20: Learning through theatre
Dramatised training resource for under-16 year-old work experience students. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. UK Read more...Chapter 21: A Safe Start for young workers in the metallurgy sector
Cooperation between a regional insurance body, vocational training providers and a metallurgical industry organisation to promote health and safety training in vocational courses and implement solutions in individual workplaces. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. France Read more...Chapter 22: Putting young people’s safety and health at work into a global educative policy
Promoting a prevention culture by integrating health and safety at work as a subject to be taught through partnerships between teachers, employers, work placement providers and young people. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. France Read more...Chapter 23: A safe start in motor vehicle manufacturing
Induction and training processes for young and new workers, integrated into the overall health and safety approach of the company: supervision; training programmes that incorporate health and safety. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Portugal Read more...Chapter 24: A safe start in the pharmaceutical sector
Safety strategy and induction to provide a safe start for new young workers and trainees, including activities on risk awareness and health promotion carried out with the local community. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Poland Read more...Chapter 25: Safety of young temporary workers in the steel industry
Cooperation on young worker safety between a temporary worker employment agency, a steel manufacturer and an insurance company. Example from the European Good Practice Awards 2006. Belgium Read more...Annex
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.
The report presents the prevalence of violence and harassment at work based on international and national statistics, as well as the results of scientific studies on antecedents and consequences of work-related violence. A survey of the Agency's Focal Point network suggest that there is still an insufficient level of awareness and recognition of problems with third-party violence and harassment in many EU Member States, and there is a clear need to promote and disseminate good practice and prevention measures which are sensitive to the national context. Some measures proposed by EU, ILO, WHO and national experts are included in the report.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remain the most common occupational disease in the European Union and workers in all sectors and occupations can be affected. Recent figures, for example from Austria, Germany or France, also demonstrate an increasing impact of musculoskeletal disorders on costs. This latest report, following on from the Agency’s previous research, aims to give an updated overview of the current European situation as regards musculoskeletal disorders, the trends over the years since the first campaign in 2000, and a detailed insight into the causes and circumstances behind MSDs. The report highlights the main issues and aims to provide a well-founded evidence base, helping policy makers, actors at enterprise and sector level, as well as researchers and those who record, prevent and compensate occupational diseases in the European Union to set the agenda for the next years.
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