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The Fisheries sector is a high-risk sector. The incidence rate (i.e. figures corresponding to the number of workers employed in the sector) of fatal accidents is 23.82 compared to the average incidence rate of 1.65. Only the Forestry and logging sector…
Pesticides are chemicals designed to kill or control insects, weeds, fungi, rodents and microbes. Many pesticides have been found to be harmful to human and animal health or to the environment. As pesticides are used in many different sectors (e.g.…
Legislation The European Directive 2000/54/EC on “The protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work” (implemented in Italy by the Legislative Decree 9 April 2008, n. 81) sets rules concerning risk assessment and…
Farmland accounts for 47 % of the European territory and plays an important part in the economic, cultural and political life of Europe.In 2010, farmers from across the EU 28 and their family members constituted the largest portion of the total…
Forestry transportation refers to the transportation of timber or other forestry biomass from the logging site to the road for further treatment, or transportation to the pulp or saw mill, or to be burned at the power plant. When the tree has been felled…
The agricultural sector encompasses a large variety of activities that has seen a number of major changes in recent years. These changes, along with a distinctive rural life and work related problems may considerably influence stress levels in farming…
This OSHwiki article is based on the EU-OSHA Foresight Report on new and emerging risks in OSH: ‘Review on the Future of Agriculture and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)’ completed in November 2020. The report examines a number of issues affecting…