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Factsheet 98 - La gestion des risques pour les conducteurs dans le transport routier: cas de bonne pratique
Les conducteurs du transport routier ont un réel besoin d'être avertis des questions de sécurité et de santé mais, pour un certain nombre de raisons, la diffusion de l'information dans ce secteur relève du défi. La présente fiche technique fait la synthèse d'un rapport sur les campagnes et initiatives de SST destinées aux conducteurs. Ces campagnes recourent à des approches aussi bien individuelles que collectives; certaines ciblent les conducteurs, tandis que d'autres sont uniquement axées sur leurs patrons, d'autres parties intéressées, voire leurs familles. L'utilisation d'informations pertinentes pour les conducteurs, pratiques sans être pontifiantes, s'est révélée efficace, et le recours à une diversité d'approches est probablement ce qui marche le mieux.
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.
Poor vehicle maintenance is an important contributor to road traffic accidents. In road transport operations, vehicle maintenance, and other work-related road safety issues should be integrated into arrangements for managing health and safety at work, which in turn should be part of everyday business management.
This report provides a flavour of the range of guidance on preventing risks to taxi drivers that is available in some member states. It presents examples of good practice guidelines, risk prevention recommendations and intervention examples on the occupational health and safety of taxi drivers and chauffeurs, (who include: licensed cab drivers; unregulated ‘minicabs’; limousine drivers; company chauffeurs). The guidelines cover many different risks for taxi drivers and others who drive cars for a living, not just road safety.