Report - The Use of Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems in the Member States of the European Union

Increasingly complex work processes and changes in working conditions, together with the resulting new or changing types of hazard, need a new and systematic approach to safety and health at work. Solutions are required which allow the employers to take account of safety and health principles at all operational levels and for all activities, and to convert them into appropriate measures on a routine basis. Occupational safety and health (OSH) has to be managed.