What we do

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EU-OSHA’s vision explains what the Agency aims to achieve and refers to the goal of its contribution. 

We protect workers' safety and health by informing policy, supporting risk prevention, raising awareness and engaging key actors.

We implement our vision by:

  • Providing evidence and knowledge on current, new and emerging risks regarding their impact on safety and health and their prevention, to support policymaking and research.
  • Promoting and facilitating the development of tools and resources to empower the Agency’s networks and partners to improve the prevention of occupational safety and health risks in the workplace.
  • Driving awareness raising and networking actions to enable the Agency and its stakeholders to foster a positive risk prevention culture at work.

Our key activities

  • The Healthy Workplaces Campaigns — our two-year campaigns raise awareness of occupational safety and health (OSH) topics across Europe
  • Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) project — we provide online risk assessment tools for small and medium-sized enterprises to assess and manage risks in the workplace
  • The ESENER survey — this extensive survey provides a snapshot of how safety and health risks are managed in European workplaces
  • OSHwiki  — a collaborative online encyclopaedia of accurate and reliable information on OSH
  • Foresight projects — we highlight and study new and emerging risks in OSH through dedicated foresight projects
  • OSH overviews — we provide overviews on specific OSH topics and identify priorities
  • NAPO films  — a series of short, lighthearted, language-free films on important workplace safety and health topics