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The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is planning to launch a call for tender for the above-mentioned subject matter. 

The overall objectives of the contract to be awarded are:

 • to provide an answer to the general question: why the prevalence of non-fatal accidents is so high in the health and social care sector and why the accident rate remains high over the years (when the tendency - for most of the other sectors - is to decrease). Mainly by exploiting European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) data and the information and knowledge gathered through a literature review on the topic.

 • to provide a comprehensive overview about accidents at work in the sector (including, among others, the most common types of accidents and the impact of the accidents on the health and safety of health and social carers, the organizations and the society as a whole).

 • to provide a comprehensive overview of accident prevention in the sector: from OSH management / accident prevention management and development of a safety culture to the preventive measures to be adopted to address the most common types of accidents in the sector.

 • to increase visibility and awareness about the impact organizational or psychosocial risks may have on the occurrence of accidents at work in the sector.

 • to provide policy-makers, social partners, OSH practitioners and researchers with a better understanding and a comprehensive, cross-national insight on the state of the art of work-related accidents in the sector in general and more specifically on risk prevention;

• to contribute to identify gaps in terms of research and knowledge when it comes to the prevention of work-related accidents in the sector.

 Expected deliverables are:

 • A report for publication (total length of approximately 80 pages or 75.000 words, excluding the executive summary and annexes). 

• A power point presentation (max. 20 slides) based on the report findings.

• 4 case studies / examples. 

The maximum total budget available for the contract to be awarded is EUR 63.000 (excluding VAT).

The way, deadline and details for expressing your interest in being invited to tender are available on: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=16492