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OiRA, the Online interactive Risk Assessment , now offers a new EU-wide tool for businesses to assess occupational safety and health risks related to task automation. It guides companies in developing prevention action plans by addressing organisational and psychosocial risk factors. It also tackles risks related to physical and cognitive tasks, including highly repetitive or...
What are the key principles to safely implement smart digital systems that monitor and improve occupational safety and health (OSH)? Dive into EU-OSHA’s guide to uncover strategies for designing, implementing, and scaling these transformative systems. Prioritising OSH benefits, engaging workers early, ensuring data privacy, promoting transparency and aligning systems with...
Risks such as heightened surveillance, privacy concerns or time pressure linked to algorithmic and AI-based worker management (AIWM) systems can lead to worker stress, social isolation and blurred work-life boundaries. Worker participation can help in identifying, preventing and mitigating psychosocial risks derived from the use of AIWM, according to our new report. It...
Half of EU farmers and farm workers endure high workloads and long hours that regularly exceed 48 hours per week. They often work in isolated rural areas and face the need for constant availability without time off. These and other psychosocial risk factors can lead to high rates of stress, anxiety, and depression. Statistically there are higher suicide rates in this sector...
How can algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence-based worker management (AIWM) systems improve productivity without impacting negatively on workers’ safety and health? A new EU-OSHA report compares the approaches of two automotive companies: a participatory, worker-inclusive model in Italy versus a hierarchical, top-down model in Belgium. Worker involvement in the...
Are you in direct contact with clients, patients or the public in your daily work? If the answer is yes, you may be at risk of being verbally or physically assaulted, which can seriously impact your safety and health. In a new film, Napo and his colleagues take on the role of parking attendant, waiter, bus driver or healthcare worker to highlight some of these violent...
Smart glasses for remote OSH assessments , a wristwatch that tracks real-time exposure to hand-arm vibration and smart insoles to prevent accidents like falls are examples of smart digital systems for occupational safety and health (OSH). EU-OSHA has published nine case studies that explore how OSH monitoring systems are implemented across sectors. These systems use digital...
EU-OSHA has launched six new presentations based on the OSH in figures in the health and social care sector report , shedding light on occupational safety and health (OSH) data in this field. Topics include the characterisation of workers , detailing workforce demographics such as age and gender, and OSH risks that highlights physical and psychosocial hazards faced by workers...
46% of the EU construction workers are exposed to severe time pressure and work overload. Many are also struggling with job and financial insecurity, while also facing new demands caused by technological innovation and the green transition. These pressures can increase psychosocial risks, leading to mental health issues. Demanding workplace conditions including outdoor or...
Workers in the EU health and social care sectors experience one of the highest rates of work-related health risks, according to new EU-OSHA research. Almost half of the 21.5 million workers in this field report in a survey how they face negative occupational safety and health (OSH) risks: healthcare (52%), residential care (47%), and social work (37%). The new report offers...