Two new EU-OSHA case studies show how different occupational safety and health (OSH) actors can use the OSH Barometer data visualisation tool to turn workplace data into practical action. The case studies follow two fictional characters, Maria, an OSH delegate for a construction workers’ union, and Alex, a policy officer at the European Parliament, showing how the tool helps...
To mark Pride Month, a new EU-OSHA report highlights how workforce diversity shapes exposure to psychosocial risks - and what can be done to prevent them. The findings show how discrimination and inequality, job insecurity and precariousness, a poor social environment and work organisation, result in stress, anxiety and burnout, especially for more vulnerable groups. The report...
Climate change is increasing worker exposure to heat-related risks, with rising temperatures and frequent heatwaves intensifying occupational heat hazards across many sectors. This publication, marking World Environment Day, explores how smart technologies can support heat risk prevention through real-time monitoring, personalised risk assessment and improved work organisation...
Cancer remains the leading cause of work ‑related deaths in the EU, accounting for 100,000 fatalities annually and exposing millions of workers to cancer risk factors in their daily jobs. Marking the European Week Against Cancer 2026 , our new thematic web section presents data on work-related cancer and an overview of EU action on prevention. Two subsections highlight our...
A new foresight study examines how climate change and climate action could indirectly affect workers’ safety and health over the next 25 years. It looks beyond immediate risks such as heat stress and focuses on longer‑term transformations and disruptions in working conditions, highlighting how policies and practices may need to evolve in response. Complementing EU-OSHA’s...
Marking World Day for Safety and Health at Work, EU-OSHA unveils its website for the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2026-2028 ‘Together for mental health at work’. The website, currently available in English, offers a first look at the upcoming campaign’s focus: managing and preventing psychosocial risks and their impact on workers and organisations. It means you can already...
Two new discussion papers from our Future of Work project examine how emerging trends may shape occupational safety and health (OSH) in the near future. The first paper explores the pressures that labour shortages can create for OSH and includes policies and strategies aimed at addressing the issue. The second looks at the practical application of the AI Act and its...
Explore our new thematic web section on supporting compliance with OSH regulations. It brings together a broad portfolio of publications such as case studies, policy briefs, reports and discussion papers covering multiple sectors such as agriculture and construction. The section highlights factors that influence compliance based on two strands of research: how supply chains can...
Lower exposure limits for lead have been set to better protect workers’ health, following a recent revision of EU legislation. These changes are reflected in our new publication on health surveillance and biomonitoring of workers exposed to lead and its inorganic compounds. This annex to the Biological monitoring at work: Guidance for OSH experts and workplaces explains...
A new Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tool helps businesses prevent and address harassment at work, with a strong emphasis on sexual harassment. It guides employers in involving workers when defining unacceptable behaviour and recognising situations where power imbalances or low oversight can allow misconduct to go unchecked. The OiRA tool produces a tailored action...