Guide giving information on why a prevention policy needs to be implemented for manual handling of loads in the construction sector. What are the preventive solutions in the retail sector and how to implement them.
Guide giving information on why a prevention policy needs to be implemented for manual handling of loads in the retail sector. What are the preventive solutions in the retail sector and how to implement them.
Indicators
Explore and compare EU and individual country data on a wide range of topics.
Generic information: Find information on OSH authorities, economic and sector profiles and workforce profiles.
Steering of OSH: Check out EU and national regulations and gain knowledge on countries’ approaches to OSH strategies and social dialogue on workplace safety and health.
Working conditions and prevention: Get to know more about workplace risks, prevention in companies, worker involvement and OSH culture and health awareness.
Accidents, diseases and wellbeing: Learn about fatal and non-fatal work accidents, work-related diseases or injuries and workers’ perceptions of health.
OSH infrastructure: Find out more about countries’ OSH statistics, surveys and research capacities and how the countries enforce OSH legislation. The section also offers information on international organisations and programmes.
Using the data visualisation tool
Use the tool to visualise and compare quantitative data. Find descriptions and links to further information for qualitative data.
The tool allows you to:
- view the main indicators as infographics
- compare national data to 1 or 2 other countries, the EU or previous years
- generate and download graphics or export them as Excel files
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Data sources
The data come from government sources, statistical authorities and European surveys and research:
- European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)
- Eurostat
- Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Senior Labour Inspectors Committee
- EU-OSHA – European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
- DG EMPL - National Contact points
About the OSH Barometer
The Barometer is the product of collaboration between EU-OSHA, DG EMPL and its National Contact Points. Find out more about the methodology.
The tool is kept updated and under review for further development.
This guide aims at serving as a practical aid especially for employers in which workplaces are working with display units. It is intended in particular to help SMEs to implement measures to prevent musculoskeletal disorders.
This guide intends to serve as a practical tool for employers, employee representatives, employees and the general public. It focuses on the fulfilment of individual legal provisions in the field of health and safety at work and labour relations.
Guide giving information on why a prevention policy needs to be implemented for the prevention of back pain disorders in the health sector. It explains the causes, and provides preventive solutions in the health sector and how to implement them with the help of pictures.
Guide giving information on why a prevention policy needs to be implemented for the prevention of back pain disorders in the transport sector. It explains the causes, and provides preventive solutions in the transport sector and how to implement them with the help of pictures.
Leaflet giving advice on how to handle loads. It gives scores for different ways on how to handle loads, showing the reader the best and the worst ways to handle loads.
This guideline was developed as a professional recommendation how to avoid long- term sitting at the workplace and thereby reduce the negative impact of the risks arising from long-term sitting. This guideline has the purpose of recognizing risks at workplaces where long-term sitting can be avoided.
Designed as an expert recommendation on risk management in workplaces where manual workload cannot be avoided when performing work tasks, this guideline has been developed to help meet the legislative provisions in this area. This guideline provides a new SMART (Scoring Method for Assessment of Repetitive Tasks) method for quantitative risk assessment for repetitive work operations.