E-fact 79: Occupational safety and health in the wind energy sector
EU & international information

This factsheet focuses on occupational safety and health (OSH) issues in the wind energy sector and is aimed at raising awareness and supporting good OSH in onshore and offshore facilities. It summarises the findings from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) report ‘Occupational safety and health in the wind energy sector’ (EU-OSHA, 2013).

Sikkerhed med Bent E
MS information

The website provides information on safety at work. At its core are videos that show Bent E, the protagonist of the website, at work. He is not very serious about protecting himselve and the users of the website should learn from his mistakes. 

Das Global Harmonisierte System (GHS) in der EU - Einstufung und Kennzeichnung
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The poster shows as a large table all hazard classes of chemicals, the pertaining pictogramms and labelling information according to the Global Harmonised System, and the EU regulation on classification and labelling EG No 1272/2008 (CLP).

Factsheet 84: Expert forecast on emerging chemical risks related to occupational safety and health
EU & international information

This factsheet provides information on emerging chemical risks from experts from 21 countries. The following substances are covered briefly: nanoparticles, diesel exhaust, synthetic mineral fibres, allergenic and sensitising agents (isocyanates), carcinogens, mutagens, reprotoxic agents and sector-specific chemicals (construction and waste management).

E-fact 34: Risk assessment for hairdressers
EU & international information

Following a brief introduction to the hairdressing sector and occupational safety and health in this sector, this e-fact includes sections on how to do a risk assessment and how to use a checklist. An example of a checklist to help identify hazards in the sector is presented.

E-fact 67: Maintenance and hazardous substances — maintenance in the chemical industry
EU & international information

The chemical industry is one of the industries with the most stringent safety regulations. Regular revision, servicing and maintenance work is required because of the high levels of stress placed on equipment by exposure to very aggressive substances, and high temperatures and pressures. This e-fact focuses on the specific risks related to various dangerous substances that maintenance workers in chemical plants are exposed to, and gives some basic recommendations on how these risks can be managed, including some good practice examples.

E-fact 29: Occupational safety and health in Europe's forestry industry
EU & international information

This e-fact outlines the dangers of working in forestry and provides information on prevention. Chemicals are not addressed in detail. Forests and other wooded land cover about 160 million hectares, some 35%, of the European Union’s land area. As well as wood, forests provide cork, Christmas trees, resins, pine nuts, medicinal plants, mushrooms and berries.