Publication tagged with "Accident prevention + Dangerous substances"
Every year millions of people in the European Union are injured at work or have their health seriously harmed in the workplace. Occupational accidents and diseases cause great human suffering and loss, and the economic cost is also high. Prevention is the...
Chemical Safety in Science Education (CheSSE) is a website with accessible, up-to date, online resources about chemical safety for schools. CheSSE offers comprehensive information on all matters related to chemical safety including risk assessments, storage of...
Today, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is launching its flagship report Occupational safety and health in Europe: state and trends 2023 at the 2023 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Summit in Stockholm. It provides a comprehensive review of the state and contextual developments of OSH in the European Union over the past years and provides insights...
Today, EU-OSHA releases its latest report ‘ Occupational safety and health in Europe: state and trends 2023’ on the occasion of the EU Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Summit . It offers an overview of potential improvements, stagnating developments, areas of concern and future challenges in the OSH field . The data is also integrated in our user-friendly OSH Barometer data...
New guidance from the European Commission offers essential advice for both employers and workers on how to manage exposure to hazardous medicinal products (HMPs). HMPs may cause carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic (CMR) effects in workers exposed to them...
New guidance from the European Commission offers essential advice for both employers and workers on how to manage exposure to hazardous medicinal products (HMPs). HMPs may cause carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic (CMR) effects in workers exposed to them. Therefore, it is crucial to have proper management practices in place. Exposure can affect medical workers as well as...
“Asbestos fibres are carcinogenic and as such there is no totally safe level of exposure” , says William Cockburn, EU-OSHA Interim Executive Director, in an interview for Euronews about the need to reduce workers’ exposure to asbestos. William also emphasises...
The heavy metals lead, arsenic, manganese and mercury are considered as the most neurotoxic agents. Exposure to plant protection products and biocides can impact plethora of severe neurological diseases. This new OSHwiki article provides a general overview of...
The European Commission has taken action to further improve the protection of workers from the health risks linked to the exposure to dangerous chemicals. In particular, the Commission proposes to amend two Directives with the aim of further lowering the...
World Cancer Day, observed every year on 4 February, invited us to be aware and take action for a world less burdened by cancer. EU-OSHA is seriously committed to joining the fight against cancer, the first cause of work-related deaths in the EU. As part of that endeavour, the fieldwork of EU-OSHA’s Workers’ exposure survey to identify cancer risk factors at work is being...
The ‘European Market Environment in the Construction Sector - Enhancing the free movement of posted workers in the EU’ (EMEcs) project, co-funded by the European Commission, aims to understand how the measures introduced by Member States to combat the COVID-19...
The European Commission has adopted a recommendation to promote a framework to assess safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials. The proposed European framework sets a common baseline for evaluating safety and sustainability – an important step to...
Climate change and its various effects will be major challenges for the international community in the near future. It will have a significant impact on working conditions. Ensuring occupational safety and health in times of climate change in a green economy...
On 28 September 2022, the European Commission adopts a communication and puts forward a legislative proposal on the protection of workers from the risks related to asbestos exposure at work , amending the Asbestos at Work Directive 2009/148/EC . It aims to update the existing binding occupational exposure limit value for asbestos, considering the latest scientific development...