Publication tagged with "Agriculture and forestry + Biological agents + Health and social care + Work related diseases"
Providing economically sustainable and high-quality healthcare services through the maintenance of a healthy and resilient workforce is a key priority for countries everywhere. This is challenging as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed new vulnerabilities of...
Over one in ten workers in the EU is employed in the health and social care sector , which covers occupations like medical and residential care as well as social work. Psychosocial risks are particularly common in the sector, including high workloads, third-party violence, irregular working hours and high emotional job demands. These can impact both workers' mental and physical...
EU-OSHA welcomes the new European social dialogue committee for social services and looks forward to working with the EU sectoral social partners, specifically in the framework of the “ Health and social care sector and OSH ” research project. The new...
The arrival of Covid-19 has brought increased attention to the existing dangers in workplaces for people employed in the human health care and social work sector.The sector’s main risks are biological, chemical and physical and also psychosocial due to issues...
Our new thematic web section on the Health and social care sector and occupational safety and health (OSH) has now been published! It provides an introduction to the ongoing research on how to achieve safe and healthy workplaces for professionals in the sector. The section will compile the key findings of EU-OSHA’s research project on ‘Health and social care and OSH’. It will...
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...
Agriculture is among the most dangerous sectors in Europe. Farmers are exposed to a wide range of risks such as accidents involving machinery and livestock, handling of pesticides and other chemicals, vibration and noise, exposition to bad weather and physical...
Students and teaching personnel from the Department of Public and Community Health – School of Public Health of the University of West Attica in Athens will soon have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in occupational safety and health (OSH). During a...
Agriculture is among the most dangerous job sectors in Europe. Farmers are exposed to a wide range of risks such as accidents involving machinery and livestock, handling of pesticides and other chemicals, vibration and noise, exposition to a wide variety of...
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...
While the working population generally enjoys better health than those outside the labour market, workplaces can also cause or worsen illnesses. Over four out of ten European workers report that their work stress levels have increased due to the pandemic. This strain, along with other psychosocial risk factors like job insecurity, long working hours and bullying, increase 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 International Labour Organization (ILO) has recently published Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World , report that looks at the two main aspects of working time: working hours and working time arrangements and the effects of both on business...
It is easier than ever to navigate the OSH Barometer data visualisation tool for the state of occupational safety and health (OSH) in Europe. Major OSH indicators are now split up and grouped by “Accidents, diseases and wellbeing” and “Working conditions and prevention”. The new indicator on work-related diseases gives the latest international estimates of the impact of work on...