Publication tagged with "ESENER + OSH professionals + Oshwiki"
The transportation and storage sector is highly diverse, encompassing a broad range of roles, such as drivers and warehouse managers, among many others. With over 10 million workers in the EU, a targeted occupational safety and health (OSH) approach is crucial. EU-OSHA has released the report Transportation and storage activities – Evidence from the European Survey of...
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...
Safe Work Australia , the Australian occupational health and safety (OSH) policy body, launched a new interactive data website to explore work health and safety and workers’ compensation data collected by Safe Work Australia on work-related fatalities...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching 3 new training courses for researchers, practitioners, and specialists in the field of occupational health and safety (OSH): Psychosocial Work Characteristics Now and in the...
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) is calling for the submission of abstracts before the 31st of July for the 34th International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH 2024) that will start on 28 April 2024 in Marrakech (Morocco). Under...
OSHwiki brings attention to a critical occupational health and safety topic with its latest featured article: Heat at Work: Guidance for Workplaces . As temperatures rise, the risk of heat-related illnesses becomes a pressing concern. The article provides...
The 23rd International ORP (Occupational Risk Prevention) Congress takes place in Bilbao on 26 – 28 April. With the motto, “At work: one life, one planet” speakers from all around the world debate on how work, people and the environment are intertwined. The...
Assessing the most effective strategies for Labour Inspector activities to ensure occupational safety and health (OSH) is subject to much debate and centres on two key areas of research. The first involves how Inspectorates should best deploy their limited...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching a training course for researchers, practitioners and specialists in the field of occupational health and safety (OSH): Physical Exercise at the Workplace – from research to...
Time pressure, prolonged sitting, loud noise and dealing with difficult pupils and parents – workers in education are daily exposed to a range of significant musculoskeletal and psychosocial risk factors, an ESENER study reveals. The need for a stronger occupational safety and health (OSH) management response in the sector brings together on 26 April EU-OSHA experts, European...
Accommodation and food service activities are essential sectors for the economy of the EU, with 98% of these companies being family-run micro-enterprises. Occupational safety and health (OSH) risks in the sector are abundant: from repetitive hand or arm movements, slips, trips and falls, and risks of accidents with machines to psychosocial risks associated with dealing with...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching two new training courses for researchers, practitioners and specialists in the field of occupational health and safety (OSH): 1. Digitalization, Automation, AI and the Future...
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...