Publication tagged with "Work related diseases"
Among the 42.8 million people with disabilities of working age in the EU, only around half are currently employed. It is crucial for workplaces to promote good health and provide support for individuals with disabilities to enter or re-enter the workforce and stay in employment. The European Commission’s Disability Employment Package strives to attain equal access to the labour...
To help in the fight against occupational cancer, EU-OSHA conducted a Workers’ Exposure Survey on cancer risk factors (WES) in Europe. The goal is to better identify the risk factors at workplaces that can lead to the disease, providing current and comprehensive data that can be used for prevention, awareness-raising and policy-making. Thousands of workers in six EU Member...
Today, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launches the first findings of the Workers’ Exposure Survey on cancer risk factors (WES) in Europe, conducted with thousands of workers in six EU Member States to provide accurate data that can contribute to the prevention of occupational cancer.
Biological risks are a major global problem in the workplace and the COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the biological risks at work. In 2022, over 550,000 deaths were caused by biological risk factors...
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...
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...
The latest report from EFSA, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the EU Reference Laboratory (EURL) with OSH recommendations provided by EU-OSHA, indicates that cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) recorded in Europe...
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...
The European Commission has adopted an updated Recommendation on occupational diseases following a tripartite agreement reached in May 2022 by Member States, workers and employers in the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) on the need to...