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...
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...
Nýjar leiðbeiningar frá framkvæmdastjórn Evrópusambandsins bjóða upp á mikilvæg ráð fyrir bæði vinnuveitendur og launþega um hvernig megi stjórna útsetningu fyrir hættulegum lækningalyfjum. Hættuleg lækningalyf geta haft krabbameinsvaldandi áhrifum, stökkbreytivaldandi áhrifum eða eiturverkandi áhrifum á æxlunarfæri launþega sem verða fyrir þeim. Því er gríðarlega mikilvægt að...
“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...
Alþjóðakrabbameinsdagurinn er haldinn 4. febrúar ár hvert og hvetur okkur til að vera meðvituð um og grípa til aðgerða til að draga úr álagi af völdum krabbameins í heiminum. EU-OSHA hefur einsett sér að taka þátt í baráttunni gegn krabbameini en það er helsta orsök vinnutengdra dauðsfalla í Evrópusambandinu. Sem hluti af því mun EU-OSHA leggja lokahönd í þessum mánuði á...
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...
Þann 28. september 2022 samþykkir framkvæmdastjórn Evrópusambandsins skipun og leggur fram lagatillögu um vernd starfsmanna gegn áhættu sem tengist útsetningu fyrir asbesti á vinnustöðum, um breytingu á Tilskipun um asbest á vinnustöðum 2009/148/EB. Þetta miðar að því að uppfæra núverandi bindandi viðmiðunarmörk fyrir váhrif á vinnustað vegna notkunar á asbesti, með hliðsjón af...
The Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health (NIVA) is launching new courses aimed at researchers, practitioners, and specialists in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH): Occupational Respiratory Diseases - Prevention and risk...
The non-binding guidelines for the hairdressing sector are part of jointly agreed activities to support an autonomous implementation of the European Framework Agreement on the Protection of Occupational Health and Safety in the Hairdressing Sector. The first part of the guidelines emphasises the...
This SLIC guidance document was developed for National Labour Inspectorates, with the aim of increasing inspectors’ confidence in addressing and regulating health risks from welding activities and exposure to welding fumes, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of interventions principally in...
Fjöltyngdir orðalistar EU-OSHA samanstanda af hugtökum tengdum vinnuvernd og heilsufari sem er raðað saman eftir léni eða þekkingarsviði. Orðin eru skráð í stafrófsröð ásamt skilgreiningum þeirra.
EU-OSHA hefur útbúið þessa orðalista til notkunara í herferður fyrir heilbrigða vinnustaði til að tryggja samræmda notkun þeirra lykilhugtaka sem máli skipta fyrir tilteknar herferðir. Í þeim er virkur orðaforði og skilgreiningar fyrir þau hugtök sem oftast eru notuð á sviði vinnuverndar.
