OSH system at national level – Estonia

Occupational safety and health legislative framework

In Estonia, the Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Act [1], the so-called framework law, is the most fundamental of the occupational health and safety legislations. It covers occupational health and safety requirements for the work of workers, rights and responsibilities of employers about employees' health in establishing and ensuring a safe work environment and organizing occupational health and safety at enterprise and national level. More than twenty regulations have been adopted under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, determining specific requirements for workplaces and work equipment and different work…