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06/02/19
IRELAND: 23% decline in fatal work-related accidents in 2018
According to the figures published in early January by the Irish Health and Safety Authority (HSA), 37 people were...
News about EUROGIP and occupational risks in Europe
You will find here all the news concerning EUROGIP, health and safety at work from the point of view of Community bodies (directives, recommendations, strategic guidelines…) and standardisation, as well as examples of good practices in the prevention or insurance of accidents at work and occupational diseases in other countries.
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06/02/19
BELGIUM: A subsidy granted to 50 projects to combat job burn-out
“Combating job burn-out is one of the great challenges of our time. By financing these projects [€8,000 for each...
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31/12/18
SWEDEN: Online training in OSH for the retail sector
Today, half a million people work in the retail sector. A new version of the free online training session...
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31/12/18
AUSTRIA: AUVA continues its activities
In accordance with a legislative decision, on 21 December AUVA announced that as part of the reform of the...
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31/12/18
GERMANY: The possibility of early detection of mesotheliomas, a breakthrough
According to the statistics of the injury insurance organization (DGUV), more than half of the deaths due to occupational...
Abroad
03/12/18
GREAT BRITAIN: The Health and safety at work figures 2017/2018
In October, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published the Health and safety at work Summary statistics for Great...
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03/12/18
ESTONIA: Heading toward an occupational injury insurance system?
Estonia is one of the few EU countries that do not have a specific insurance system for occupational injuries...
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03/12/18
SPAIN: A system for detection of occupational diseases in Aragon
As of next year, the government of Aragon (Diputación General de Aragón, DGA) will set up a network of...
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03/12/18
AUSTRIA: Travel injuries are an especially high risk on Mondays in winter
In 2017, the AUVA recorded 12,264 travel injuries, which represented 12% of the total number of occupational injuries. And...
Abroad
31/10/18
AUSTRIA: On the track of occupational diseases
The list of occupational diseases, the “BK list”, currently comprises 53 diseases, the most common of which are noise-induced...
