Abroad
08/03/17
IRELAND: A new risk prevention campaign for road safety at work
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Health Safety Authority (HSA), with An Garda Síochána, have launched a TV...
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.
Abroad
08/03/17
SPAIN: €36 million for OSH between now and 2020
The Minister of Employment and Social Security, Fátima Báñez, has announced that between now and 2020 the government will...
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31/01/17
IRELAND: Fatal occupational injuries fell by more than 20% in 2016
In 2016, 44 people lost their lives in the workplace, versus 56 in 2015, which represents a 21% decline,...
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31/01/17
DENMARK: Hard physical labour combined with a poor physical condition increases the risk of dying from a cardiovascular disease
It is well known that demanding physical labour or a poor physical condition can result in a higher risk...
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31/01/17
ITALY: A circular clarifies the regulations on the reintegration of disabled workers in the workforce
In 2017, €21.2 million will be made available by INAIL to support employers in their initiatives to retain disabled...
Abroad
11/01/17
BELGIUM: New legislation to assist workers with chronic work disabilities
A Royal Order effective on 1 December provides for a customized reintegration path to assist workers with a chronic...
Abroad
11/01/17
AUSTRIA: Monday is the day of the week on which commuting accidents are most numerous
In 2015, the AUVA, which insures 4.8 million people for occupational risks, recorded 11,210 commuting accidents. These accidents represented...
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11/01/17
FRANCE: A working group set up on collaborative robotics and its safety implications
Collaborative robotics is characterized by the interaction, in a given work area, between a human operator and an automated...
Abroad
11/01/17
GREAT-BRITAIN: Inspections on construction sites are increasingly rare
Labour Inspectors’ checks are increasingly rare in the construction industry, complains Bill Lawrence, a British trade unionist in this...
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11/01/17
THE NETHERLANDS: TNO publishes two reports on emerging risks
The research organization TNO has investigated the emerging risks related not only to the use of robots in the...
