Community news
02/11/15
Adoption of an urgent motion on occupational safety and health at the ETUC Congress
Meeting in their congress in Paris on 2 October 2015, the European Trade Union Confederation called on the European...
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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.
Community news
28/09/15
MSDs, a major occupational risk prevention issue in Europe
The ETUI has published a special report on MSDs, the No. 1 occupational health issue in the European Union....
Community news
28/09/15
NAPO is back in a new series of films on electrical hazards
By presenting various work situations, “Napo in Electric Shocks” examines the major risks related to electricity, including work organization,...
Community news
19/08/15
“Machinery” Directive 2006/42/EC: An evaluation is due to start soon
The European Commission plans to evaluate the implementation of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the level of achievement of...
Community news
07/07/15
Psychosocial risks (PSRs) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs): The most frequent emerging risks
On 23 June 2015, EU-OSHA presented to the European Parliament the main conclusions of the second European Survey of...
Community news
27/05/15
Asbestos: At least one European out of three can be exposed
In 2010, the 53 WHO member states in the Europe region had undertaken to establish, by the end of...
Community news
20/04/15
OSHwiki: A collaborative encyclopaedia of occupational safety and health
In August 2014, EU-OSHA launched OSHwiki, a platform based on the Wikipedia principle dedicated to occupational safety and health...
Community news
20/04/15
Conclusions of the European Committee of the Regions on the OSH strategic framework 2014-2020
In a report adopted in a plenary meeting last February, the European Committee of the Regions states its opinion...
Community news
17/03/15
Violence and harassment in the workplace: Overview of 29 European countries
EUROFOUND has published a report which describes the extent of workplace violence and harassment in the EU28 and Norway. It...
Community news
26/02/15
EU-OSHA gives ways to improve prevention of work-related cancers
On the occasion of International Cancer Day on 4 February 2015, EU-OSHA presented a report on the evaluation of...
