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30/08/21

DENMARK: skin disorders are the most frequently recognised occupational diseases

Every year, 2,500 Danes have their skin disease recognised as an occupational disease. Young people are particularly affected. An information campaign is aimed at them.

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25/08/21

Improving dock workers’ safety with a new application

“OSH Ports” is a new application designed to help workers in ports identify and reduce the many risks they face. It has been developed by the Seafarers' Trust of the International Transport Workers' Federation, in collaboration with dockers.

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25/08/21

SWITZERLAND: one in eight apprentices suffers an accident at work

Every year, nearly 75,000 young people choose to become apprentices. Yet apprentices are victims of 25,000 occupational injuries, two of which are fatal. For them, everything is new. Information and training therefore play a key role.

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Standardization

18/08/21

August 2021: What’s new in OSH standardization?

EUROGIP reports on new standards or work in progress in occupational health and safety (OHS) at European (CEN) or international (ISO) level.

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Standardization

17/08/21

OHS standardisation: some good tips for reaching consensus

The French “accidents at work/occupational diseases” insurance has been delegating experts from its institutions (CARSAT, CRAMIF, INRS, EUROGIP) to contribute to the development of occupational health and safety (OHS) standards for many years. EUROGIP coordinates this activity and has published a brochure for them with some advice.

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17/08/21

All about national social protection systems in Europe

The latest update of MISSOC, the Mutual Information System on Social Protection, has recently been published online. It provides a wealth of information, updated to 1 January 2021, on the main features of social protection systems in 31 European countries (EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).

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Community news

06/08/21

New summary of European harmonised standards for PPE

The European Commission has updated the summary of harmonised standards concerning Regulation (EU) 2016/4251 on personal protective equipment (PPE).

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Standardization

06/08/21

The Vienna Agreement is 30 years old

The ISO, CEN and ASI standard organization will hold an online event on 11 October 2021 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Agreement.

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Community news

02/08/21

Body and hazard mapping in the prevention of MSDs

An info sheet published by EU-OSHA provides an overview of body and risk mapping techniques. It highlights their value in the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

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30/07/21

GREAT BRITAIN: at least 2 million people affected by Covid long

This is according to the REACT-2 study, led by Imperial College London and funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Between September 2020 and February 2021, researchers surveyed more than 500,000 people in a random sample to find out if they had had Covid-19 (confirmed or suspected) and persistent symptoms.

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