Abroad
20/11/20
GREAT-BRITAIN: OSH Key figures 2019/20
As is the case every year, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has just published data on the number...
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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.
Community news
20/11/20
Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards: applications are open
As part of the 2020-2022 campaign on good practice in tackling musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), EU-OSHA is seeking to identify...
Community news
20/11/20
Commission publishes roadmap on new OSH strategy
The European Commission has just published a roadmap on the future Strategy on Health and Safety at Work (OSH)...
Standardization
02/11/20
October 2020: What’s new in OSH standardisation?
As part of its occupational health and safety (OHS) standardisation activities, EUROGIP monitors newly published texts or work in...
Abroad
02/11/20
SWEDEN: Covid-19 and accident rate in the 1st half of 2020
The number of reported occupational diseases increased by 60% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same...
Abroad
02/11/20
BELGIUM: teleworking increases neck, back and shoulder pain
According to a survey of 475 people carried out by the Idewe field service, teleworkers suffer more pain than...
Abroad
02/11/20
NETHERLANDS: Labour inspectorate wants companies to learn more from accidents
The number of accidents at work has been increasing for years and the SZW inspectorate wants to do something...
Abroad
02/11/20
FINLAND: Hearing damage remains the leading occupational disease
The number of confirmed occupational diseases decreased by about a quarter between 2012 and 2016. The majority of them...
Community news
02/11/20
Commission adopts new strategy for an environment free of toxic substances
The European Commission published a Chemicals Strategy for SustainabilityTowards a Toxic-Free Environment on 14 October 2020. It is part...
Community news
02/11/20
Free online training for psychosocial risk assessment
Although European companies are legally obliged to do so, less than 30% of them would assess psychosocial risks (PSR)...
