Abroad
21/04/20
SWITZERLAND: occupational health protection and Covid-19
The employer must legally take all necessary measures to protect the health of his workers. The State Secretariat for...
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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
21/04/20
A European roadmap to lifting coronavirus containment measures
In mid-April, the Commission and the European Council presented their European “roadmap” to lifting coronavirus containment measures. Taking into...
Community news
20/04/20
EU-OSHA: Practical tips for home-based telework and protect your health
In the current context of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of European work from home full-time. A...
News
07/04/20
Examples of reference systems and tools for OSH management
This note presents guidelines and tools to help companies to develop an occupational safety and health management system (OSHMS)....
Community news
18/03/20
Covid-19 and availability of PPE
The European Safety Federation (ESF) stresses the unavailability of certain types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) or those that...
Standardization
18/03/20
March 2020: What’s new in OSH Standardization?
New standards publications, new works, registration of new subjects or comity creations… Below is the result of the monitoring...
Abroad
10/03/20
ITALY: Women and sinistrality at work
On the occasion of Women’s Day, INAIL has published a dossier on the female sinistrality at work. It reveals...
Abroad
18/02/20
AUSTRIA: the fight against occupational cancers continues
Every year, about 1800 people die from work-related cancer. That’s four times more than deaths from road accidents. ”...
Abroad
18/02/20
GERMANY: the 2018 OSH figures
The number of reportable accidents at work (949,309) and fatal accidents (541) decreased in 2018 (-0.6% and -4.1% respectively)...
Standardization
18/02/20
January 2020:What’s new in OSH standardization?
EUROGIP monitors newly published texts or work in progress in the field of Standardisation in occupational safety and health...
