Abroad
02/05/18
AUSTRIA: The accident frequency rate has once again reached a new low
In 2017, the AUVA recorded 159,866 accidents, including 104,161 at work and 54,510 accidents at school, and recognized 1,195 diseases...
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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.
Abroad
02/05/18
GERMANY: The accident insurance organization publishes the provisional figures for 2017
The number of reported accidents at work decreased by 0.4% in 2017, to 873,562, according to provisional figures published...
Abroad
02/05/18
FRANCE: Setting up of an aid fund for the victims of crop protection products
Crop protection products are designed to protect crops against “the enemies of crops” (insects, diseases, etc.). France is the...
Community news
02/05/18
The two-year campaign on control of dangerous substances is now on the rails
The 2018-2019 awareness raising campaign on “Healthy Workplaces – Controlling the use of dangerous substances” was officially launched at...
Standardization
02/05/18
New standards for circular saws and wedge splitters for firewood
An analysis of accidents over several years by German insurance organization SVLFG revealed that people other than the machine operator...
Community news
01/05/18
Brexit: The Commission warns the Internal Market players
At the end of January 2018, the European Commission’s DG Growth published a document to raise awareness among Internal...
Standardization
23/04/18
April 2018: What’s new in health and safety at work standardization?
New standards publications, new works, registration of new subjects or comity creations… Below is the result of the monitoring...
Community news
03/04/18
EU-OSHA: You have your word to say
EU-OSHA wants to receive comments on its activities and its results in order to make its work more relevant...
Abroad
03/04/18
DENMARK: One out of two accidents at work is not reported
Employers are obliged to report accidents at work to protect employees if they have to be compensated, and this...
Abroad
03/04/18
AUSTRIA: The assessment of PSRs is effective
A study by the Institute of Economic and Social Sciences (ISW) proves the effectiveness of psychosocial risk assessment, which...
