Community news
02/11/16
The Council reaches an agreement on ELVs for 11 new carcinogenic agents
On 13 October 2016, the EU Council reached an agreement to set exposure limit values (ELVs) for eleven new...
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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
02/11/16
GERMANY: Young workers and absenteeism
Young workers have 2.5 times more accidents and apprentices are far more often absent due to injuries, according to...
Abroad
02/11/16
GERMANY: 3.4% increase in occupational injuries in the first half of 2016
According to its provisional statistics, the DGUV registered 14,156 more occupational injuries subject to reporting in the first half...
Standardization
02/11/16
Challenges for collaborative robotics
On 30 September last, the Directorate General for Enterprise (Direction Générale des Entreprises, DGE) and industry associations SYMOP and FIM held a...
Community news
02/11/16
MSDs: What recognition as occupational diseases in Europe?
EUROGIP publishes results of a new study regarding the recognition of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) as occupational diseases in Germany, Austria,...
News
21/10/16
MSDs: What recognition as occupational diseases in Europe?
EUROGIP publishes results of a new study regarding the recognition of musculoskeletal disorders as occupational diseases in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland.
Community news
17/10/16
XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work: Register now!
The XXI World Congress will be held from 3 to 6 September 2017 in Singapore. It offers a platform...
News
17/10/16
FRANCE-GERMANY: OSH indicators 2010-2014
To generate finer trends and allow comparisons, EUROGIP publishes bilateral indicators in Germany and France from 2010 to 2014.
Standardization
11/10/16
European webinar on 15 November 2016 on the ergonomics of type-C machinery standards
On 15 November 2016, from 10.00 am to 12.00 midday, EUROSHNET invites you to take part free of charge...
Abroad
11/10/16
SWEDEN: Work-related diseases are usually caused by social factors
Since 2011, diseases due to organizational and social factors at work have increased by 77%, according to the Swedish...
