News
17/09/15
EUROGIP Annual Activity Report 2014
EUROGIP publishes its Annual Activity Report 2014 to find out all about its activities: surveys on work accidents and...
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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.
News
16/09/15
SUMMARY of the proceedings of the European conference held on 19.03.2015 (Paris)
EUROGIP publishes the proceedings of the conference organized on March 19, 2015 on "Europe and occupational safety and health: What achievements? What outlook?" in French and a summary in English.
Abroad
19/08/15
BELGIUM: Signature of a memorandum on asbestos
Following discussions which were held during meetings of the Asbestos Forum, the trade unions for the construction sector and...
Abroad
19/08/15
THE NETHERLANDS: Experimentation to improve the detection and prevention of occupational diseases
In 2014, the NCvB started a project to improve the screening, diagnosis, reporting and prevention of occupational diseases during...
Abroad
19/08/15
UNITED KINGDOM: Increase in the number of fatal occupational injuries in 2014/2015
Statistics published by the HSE show 142 deaths in 2014/2015, compared with 136 in 2013/2014. However, the long-term trend...
Abroad
19/08/15
GERMANY: A man killed by a robot in a Volkswagen factory
A young temporary worker aged 22 employed at Volkswagen died when the start-up of a robot hurled him violently...
Standardization
19/08/15
Partnership agreement between the CEN and the ETUC
On 22 May 2015, the Director of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN-CENELEC) and the Secretary General of the...
Standardization
19/08/15
The quality of life at work and standardization
The fifth Euroshnet European Conference (14-16 October 2015 in Seville) will cover the theme of the “Quality of life...
Community news
19/08/15
“Machinery” Directive 2006/42/EC: An evaluation is due to start soon
The European Commission plans to evaluate the implementation of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the level of achievement of...
Abroad
07/07/15
ESTONIA: Signature of an agreement for implementation of the work disability reform
In 2013, the government launched a reform tightening the conditions of recognition of work disabilities and access to benefits....
