{"id":22929,"date":"2014-07-29T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T14:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/eu-osha-is-satisfied-with-its-action-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T14:07:57","slug":"eu-osha-is-satisfied-with-its-action-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/eu-osha-is-satisfied-with-its-action-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-OSHA is satisfied with its action in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

In its 2013 annual report<\/a>, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work<\/a> (EU-OSHA) outlines all the work it performed: publications, information campaigns, interactive tools, strengthening its network of national focal points, etc. It is satisfied that it was able to carry out its projects and contribute, this year again, to the promotion of occupational risk prevention in an adverse economic climate.<\/p>\n

Reports on sectors undergoing development<\/strong>
In 2013, EU-OSHA published several reports on occupational safety and health (OSH) in green jobs, which are expanding strongly in Europe. The main report<\/a> was followed by a series of more specific reports concerning wind power<\/a>, green buildings<\/a> and solar energy<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A campaign on psychosocial risks (PSR)<\/strong>
In 2013, the Agency prepared its 2014-2015 information campaign on PSR prevention<\/a>, focusing on stress. It chose to target micro-enterprises and SMEs, supported by guides published in all the EU languages on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tools to help SMEs assess occupational risks<\/strong>
Since 2011 the Agency has proposed sector-specific IT applications called OiRA<\/a> (for “Online interactive Risk Assessment”). These online tools, very easy-to-use, guide the user in his risk assessment approach and offer him risk prevention solutions adapted to his business to build his action plan. In 2013, nine new tools were developed for: <\/p>\n