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Health and Safety Laboratory

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Climate Change: Impact on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

WebIntroduction. Human health has always been influenced by climate and weather. Changes in climate and climate variability lead to extreme weather conditions …

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Prevention and control strategies

WebIntroduction Every year millions of people in the European Union (EU) are injured at work or have their health seriously harmed in the workplace. Occupational …

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What are occupational safety and health management systems …

WebAny OSH MS implies an iterative process, with each cycle in the process aiming to contribute to OSH improvement. This is illustrated in Figure 1 based on the …

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Healthy organisations: definitions, models, empirical evidence

WebIntroduction This article will begin by providing definitions of healthy organisations and key conceptual components and principles underpinning this concept. …

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Towards an occupational safety and health culture

WebIntroduction Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a highly regulated area that appears to be based on rational planning and logical management approaches, e.g. …

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Hierarchy of prevention and control measures

WebIntroduction Employers need to assess the risks for their staff, and then preventive measures or control measures have to be derived from this assessment. The …

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Key performance indicators

Web[1] ‘8.6 % of workers in the EU experienced work-related health problems’, Statistics in Focus, EUROSTAT, 2009, No 63, pp. 1–12. [2] Management of occupational …

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Health in the Construction Industry

WebAccording to EU-OSHA, “More construction workers are killed, injured or suffer ill-health than in any other industry" [4]. Altogether in Europe, every year more …

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Construction safety risks and prevention

WebAccording to the European Working Conditions Survey 2010 [17], workers in the construction sector feel that their health and safety is at risk. EWCS data show that …

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Occupational safety and health management and corporate social

WebIntroduction Corporate social responsibility can influence development of occupational safety and health management and contribute to integration of safety and health into overall …

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Electromagnetic fields

Web[1] European Parliament and Council, 'Directive 2013/35/EU of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to …

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Occupational safety and health risk assessment methodologies

WebIntroduction Workers should be protected from occupational risks they could be exposed to. This could be achieved through a risk management process, which involves risk …

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National OSH Strategy

WebIntroduction In the European Union, the strategic framework on OSH is used to develop the EU policy on OSH and coordinate the national policies of the Member …

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