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Safety and health at work is everyone’s concern. It’s good for you. It’s good for business.

Making European workplaces

safer and healthier

Marine Cavet, Project Manager, Prevention and Research Unit

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EU-OSHA structure

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EU-OSHA priority areas and activities

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Healthy Workplaces Campaigns

2014-15: Healthy Workplaces Manage

Stress

Raising awareness about the problem and

increasing practical knowledge to manage

psychosocial risks at work

2016-17: Healthy Workplaces for all

Ages

Promoting sustainable work and healthy

ageing from the beginning of working life

2018-19: Healthy Workplaces manage

dangerous substances

www.healthy-workplaces.eu

(available in 25 languages)

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Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2016-17

▪ Topic

How to manage occupational

safety and health (OSH) in the

context of an ageing workforce

▪ E-guide

▪ Data visualisation

▪ Campaign materials

• e.g. leaflets, posters, flyers

▪ Good Practice Awards

• practical examples

▪ Reports and case studies

▪ Napo film

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E-guide in all languages

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What can an enterprise survey tell us?

Enforce-ment

Guides

Laws

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Culture

Policy

Practice

Accidents

ExposureIll-health

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Risk factors present

Base: all establishments.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Discrimination, for example due to gender, age or…

Employees' lack of influence on their work pace or…

Job insecurity

Poor communication or cooperation within the…

Long or irregular working hours

Loud noise

Heat, cold or draught

Increased risk of slips, trips and falls

Chemical or biological substances

Time pressure

Risk of accidents with vehicles in the course of work

Lifting or moving people or heavy loads

Risk of accidents with machines or hand tools

Repetitive hand or arm movements

Tiring or painful positions, including sitting for long…

Having to deal with difficult customers, patients,…

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Workplace risk assessments

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1 00

LuxembourgGreeceCyprusAustriaFrance

SlovakiaGermany

MaltaBelgiumEstoniaIrelandFinland

NetherlandsEU-28

LithuaniaCzech Republic

HungaryPoland

PortugalCroatia

SwedenLatvia

RomaniaSpain

BulgariaDenmark

United KingdomItaly

Slovenia

Mainly conducted by internal staff Risk assessments regularly

Base: all establishments.

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Main reason for addressing health and

safety

Base: all establishments.

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Fulfilling legalobligation

Meetingexpectations from

employees ortheir

representatives

Avoiding finesfrom the labour

inspectorate

Maintaining theorganisation's

reputation

Maintaining orincreasingproductivity

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Reasons why workplace risk assessments are not

carried out regularly

Base: establishments that do not carry out risk assessments regularly.

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

The hazards and risksare already known

There are no majorproblems

The necessaryexpertise is lacking

The procedure is tooburdensome

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Major difficulties in addressing OSH

Base: all establishments.

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10

20

30

40

50

Thecomplexity of

legalobligations

Thepaperwork

A lack of timeor staff

A lack ofmoney

A lack ofawarenessamong staff

A lack ofexpertise orspecialistsupport

A lack ofawareness

amongmanagement

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Difficulties in addressing health and safety:

the complexity of legal obligations

Base: all establishments.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1 00

Lithuania

Slovenia

Latvia

Finland

Denmark

Estonia

Malta

Sweden

Romania

Hungary

Slovakia

United Kingdom

Bulgaria

Luxembourg

Spain

Ireland

Czech Republic

Austria

Cyprus

Croatia

Germany

EU-28

Poland

Portugal

Netherlands

Belgium

France

Greece

Italy

Major difficulty Minor difficulty Not a difficulty No answer

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Difficulties in addressing psychosocial

risks

Base: establishments that report at least one psychosocial risk factor to be present in their establishments.

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10

20

30

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Reluctance to talk openlyabout these issues

A lack of awarenessamong staff

A lack of expertise orspecialist support

A lack of awarenessamong management

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ESENER-2 available resources

▪ First findings report (EN)

▪ Summary report

(all languages)

▪ Overview report (EN)

▪ Online visualisation tool

(all languages)

▪ Microdata (UKDA)

▪ Secondary analyses (EN)

• Worker participation

• Joint analysis − ESENER-2

− 6th EWCS

− 2013 LFS ad-hoc module

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Outlook – ESENER-3

▪ ESENER-3 in 2019

• Preparatory work in 2018

• Lessons learnt from first two waves

▪ Same topics - questionnaire

• Time series

▪ National sample sizes

• National surveys

▪ Policy makers

▪ Research community

Safety and health at work is everyone’s concern. It’s good for you. It’s good for business.

Thank you for your attention!

cavet@osha.europa.eu