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A summary of four secondary analysis reports: Understanding workplace management of safety and health, psychosocial risks and worker participation through ESENER

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report provides an overview of these reports, which focus on the following issues: Management of health and safety at work; Worker representation and consultation on health and safety; Factors associated with effective management of psychosocial risks; Management of psychosocial risks— drivers, obstacles, needs and measures taken

Worker representation and consultation on health and safety: An analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report focuses on workers' participation in health and safety management. It highlights how participation varies across Europe and examines the relationship between worker representation and effective management of workplace risks.

Management of occupational safety and health: Analysis of data from the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report focuses on management of safety and health at work, examining how practices vary across Europe depending on, for example, establishment size, location and sector.

Worker participation in Occupational Safety and Health – a practical guide

Employees often have a detailed knowledge of their work and how it can be made safer. This guide shows how workers can use this knowledge to actively liaise with managers to improve workplace safety and health. It outlines the respective roles, responsibilities and legal duties of workers, their representatives and employers. It gives concrete examples of steps that all parties can take to meaningfully improve occupational safety and health. This guide also contains a useful ‘checklist’ that workers and their representatives can work through to ensure that they are doing their utmost to reduce risks.

Coming soon: Management Leadership in Occupational Safety and Health – a practical guide

Safe and healthy workplaces help businesses and organisations to succeed and prosper and also benefit wider society. This guide gives business leaders practical information on how safety and health can be improved through effective leadership, worker involvement and ongoing assessment and review, making businesses and organisations safe and healthy for everyone. A diagnostic check gives an idea of the level of prevention in a company and provides ideas for improvement.

Building Healthy and Equitable Workplaces for Women and Men: A Resource for Employers and Worker Representatives

This document provides employers and worker representatives with tools to build healthy and equitable workplaces for women and men while bringing needed attention to issues predominantly affecting women. The document includes ways to address the needs of women and men in the areas of physical and psychosocial health, personal health resources and enterprise-community involvement, avenues to protect and promote workers' health, which are based on the WHO healthy workplace model (Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 11). Although aimed at developing countries, it contains suggestions and checklists for action that are relevant to any workplace. It contains advice on involving workers and a section for worker representatives.

NTP 182: Encuesta de autovaloración de las condiciones de trabajo

La experiencia cotidiana proporciona al trabajador unos conocimientos sobre estos factores que le permiten su valoración y que, por tanto, no deben ser olvidados en el momento de evaluar una situación de trabajo. El objetivo de la encuesta que se presenta es proporcionar un medio que facilite esta evaluación de las condiciones de cada puesto. No pretende cubrir de manera exhaustiva todos los condicionantes en el mundo del trabajo, sino que se trata de que el propio trabajador pueda realizar un primer análisis de los principales problemas presentes en su trabajo. 

Questionaire pour l'autoévaluation des conditions de travail

Test for self-assesment of working conditions

Guide to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Work Injuries

If you want to find out if your workplace safety intervention program is hitting its mark, this guide is for you. Aimed at safety professionals, the guide shows how to evaluate a program’s effectiveness and presents real-life examples. The guide was produced by the Institute for Work & Health and the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Participative Ergonomic Blueprint

Are you interested in preventing musculoskeletal disorders in workers? Then consider using a participatory ergonomic (PE) program. Evidence shows that PE programs, which involve workers in building safer workplaces, can help prevent MSDs. The PE Blueprint provides step-by-step guidance on how to set up a PE program.

Reducing MSD hazards in the workplace: A guide to successful participatory ergonomics programs

In participatory ergonomics (PE) programs, workers, supervisors and other workplace parties jointly identify and address work-related hazards. PE can help reduce low-back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), resulting in fewer workers’ compensation claims and lost days from work. This booklet, based on a systematic review by IWH researchers, outlines six key steps that have been shown to contribute to the success of a PE program.

NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR CLEANING SURFACES

 Using a special technology, polishing agents have very sensitive particles during the process of polishing, nano particles are broken and become increasingly smooth. Scratches are removed without causing new ones due to polish. It thus makes a very shiny surface and gives the surface the initial ...

Barefoot Research: A Worker's Manual for Organising On Work Security

This manual is a practical guide which has been developed to help workers and trade union officials to carry out their own workplace-based reserach to identify work security problems and ensure that problems are tackled from a worker-centred perspective.  It explains how to use various techniques including inspections by workers; surveys of workers; small group discussions with workers;body and workplace mapping techniques; interviewing workers; observation of work tasks. Importantly, it also covers how to take action based on the information collected, translating it into changes at the workplace.

Scientific evaluation of aluminium and aluminium compounds

The Nordic Expert Group (NEG) has recently published an evaluation on aluminium. The document is a joint production of the Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals (NEG) and the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS). It has been published separately by DECOS and NEG and the NEG version, hereby announced, has been adapted to the requirements of NEG.

NANOPOWDERS USED IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY

There are numerous studies that demonstrate that inhalation of zinc oxide fine particles can have catastrophic consequences for human health. The researchers have tried to find new ways to use the antiseptic properties of zinc oxide without affecting the health of those who are using this ...

United Kingdom, Healthy Working Lives, Respiratory protection selector online tool

In the United Kingdom, the Health and Safety Executive and the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives have developed a new Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) selector tool to assist organisations select the correct RPE.

AIR PURIFYING IN THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL COMPANY

Finnzymes has laboratories for DNA (research, analytics, diagnostics) and for the production of DNA and protein molecules. In this case study, GENANO ® technology, which cleans all of the airborne particles, including nanosized particles and molecules, is used to purify the indoor air in the ...

Health and Safety at Work for pregnant women and new mothers

A factsheet that provides information on the hazards and risks that pregnant working women face at the workplace and the requirements by their employers to identify and reduce these hazards and risks.

Health and safety in hairdressing. An evaluation of health and safety management practices in the Hairdressing industry

Hairdressing poses significant risks of musculoskeletal disorders and dermatitis for Hairdressers. Hairdressers suffering musculoskeletal discomfort, pain or injury means decreased job performance, lower productivity, increased time off work and possible early retirement from the hairdressing profession.

The causes of this harm to workers in the Industry are largely known. Ways to prevent this harm exist but are not so well known. Hairdressers can protect themselves from harm. There is no reason why any new entrant to the Industry should have to leave the profession because of work related muscle, joint or tendon discomfort or harm.

CAN - Workplace exposure to chemicals and dusts - Results of the chemical analyses produced at the IRSST for 2001-2008

Organizations in the Québec prevention network are regularly involved in companies in order to collect samples by which the IRSST’s laboratories can evaluate the air quality. The results of these analyses, for the years 2001 to 2008, have been published annually, and the reports produced have identified several situations of high potential concentrations in the large industrial groups.

ADJUSTMENT OF METERING PLACES FOR METERING OF VIBRATIONS OF ROTATING MACHINES FOR SECURING SAFE WORK PERFORMANCE

Basic mission of Eurostream, a.s. is to transport natural gas in Slovakia and through Slovakia to the European markets. The purpose of the work was to propose such a system of execution of vibrations within the preventive maintenance of machines which would increase the safety of personnel ...

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A summary of four secondary analysis reports: Understanding workplace management of safety and health, psychosocial risks and worker participation through ESENER

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report provides an overview of these reports, which focus on the following issues: Management of health and safety at work; Worker representation and consultation on health and safety; Factors associated with effective management of psychosocial risks; Management of psychosocial risks— drivers, obstacles, needs and measures taken

Worker representation and consultation on health and safety: An analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report focuses on workers' participation in health and safety management. It highlights how participation varies across Europe and examines the relationship between worker representation and effective management of workplace risks.

Management of occupational safety and health: Analysis of data from the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)

In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from the initial analysis presented in the descriptive overview report in 2010, four secondary analysis projects have been carried out in 2011. This report focuses on management of safety and health at work, examining how practices vary across Europe depending on, for example, establishment size, location and sector.

Worker participation in Occupational Safety and Health – a practical guide

Employees often have a detailed knowledge of their work and how it can be made safer. This guide shows how workers can use this knowledge to actively liaise with managers to improve workplace safety and health. It outlines the respective roles, responsibilities and legal duties of workers, their representatives and employers. It gives concrete examples of steps that all parties can take to meaningfully improve occupational safety and health. This guide also contains a useful ‘checklist’ that workers and their representatives can work through to ensure that they are doing their utmost to reduce risks.

Coming soon: Management Leadership in Occupational Safety and Health – a practical guide

Safe and healthy workplaces help businesses and organisations to succeed and prosper and also benefit wider society. This guide gives business leaders practical information on how safety and health can be improved through effective leadership, worker involvement and ongoing assessment and review, making businesses and organisations safe and healthy for everyone. A diagnostic check gives an idea of the level of prevention in a company and provides ideas for improvement.

Building Healthy and Equitable Workplaces for Women and Men: A Resource for Employers and Worker Representatives

This document provides employers and worker representatives with tools to build healthy and equitable workplaces for women and men while bringing needed attention to issues predominantly affecting women. The document includes ways to address the needs of women and men in the areas of physical and psychosocial health, personal health resources and enterprise-community involvement, avenues to protect and promote workers' health, which are based on the WHO healthy workplace model (Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 11). Although aimed at developing countries, it contains suggestions and checklists for action that are relevant to any workplace. It contains advice on involving workers and a section for worker representatives.

NTP 182: Encuesta de autovaloración de las condiciones de trabajo

La experiencia cotidiana proporciona al trabajador unos conocimientos sobre estos factores que le permiten su valoración y que, por tanto, no deben ser olvidados en el momento de evaluar una situación de trabajo. El objetivo de la encuesta que se presenta es proporcionar un medio que facilite esta evaluación de las condiciones de cada puesto. No pretende cubrir de manera exhaustiva todos los condicionantes en el mundo del trabajo, sino que se trata de que el propio trabajador pueda realizar un primer análisis de los principales problemas presentes en su trabajo. 

Questionaire pour l'autoévaluation des conditions de travail

Test for self-assesment of working conditions

Guide to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Work Injuries

If you want to find out if your workplace safety intervention program is hitting its mark, this guide is for you. Aimed at safety professionals, the guide shows how to evaluate a program’s effectiveness and presents real-life examples. The guide was produced by the Institute for Work & Health and the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Participative Ergonomic Blueprint

Are you interested in preventing musculoskeletal disorders in workers? Then consider using a participatory ergonomic (PE) program. Evidence shows that PE programs, which involve workers in building safer workplaces, can help prevent MSDs. The PE Blueprint provides step-by-step guidance on how to set up a PE program.

Reducing MSD hazards in the workplace: A guide to successful participatory ergonomics programs

In participatory ergonomics (PE) programs, workers, supervisors and other workplace parties jointly identify and address work-related hazards. PE can help reduce low-back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), resulting in fewer workers’ compensation claims and lost days from work. This booklet, based on a systematic review by IWH researchers, outlines six key steps that have been shown to contribute to the success of a PE program.

NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR CLEANING SURFACES

 Using a special technology, polishing agents have very sensitive particles during the process of polishing, nano particles are broken and become increasingly smooth. Scratches are removed without causing new ones due to polish. It thus makes a very shiny surface and gives the surface the initial ...

Barefoot Research: A Worker's Manual for Organising On Work Security

This manual is a practical guide which has been developed to help workers and trade union officials to carry out their own workplace-based reserach to identify work security problems and ensure that problems are tackled from a worker-centred perspective.  It explains how to use various techniques including inspections by workers; surveys of workers; small group discussions with workers;body and workplace mapping techniques; interviewing workers; observation of work tasks. Importantly, it also covers how to take action based on the information collected, translating it into changes at the workplace.

Scientific evaluation of aluminium and aluminium compounds

The Nordic Expert Group (NEG) has recently published an evaluation on aluminium. The document is a joint production of the Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals (NEG) and the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS). It has been published separately by DECOS and NEG and the NEG version, hereby announced, has been adapted to the requirements of NEG.

NANOPOWDERS USED IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY

There are numerous studies that demonstrate that inhalation of zinc oxide fine particles can have catastrophic consequences for human health. The researchers have tried to find new ways to use the antiseptic properties of zinc oxide without affecting the health of those who are using this ...

United Kingdom, Healthy Working Lives, Respiratory protection selector online tool

In the United Kingdom, the Health and Safety Executive and the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives have developed a new Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) selector tool to assist organisations select the correct RPE.

AIR PURIFYING IN THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL COMPANY

Finnzymes has laboratories for DNA (research, analytics, diagnostics) and for the production of DNA and protein molecules. In this case study, GENANO ® technology, which cleans all of the airborne particles, including nanosized particles and molecules, is used to purify the indoor air in the ...

Health and Safety at Work for pregnant women and new mothers

A factsheet that provides information on the hazards and risks that pregnant working women face at the workplace and the requirements by their employers to identify and reduce these hazards and risks.

Health and safety in hairdressing. An evaluation of health and safety management practices in the Hairdressing industry

Hairdressing poses significant risks of musculoskeletal disorders and dermatitis for Hairdressers. Hairdressers suffering musculoskeletal discomfort, pain or injury means decreased job performance, lower productivity, increased time off work and possible early retirement from the hairdressing profession.

The causes of this harm to workers in the Industry are largely known. Ways to prevent this harm exist but are not so well known. Hairdressers can protect themselves from harm. There is no reason why any new entrant to the Industry should have to leave the profession because of work related muscle, joint or tendon discomfort or harm.

CAN - Workplace exposure to chemicals and dusts - Results of the chemical analyses produced at the IRSST for 2001-2008

Organizations in the Québec prevention network are regularly involved in companies in order to collect samples by which the IRSST’s laboratories can evaluate the air quality. The results of these analyses, for the years 2001 to 2008, have been published annually, and the reports produced have identified several situations of high potential concentrations in the large industrial groups.

ADJUSTMENT OF METERING PLACES FOR METERING OF VIBRATIONS OF ROTATING MACHINES FOR SECURING SAFE WORK PERFORMANCE

Basic mission of Eurostream, a.s. is to transport natural gas in Slovakia and through Slovakia to the European markets. The purpose of the work was to propose such a system of execution of vibrations within the preventive maintenance of machines which would increase the safety of personnel ...