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Safety and health at work is everyone’s concern. It’s good for you. It’s good for business.
Trends and challenges of occupational safety and health in EuropeDr Christa Sedlatschek
Director1 June 2015
31st International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH) Seoul
APOSHO Asian Policy Forum
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EU-OSHA
The European Union body responsible for the
collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant
information to serve the needs of those involved
in safety and health at work
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OSH in the EU
• 85% of workers satisfied with the health and safety situation in their workplace (EB 2014), thanks to the comprehensive legislation and policy actions implemented by EU, Member States and social partners.
• However: − > 4 000 workers die of accidents at work and > 3 million workers
are victims of a serious accident at work.− 160 000 deaths annually are attributed to work-related diseases,
95 000 of which to occupational cancer. − Costs due to work-related sick leave, work-related diseases and
accidents are unacceptably high and put a heavy burden on competitiveness and social security budgets in addition to workers’ health.
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Why no risk assessment?
Smaller businesses lack the awareness of the hazards and risks they face
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Needs of small and micro-enterprises
Awareness raising Practical support tools
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The health problem in the EU
• More than 150,000 work-associated deaths annually (ILO estimate)
• € 490 billion cost to the EU economy
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Workability by age and occupation
<25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-640
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
construction worker roofer
potter businesspeople
parliamentarian scientist
Age
Dayssickleave
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ESENER-2 - Difficulties in addressing health and safety, by country: the complexity of legal obligations (% establishments, EU-28).
Base: all establishments in the EU-28.
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
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Major difficulty Minor difficulty Not a difficulty No answer
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EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work – 2014-2020
Identifies the challenges
1. Implementation Different approaches to implementation in EU Particular challenge for micro and small enterprises
2. Work-related diseases 4-8% of cancers due to occupational
exposure workplace stress, musculo-skeletal disorders
3. Demographic change working population between 55-64 set to
increase older workers need to stay healthy to retirement
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EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work – 2014-2020
Objectives focus on structural issues
1. Consolidation of national strategies
2. Facilitate compliance, especially in MSEs
3. Better enforcement by Member States
4. Simplifying legislation
5. Ageing, new risks, occupational diseases
6. Improving statistical data collection
7. Better international coordination
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EU-OSHA strategic approach
EU Strategic Framework
Multi-annual strategic programme
Identified priorities
Annual Management Plan
Specific projects
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EU-OSHA’s multi-annual strategic programme 2014-2020
Anticipating change• Foresight methodology• Research priorities
Facts and figures• MSEs• Older workers• ESENER• Work related diseases• Benefits of OSH
OSH tools• OIRA• E-Tools
Raising awareness• Campaigning
Networking knowledge• OSHWiki• OSH Strategies
Networking• International networking