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23/10/2008
EU-OSHA focuses on risk assessment |
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The European Week for Safety and Health at Work is focussing on the importance of reducing accidents and death in the workplace.
Organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the event is part of the Healthy Workplaces campaign on risk assessment.
According to Jukka Takala, director of EU-OSHA, Eurostat figures show that someone in the European Union dies from "work-related causes" every three minutes.
Mr Takala asserted that this is "unacceptable" and as such something needs to be done to reduce the number of deaths and injuries.
"We need a change, and this change starts with assessing workplace risks," he commented. "We have to make employers, workers, safety representatives and policy makers aware that proper risk assessment is the key to good workplace safety and health management."
The European Week for Safety and Health at Work is due to run until Friday, October 24th.
It will feature hundreds of campaign activities which small and large companies can take part in together, including conferences, exhibitions and training sessions. |
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