News from EU-OSHA Dr Christa Sedlatschek 5 December 2012 | Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work

European Risk Observatory area Foresight & green jobs to be published Q1 2013 Final report + summary (6 lang) + presentation + press release, etc. Follow up products to be published on Q2 2013 on: Wind energy (State of the art report) OSH in green building construction: eFact + hazard identification checklist (HI) OSH and small scale applications of solar energy: eFact + (HI) Reprotoxic state of the art report to be published Q3-2013 Estimation of costs of non OSH at macro level to be published Q2 2013 Carcinogens workshop Berlin Sep/12 Seminar online summary to be published 4/Feb/2013 (World Cancer day) OSH research priorities for 2013-20 Seminar online summary to be published Q2 2013 REACH-CLP Seminar on OSH and REACH held at ECHA 03/Oct/12 mini campaign launched 13/Nov/12

Working Information area EU-OSHA member of interservice group (DG EMPL) for ex-post evaluation of EU Directives Wellbeing at work to be promoted Q3-2013 Policy overview Case studies Literature review on employers‘ & workers’ motivation Tobacco smoke mini campaign in cooperation with DG SANCO Promoted in World NO Tobacco Day Work-life balance eFact – published Health promotion of young workers FS promoted 12/Aug/12 Mental health promotion FS promoted 10/Oct/12 Training teachers to deliver risk education published Aug/12 Report and Factsheet OSH and nanomaterials eFacts to be published Q2 2013

Campaign 2012-13 working together for risk prevention Good practice awards 50 entries from 29 countries – highest participation rate ever Jury meeting in January 2013 Awards-Ceremony on 22 April 2013 in Dublin under the Irish EU-Presidency Campaign partnership scheme After second application round 80 campaign partners Benchmarking workshop in May 2013 in Brussels Closing Event Provisional date 13-14 November 2013

Campaign 2014-15 on managing psychosocial risks Objectives Promoting the positive effects of managing psychosocial risks, including the business case Promoting existing tools and guidance, supporting the development of new tools Content products in preparation (2012-14) Campaign toolkit for micro and small enterprises recognising and preventing psychosocial risks common concerns and misconceptions, simple definitions Costs related to stress and psychosocial risks (a state of the art report) Psychosocial risks in European workplaces. Organisational interventions. (EU-OSHA and EUROFOUND joint report) OSH Wiki articles

ESENER-2 (preparation in 2013, fieldwork in 2014) Increased policy relevance Covering additional topics: MSDs, OSH performance, OSH actors at the workplace, extent of the administrative burden, as well as previous topics: OSH management, psychosocial risks and worker involvement Including micro and SME: those employing 5 or more workers Extending to cover agriculture, forestry and fishing sector More countries: up to 35, possibly including Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia More accurate data New target respondent: to reduce refusals, avoid confusion over roles and gain space for more ‘content’ questions Fieldwork improvements: increased sample sizes, greater ‘quality’ requirements on the contractor Improve the quality of the questionnaire: more rigorous translation procedure and more extensive testing and piloting

Advice and consultation ESENER-2 Approximate schedule 2012 November: Initiate procurement 2013 April: Survey preparation 2014 April: Fieldwork period starts July: Fieldwork period ends September: Delivery of final dataset 2015 June: Overview report published Advice and consultation PRAG involvement Kept up to date with progress Consulted at key points during the preparation phase. Main issues: changes to the survey methodology and on the questionnaires Expert consultation Researchers who have worked closely with ESENER Experts in charge of comparable national level surveys

EP pilot project on OSH of older workers Overview of the situation Key issues, OSH approaches, workplace practices and needs for managing OSH of older workers, available tools… Review of OSH strategies OSH programmes/activities, on older workers in member states Review of rehabilitation strategies Programmes/actions, etc. regarding older workers in MS Assessment of OSH programmes and actions in practice Views of intermediaries & workplaces involved in programmes and actions Workplace-level views on OSH tools and support Perceived usefulness of a range of tools and assistance Meeting in the European Parliament Half-day to update EP towards mid-point of project Final report and policy recommendations Provide the Commission with an assessment of possible EU-level actions Stakeholder conference

Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tool OiRA Partners – Public Authorities BE, BG, CZ, CY, EL, ES, LV, LT, SI, SK, PT, RO & PT Collaboration national authorities having developed similar tools to OiRA: INSHT – Spain, HSA- Ireland, HSE – UK OiRA Partners – EU Social Partners Leather & Tanning, Private Security, Live Performance and Hairdressing OiRA Partners – OSH Institutes INRS (FR), SWEA (SE), FIOH (FI) and ELINYAE (EL) First OiRA tools published Hairdressing (CY), Working in offices (CY), Road transport (FR) and Leather & Tanning (EU) Tools under development Car Repair (CY, LT), Hairdressing (BE, CY, CZ), Butchers (EU), Private Security (EL), Working in offices (SI) and Generic (SI) Hairdressing (EU, PT, EL), Live performance (EU), 30 sectoral OiRA tools planned (EU), Bakeries (BG), Woodworking workshops (EL), Commercial shops (EL) and Catering sector (EL)

Other projects and activities OSHwiki Finalisation of content, develop community of ‘approved’ authors ‘Soft’ launch at HWC Closing Event in November 2013 Major launch at World Congress in August 2014 Tool to raise awareness and motivate SMEs to take action on psychosocial risks Development of support material in the context of the HWC 2016/17 Multi-lingual ‘portable application’ developed for SMEs OSH reviews Emerging risks in the healthcare sector, including home and community care Organisational interventions to tackle stress (joint project with Eurofound) Case studies on the business case for OSH at enterprise level Workshops and seminars Economic costs of poor OSH at the macro level Research priorities Reprotoxic substances