Developing a prevention culture on workplace level: the perspective from workers viewpoint Viktor Kempa, Working Conditions, Health & Safety Department European Trade Union Institute

(2009) Using of the work equipment 89/655/EEC Work Equipment (2) 89/391/EEC – Framework Directive on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work Specific activities 90/269/EEC Manual Handling of Loads (4) 90/270/EEC Display Screen Equipments (5) 92/91/EEC Drilling (11) Workplace 89/654/EEC Workplace (1) 92/57/EEC Temporary/Mobile Construction Sites (8) 92/58/EEC Safety and/or Health Signs (9) 92/104/EEC Surface and Underground Mineral- extracting Industries (12) 93/103/EC Fishing Vessel (13) 1999/92/EC Explosive Atmospheres (15) Specific group of workers 92/85/EEC Pregnant and breastfeeding workers and worker who have recently given birth (10) Personal protection 89/656/EEC Personal Protective Equipment (3) Exposure to agents 90/394/EEC Carcinogens (6) 2000/54/EC Biological Agents (7) 98/24/EC Chemical Agents (14) 2000/44/EC Vibrations (16) 2003/10/EC Noise (17) 2004/40/EC Electromagnetic Fields (18) 2000/39/EC Indicative occupational exposure limit values

What is in game? ● Policy & Strategy ● Legislation & Principles ● Institutions & Agencies (tripartite) ● Social dialogue (European Framework Agrements) ● Guidelines & Codes of Practice ● Standards National transpositions and implementations Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

Presentation outline ● Definitions ● Role of workers and worker participation in developing a preventive culture ● How to measure a quality of prevention culture? Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

Definitions ● Prevention culture: the ways in which OHS is managed in the workplace, and often reflects "the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that both partners share in relation to OHS“ ● Prevention culture vs. workplace democracy (including voting system, debates, democratic structuring, due process, adversarial process) ● Social dialogue ● Worker participation – methods, procedures, actors, representation ● Direct vs. Representative ○ Trade Unions, Work Councils, Mix, Worker Reps ● Joint H&S Committee, Coll. agreements, Specific agreements (election of Reps, rights to info, consult, particip, or codecision) Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

Worker participation – methods, procedures, actors, ● Direct vs. Representative model ● Trade Unions, Work Councils, Mix, Worker Reps ● Joint H&S Committees ● Coll. Agreements ● Specific agreements ● Legislative rights ● (Workers, Reps, ICP) Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

Culture is a combination of an organization's: Attitudes Behaviors Beliefs Values Ways of doing things, and Other shared characteristics of a particular group of people. Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

A strong prevention culture is the result of: : Commitment and leadership of management Positive workplace attitudes Support to worker participation in OHS Mutual, meaningful, and measurable OHS goals Policies and procedures that serve as reference tools Training at all levels within the organization Responsibility and accountability throughout the organization Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

Basic questions to be raised at the beginning Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium February 2013 Have you introduced a policy on OHS in your company? Is there any agreement between company and workers on a creation and maintaining of this policy? Have you introduced any system of OHSM? Are the workers involved satisfactorily in the OHSMS? Is there indirect participation of workers in your company? Are there exact and defined procedures for information and consultation of workers in your company? 3

Questionnaire / Test Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium February 2013 For example divided into net chapters: 1.Management commitment 2.Communication 3.Worker participation 4.Training/Information 5.Compliance with procedures 6.Learning organisation 3

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3 Questions to be asked Source: HSE Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium February 2013

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● Prevention first! (proactive rather than retroactive & compensation) ● Employers' responsibility ● Hierarchy of prevention measures ● Continuous improvement (OHSM) ● Health AND Safety ● Social dialogue & workers' participation (ICP) ● Multidisciplinarity of prevention services Key principles of the EU OHS law Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February 2013

Hierarchy of prevention measures ► Avoid/eliminate the hazards ► Evaluate the risks that cannot be avoided ► Substitute dangerous by less dangerous ► Combat risks at source ► Adapt the work to the individual ► Adapt to technical progress ► Develop a coherent overall prevention policy ► Give collective protective measures priority ► Give appropriate instructions Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium Dates: February

An efficient prevention at the workplace Participation Multidisciplinarity Comprehensiveness Comitted employers - Recognize the problem! Risk assessment & management - Assess the risk on participatory basis! Hierarchy of preventive measures - Remove the hazard first! Technical and organisational measures - Use a feedback from the workplace! Social dialogue at the workplace - Talk to and listen to Workers H&S Reps! Concerted cooperation of all the actors - Identify, evaluate and combat the risks using synergy of knowledge and powers ! Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium February

Thank you for your attention! Multi-Country Workshop on Developing Systems for Occupational Health and Safety through Social Dialogue Mercure Brussels Center Louise, Brussels, Belgium February 2013