This report presents the findings of a qualitative study of understandings and experiences of occupational safety and health (OSH) in 162 cases of micro and small firms selected from a range of economic sectors in nine EU Member States. Its aim was to present a ‘view from the workplace’ by explo...
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remain the most common work-related health problem in the European Union (EU). MSDs concern workers in all sectors and occupations. Besides the effects on workers themselves, they lead to high costs to enterprises and society. In order to support policy-makers, r...
This report presents the findings for each establishment visited in the UK as part of the qualitative post-test of the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Eighteen establishments were visited in total. Each establishment overview details any technical issues that e...
Occupational cancer is a problem that needs to be tackled across the European Union (EU). Estimates of the recent and future burden of occupational diseases indicate that occupational cancer is still a problem and will remain so in the future as a result of exposure of workers to carcinogens. Th...
The European Agency for Safety and Health at work (EU-OSHA) aims to estimate the costs of accidents at work, work-related health problems and work-related deaths in Europe. The first step towards achieving this objective entails the production of an overview of the availability and quality of th...
This report provides an analysis of the findings collected in ESENER on the management of occupational safety and health. The data analysis is informed by a literature review on the issue of OSH management and effective ways of managing OSH. The latter produced a conceptual framework on how to m...
This report presents a qualitative study of worker representation on occupational health and safety (OSH) in the European Union (EU) and is a follow-up to the second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2). It considers current practices within the EU and what these s...
Cancer is an important cause of occupational diseases and work-related deaths in the European Union (EU). The disease can have multiple causes, and its causes and their interplay are not fully known. However, it is evident that a number of work-related factors contribute to cancer. It is therefo...