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This project is funded by the European Union. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Commission.
This project is funded by the European Union. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Commission.
HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
MMag. Christian MandlAustrian Federal EconomicChamber
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This project is funded by the European Union. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Commission.
This project is funded by the European Union. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Commission.
Headlines
Introduction and Overview
Horizontal Actions and Framework Directive
Sectoral Issues
Austrian Situation and Legislation
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+ level playing field within the EU, inside the country + reduced accidents and down-time + improved quality of the production + creates a positive image towards authorities,
general public and labour force
- possibility of conflicts in labour relations - risk of control, fines for not respecting legislation - can lead up to closure of factory - costs for implementation of H&S rules
Why health and safety at work?
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Companies don‘t know legislation Availability of work equipment Effective utilisation by workers machine safety of older equipment – risk for company
and workers different risks: male-female, young-old workers,
handicaped people …. lack of accurate measurements of noise, emmissions,
vibration, dust, ….) non respect of tresholds
Critical areas
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Problems
different transposition of national tresholds awareness problems among SME (< 20
employees) motivation of workers using safety equipment lack of arbitrary enforcement by authorities financing non productive investments
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Costs for the employer
Napo’s new film “Safety pays“http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
fines for non compliance insurance premium train new workers shift filling in forms inspection by authorities
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Legislation + Information + Enforcement but: not punishing!
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Overview Health and Safety at Work
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Horizontal actions
use of work equipment
use of personal protective equipment
manual handling of loads involving risk
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Horizontal actions
work with display screen equipment
provision of health and safety signs at work
film:http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
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Atypical groups of workers
temporary workers
protection of young people at work
protection of pregnant women, women who have recently given birth and women who are breastfeeding
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Special workplaces
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(Special) workplaces I
workplace 89/654/EEC
temporary and mobile work sites 92/57/EEC
extractive industries92/91/EEC, 92/104/EEC
vessels 93/103/EEC, 92/29/EEC
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(Special) workplaces II
exposure to carcinogens and mutagens (2004/37/EC), biological agents (90/679/EEC), chemical agents (98/24/EEC), asbestos (83/477/EEC, 91/382/EEC)
risk of explosive atmospheres (1999/92/EC),
ionising radiation (96/29/Euratom), noise (2003/10/EC), electromagnetic fields (2004/40/EC), mechanical vibration (2002/44/EC), optical radiation (2006/25/EC)
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OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration www.osha.europa.eu
Set up in 1996 by the European Union and located in Bilbao, Spain, EU-OSHA is the main EU reference point for safety and health at work.
New and emerging risks are anticipated through our European Risk Observatory. OSHA identifies and shares information, good practice and advice with a wide
range of audiences, such as social partners - employers’ federations and trade unions.
600 case studies, best practices, checklists
Healthy Workplaces campaign, which changes every two years (2010 “safe maintenance”).
EU-OSHA is a key player in the Community Strategy for Health and Safety at Work, 2007-2012.
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Why a Strategy and Framework directive?
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Evaluation EC Strategy 2002-2006
Fatal accidents 2000-2004 -17% (EU-15)
Workplace accidents (absences of more than 3 days)
-20% (2000-2004)
Non-accidental health problems - almost 28% of workers say that they
are suffering from their current or previous job
35% of workers feel that their job puts their health at risk
Occupational hazards are not being reduced in a uniform way - some
categories of workers are still overexposed to occupational risk;
certain types of enterprises are more vulnerable; certain sectors are still
particularly dangerous
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Challenges/growing importances
Demographic change and the ageing of the working population
New employment trends (self-employed, outsourcing, SME)
New and larger flows of migrants (language!)
Increasing number of women at work
Certain types of occupational illnesses becoming more common
The nature of occupational hazards changes with the innovation,
emerging new risk factors
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
Framework Directive („FD“) is the „cornerstone“ of all requirements in the
area of occupational safety and health at work (OSH)
Adressed to member states, not to citizens or economic entities; FD had to
be transposed into national laws!
FD establish the minimum requirements all member
states must respect (mandatory requirements).
National law my provide for additional measures.
FD provides a reference basis for a series of specific directives „daughter
directives“ which cover most of the risks related to health and safety in the
workplace.
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
Objective: To ensure a higher degree of protection of workers at work
The obligation of employers and workers
The obligation to carry out a risk assessment
The prevention of occupational risks
The protection of safety and health
The eliminiation of risk and accidents factors
The information, consultation, participation and training
of workers and their representatives
Applicable to all sectors (public and private, including small employers!),
with the exception of certain specific activities in the public and civil
protection services.
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
Employers‘ obligations: To ensure the safety and health of
workers in every aspect related to the work, primarly on the
basis of the specified general principle of prevention, without involving
the workers in any financial cost
to evaluate the occupational risks, inter alia in the choice of work
equipment and the fitting-out of workplaces, and to make provisions for
adequate protective and preventive services (or use of external ones)
to keep a list of, and draw up reports on, occupational accidents
to take the necessary measures for first aid, fire-fighting, evacuation of
workers and action required in the event of serious and imminent danger
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
to inform and consult workers and allow them to take part in
discussions on all questions relating to safety and health at work
to ensure that each worker receives adequate
safety and health training throughout the period of employment
To develop a preventive policy covering technology,
organisation of work, working conditions, social relationships, …
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
General principles of prevention:
Avoiding risk
Evaluating the risk which cannot be avoided
Combating the risk source
Adapting the work to the individual
Adapting to technical progresss
Replacing the dangerous by the non-dangerous or the less dangerous
Planning risk prevention by taking into account technology, organisation of work,
working conditions, social relationships and the influence of factors related to
working environment
Giving collective protective measures priority over individual protective measure
Giving appropriate instruction to workers Film „Eliminate the risk“: http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
The employer shall:
Be in possession of an assessment of the risks to safety and health
at work, including those groups of workers exposed to particular risks
Decide on the protective measures to be taken and , if necessary,
the protective equipment to be used
Maintain a register of accidents at work which have led to a period
of incapacity for work longer than 3 days
Draw up, for the responsible authorities and in accordance with
national laws and/or practices, reports on occupational accidents
suffered by his workers
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
Workers obligations – in accordance with their training
and int instructions given by their employer:
Make correct use of machinery, apparatus, tools,….
Make correct use of the protective equipment supplied to them and, after use,
return it to ist proper place;
Refrain from disconnecting, changing or removing arbitrarily safety devices fitted,
e.g. to machinery, …
Report immediately to the employer and/or the supervisors about any work
situation posing a serious and immediate danger to S&H and about any
shortcomings in protection arrangements;
Perform all tasks set forth by safety regulations and cooperate with the employer
to ensure a working environment and conditions that do not pose any risks in
terms of S&H
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Framework – Directive 89/391/EEC
Workers of several companies operating in the same
workplace
Cooperation and Consultation between employers in
implementing H &S, hygiene provisions,
Coordination of actions in matters of protection from, and
prevention of, occupational hazards
Inform each other of these risks
Inform their respective workers and/or wokers‘
representatives of these risks
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Risk Assessment (RA)
To enable the employer to effectively take the measures
necessary for the S&H protection of workers.
RA is „a systematic examination of all aspects of the work
undertaken to consider:
What could cause injury or harm
Whether the hazards could be eliminated , and if not
what preventive or protective measures are, or should be, in
place to control the risks“
Film „Act on Risk“: http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
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Risk Assessment
Napo’s new film about Risk Assessment on the OSHA –Homepage
http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
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Risk Assessment
There are not fixed rules how the RA should be undertaken, but 2
principles:
1. Structure the assessment to ensure that
all relevant hazards and risks are addressed
2. When a risk is identified, beginn
assessment from first principles by
questioning if the risk can be
eliminated: is the casual hazard necessary?
EU guidance on risk assessment at work –The content and extend
depend on the conditions at the workplace (e.g. number of workers,
accident history, ill-health record, work materials, work equipment, work
activities, features of the workplace and specific risks).
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The five basic steps in risk assessment
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Risk Assessment (RA)
Practical implementation (EC Communication COM 62 final,
5.2.04)
Task, documentation and supervision is not universally spread
In the course of procedures the focus is put in obvious risks
There is hardly any consideration of psychosocial risk factors and work
organisation factors
RA is often being considered to be on a one-time obligation and lacks
continuity
The efficiency of the measures is not sufficiently supervised by employers
There is not yet a general and adequate access of all enterprises accross the
EU to protective and preventive services
Further support to extend the involvement of workers is required (despite the
strong emphasis)
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Risk Assessment
Napo’s new film about Risk Assessment on the OSHA –Homepage
http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
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Protective and preventive Information, Services
employer shall designate one or more workers responsible for protection and prevention (enough workers and necessary time!)
also possible: enlist competent external services and persons
Worker information: risks + measures taken for each type of job, assignment of function; workers of subcontractors;
Measures adopted and staff members appointed First aid fire fighting, staff evacuation procedures
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Consultation/participation of workers
Employers shall consult workers/“reps“ and allow them to take part in
discussions on all questions relating to S&H at work:
Active consultation of workers
The right of workers and/or their „reps“ to make proposals
– To take appropriate measures
– To submit proposals to mitigate hazards and/or remove sources of danger
Balanced participation in accordance with national laws and/or practices
Consultation/Participation on:
Any action which might have considerable consequences for S&H
Designation of workers responsible for protection and prevention activities;
First aid, fire fighting and staff evacuation procedures
The planning and organisation of the training of workers
The need to resort to external services/Experts
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Training of workers, Health surveillance
The employer shall ensure adequate S&H training, in particular in the form
of information and instructions specific to his workstation or job
On recruitment
In the event of transfer of change of job
Introduction of new work equipment, change in equipment
Introduction of any new technology
Adapted to take account of new or changed risks, and
Repeated periodically if necessary
Health surveillance in conformity with national legislation and/or practices to ensure appropriate
supervision depending on the risks at the workplace
Each worker must be entitled, if she/he wishes, to have a medical check-up at regular
intervals
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Organisation of working timeDir. 2003/88/EC
Working time: period during which the worker is working, at the
employer‘s disposal and carrying out his activity or duties. Every
worker is entitled to:
A minimum daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours/24-hour
A rest break if working day >6h
A minimum uninterrupted rest period of 24 hours/7-day period
Maximum weekly working time of 48 hours, including overtime
Paid annual leave of at least four weeks
Weekly averages: member states may lay down reference periods
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Organisation of working timeDir. 2003/88/EC
Night work: max 8 hours/24-hour period.
It is governed by national legislation and/or practice or
by collective agreements.
Free health assessment before being assigned to night
work and thereafter at regular intervals.
If they are deemed to be unsuited to night work, they must
be transferred to day work where possible. If regular used –
information of competent H&S authorities.
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Organisation of working timeDir. 2003/88/EC
Derogations from reference periods for calculating weekly
working time may not exceed 6 months (in case of collective
agreement 12 months)
Special provisions apply to certain sectors of employment:
Mobile workers and offshore activities (daily rest, breaks, weekly rest
and night work)
Workers on board fishing vessels (daily rest, max. weekly working time,
night work)
Doctors in training (transitional period of 5/6 years as of 1.8.2004 – max.
weekly working time 58/56/52/48 hours
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Use of work equipment – 89/655/EEC
Employers‘ obligations:
choice of work equipment: eliminate or at least minimise hazards.
Minimus requirements in the Annex - if no other Directive is applicable.
Use, maintenance, repair of work equipment involving a specific risk may only
be carried out by workers who have been specifically designated to the task
to provide adequate information and written instructions on work
equipment, containing at least adequate safety and health information
adequate training, awareness of potential dangers
initial and periodical inspections
to take into account work situation (ergonomic principles)
consultation and participation of workers
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Personal protective equipment 89/656/EEC
Objective: minimum requirements for the assessment, selection and correct
use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Priority must be given to collective
safety measures.
Employers‘ obligations:
PPE must comply with Community provisions on design and manufacture.
Appropriate equipment must be provided free of charge and ensure that it is in good
working order and hygienic condition
Before choosing PPE the employer is required to assess the extent to which it
complies with the conditions set out in the Directive. This includes analysis of risks
which cannot be avoided by other means and definitions and comparison of the
requisite characteristics of the equipment.
Film „Identify the Unknown“: http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
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Manual handling of loads involving risk – 90/269/EEC
Objective: Protection of workers in the manual handling of heavy loads.
Consultation and participation of workers
Employers‘ obligations:
to use the appropriate means to avoid the need for manual handling of loads
by workers, or, where this cannot be avoided, to take the appropriate
organisational measures to reduce the risk involved
adequate information on the weight of a load and the centre of grafity or the
heaviest side when a package is eccentrically loaded, proper training and
precise information on how to handle loads correctly, and the risks involved in
incorrect handling
Film: Watch out – Backs only break once http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/campaign/animations/warehouse
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Work with display screen equipment – 90/270/EEC
Objective: min. requirements to guarantee the safety of workstations
Definition: alphanumeric or graphic display screen, regardless of the display process
employed; exempted are 6 cases, e.g. computer systems on board a means of transport
Employers‘ obligations:
to analyse workstations, evaluate the safety and health conditions and remedy any risk to
eyesight, physical problems and problems of mental stress
minimum requirements for equipment, environment (space, lighting, noise, heat) and
operator/computer interface. Workers‘ activities must be planned that daily work on a
display screen is periodically interrupted by breaks or changes of activity
Workers are entitled to an appropriate eye and eyesight test before commencing display
screen work, at regular intervals thereafter, and if they experience visual difficulties;
ophtalmological examinations, if necessary and special corrective appliances at no
additional costs to them
Film: http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/campaign/animations/computer
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Health and Safety Signs 92/58/EEC
Objective: Community system of safety signs designed to reduce the risk of
accidents at work and occupational diseases.
obligatory addition of other signboards and introduction of several other forms of
marking and signalling, e.g. location and identification of containers and pipes and
of fire-fighting equipment, marking of certain traffic routes, illuminated and
accoustic signs, appropriate verbal communication, and hand signals.
Employers‘ obligations:
Signs must be provided where hazards cannot be avoided or adequately reduced
by preventive measures. Wherever appropriate, signs used for road, rail, inland
waterway, sea and air transport must be installed inside undertakings.
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Self-employed workersRecommendation 2003/134/EC
Minimum standards of protection of H&S of self-employed workers (not subordinated to a third person) who are not generally covered by the FD. Self-employed workers are very often subject to H&S risks similar to employees (agriculture, fishing, construction, transport)
Member States are recommended to promote prevention policies as well as health and safety at work measures (awareness-raising campaigns, access to training and health surveillance).
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Temporary work – Directive 91/383/EEC
Objective: to ensure the same level of protection (PPE, information, training etc.).
It specifies more binding and/or more specific provisions on providing information for temporary workers and on medical supervision.
Divided responsibility among user undertakings, temporary employment businesses and health inspection and prevention bodies.
Temporary workers must not be used for work requiring special medical surveillance over a long period. Where exceptions are made, medical surveillance must continue beyond the term of the temporary employment contract.
Member States may ban the use of temporary workers for work that is particularly dangerous, especially work requiring special medical surveillance.
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Protection of young people at work – Directive 94/33/EC
Objective: improved working conditions guaranteeing young workers
(under 18) better health and safety protection.
Content: Member States may stipulate that the Directive may not be applicable
to occasional work carried out for a limited period in domestic service in a
private household or to work in a familiy business which is not considered
likely to harm, injure or endanger young people and for the purposes of cultural,
artistic, sporting or advertising activities, subject to prior authorisation
by the competent authority in each specific case.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the employment
of children (under 15 or who are still in full-time compulsory education
according to national legislation) and shall ensure that the employment of
adolescents (15-18) is strictly controlled and protected.
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Protection of young people at work – Directive 94/33/EC
Children aged 14 years or over who work in an undertaking as part of a work/training scheme or traineeship
Children over 13 may perform light work for a limited number of hours per week in categories of employment defined in national legislation.
types of employment which must not carried out by young people
special provisions relating to working hours, night work, rest periods, annual leave, rest breaks
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Protection of pregnant women – Directive 92/85/EEC – 10th indiv. Dir.
Objective: Minimum measures to protect the health and safety
of pregnant workers, womenworkers who have recently given birth
and women who are breastfeeding, considering them to be a specific
risk group.
Content: Avoid the exposure by provisionally adjusting their
working conditions or their working hours. Where this is
technically and/or objectively not feasible, or cannot reasonably be
required on duly substantiated grounds, the employer shall take the
necessary measures to move the worker concerned to another
job. Where transfer is not feasible, the workers must be granted leave
for the whole of the period.
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Protection of pregnant women – Directive 92/85/EEC – 10th indiv. Dir.
Pregnant workers may not be obliged to perform duties for which the assessment has revealed a risk of exposure to agents and risky conditions
Workers are not obliged to perform night work during their pregnancy and a period following child birth, subject to submission of a medical certificate, by transferring them to daytime work while possible, otherwise by excusing them from work or extending maternity leave.
Maternity leave: uninterrupted period of at least 14 weeks before and/or after delivery, two of which must occur before. Pregnant workers have the right to take leave from work without loss of pay to attend pre-natal examinations.
Women may not be dismissed for reasons related to their condition from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the period of leave from work. For a dissmissal employer must give good grounds in writing.
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Revised Framework Agreement concerning parental leave
The European social partners ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP and UEAPME signed an Agreement increasing the duration of parental leave.
The new Agreement:increases parental leave from three to four months for each parent. One of the four months shall be non-transferrable between the parents states that it applies to all workers, regardless of their type of contract (fixed-term, part-time, etc.) also gives parents returning to work after parental leave the opportunity to request a change to their working conditions (working hours, for example) increases protection not just against dismissal but also against any unfavourable treatment due to the exercise of the right to parental leave
The European Commission has adopted the proposal on July 30, 2009. If adopted by Member States in the Council, the proposal would give legal effect to the Agreement.
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OVERVIEW - Internet
European Agency for Safety and Health at work (Bilbao) –
http://osha.europa.eu
Legislation and Directives: http://osha.europa.eu/legislation/directives/
Risk Assessment: http://hwi.osha.europa.eu/ra_tools_generic/
Summaries of Legislation (Scadplus):
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s02308.htm
European Foundation for the improvement for the living and working
conditions http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/
European Commission DG EMPL
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/health_safety/index_en.htm
Austria: http://www.arbeitundgesundheit.at
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Austrian situation and legislation
more than ¾ of accidents in Austria are accidents during holidays, sport accidents and homework-accidents!
Only 20% are occupational accidents, -20% since 1995 Austrian ranks 2nd in Europe (after Finland)
2008: 167 (52 on the way to working place) fatal accidents, 130.000 persons injured (3,42 mio. employees); 20% construction sector
Main law: „Bundesgesetz über Sicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz bei der Arbeit (ArbeitnehmerInnenschutzgesetz – ASchG)
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Austrian situation and legislation
General Obligations Evaluation of working places – Risk assessment Situation of employees – qualification, age, handicaps etc. coordination of employers (e.g. on temporary work sites) special rules: leasing of employees designation of one/more workers responsible (> 10
employees) for the protection and the prevention of occupational risks
information and training, cooperation with the works‘ council
maintanance and cleaning, checking
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Austrian situation and legislation Work place and temporary work sites
definitions equipment of buildings (floors, walls, doors, windows,
lighting, electricity, security electricity and safety signs, storage of goods, …..
traffic routes, emergency exits, offices, production halls, stores (height, lighting,
climatisation, ventilation….) protection against fire and explosion first aid sanitary/social facilities protection of non-smokers
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Austrian situation and legislation
Working tools
Definition requirements (suitability and legeal requirements,
e.g. CE) placement of working tools, machines checking use of machines (repair, maintenance, cleaning, ….)
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Austrian situation and legislation
dangerous substances (risk of fire,risk of explosure, health risks, biological agents)
evaluation of substances prohibition and substitution storage of dangerous substances measures to avoid risk treshold values
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Austrian situation and legislation
Health Checks
Suitability for the work and regular health checks if there is danger for occupational disease heat, noise, carcinogens employer has to cover the costs
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Austrian situation and legislation
work flow and processes – work places avoidance of risks protection against weather as much as possible qualification manual handling of loads noise heat – cold, …. personal protective equipment display screen equipment
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Austrian situation and legislation
notification requirements
responsible persons list of occupational (fatal) accidents intended use of carcinegens, biological agents construction activities (> 5 days) activities including special danger
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Austrian situation and legislation
recording requirements
security and health checks information/trainings occupational (fatal) accidents injuries of workers (> 3 days) near-accidents (fatal or which could cause heavy
injuries) workers exposed to carcinogens and biological agents examination and maintenance of work tools workers designated for regular/special health checks
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Thank you for listening
Napo’s new film about “The End”on the OSHA –Homepage
http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/napo
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Thank you!
MMag. Christian MandlAustrian Federal EconomicChamber