The future of work: new insights on labour shortages and artificial intelligence | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

Two new discussion papers from our Future of Work project examine how emerging trends may shape occupational safety and health (OSH) in the near future. The first paper explores the pressures that labour shortages can create for OSH and includes policies and strategies aimed at addressing the issue.

Programme | 23rd World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2023 | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

The 2023 European Week for Safety and Health at Work will be raising awareness about the upcoming Healthy Workplaces Campaign 23-25. With the topic: Safe and healthy work in the digital age, the campaign wants to ensure a human-centred approach to managing digital technologies in the workplace.

Collaborative robot lifting parts in an automotive and industrial supplier (ID1) | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

The practical implementation of AI-based systems in the workplace poses a number of challenges to companies. A Slovenian enterprise specialising in the field of automotive and industrial technologies has introduced a cobot to support workers in lifting parts between workstations. In the early stages of the process, the company struggled to strike the right balance between utilising the cobot’s capacities efficiently and adhering to safety regulations and requirements. A lack of best practice examples and outdated national tech regulations further added to the difficulties.

Heat at Work: Guidance for Workplaces — now available in more EU languages | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

Climate change is a reality that can compromise the working environment and worker safety. Rising temperatures pose a risk of heat stress, affecting workers in various sectors. EU-OSHA’s practical Heat at work guide — now available in more EU languages  — provides practical guidance on how to manage the risks associated with working in heat.

Unveiling high-risk sectors: EU-OSHA joins forces with the Senior Labour Inspectors Committee | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

Rapid transformations of work environments due to digitalisation and introduction of new forms of work, also prompted by COVID-19, give rise to new occupational safety and health (OSH) challenges. At the same time, traditional risks and high-risk sectors such as mining, forestry and construction should not be overlooked.

ESENER 2019 Policy brief | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

This publication presents a summary of the main findings of the 2019 ESENER survey, revealing the risk factors that workplaces are most concerned about, the level of employee involvement in measures to address these issues and the reasons why workplaces are or are not managing safety and health. For the first time, the results show how the situation has changed compared to the previous survey in 2014 and include a section on the emerging issue of digitalisation.

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The OSHVET project: OSH in vocational education and training | Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

Getting the messages across: pan-European partners and national ambassadors