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Safety and health at work is everyones concern. Its good for you. Its good for business.

Campaign Guide

Management Leadership and Worker Participation in Occupational Safety and Health

Healthy Workplaces

Working togetheror risk prevention

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Contents

Introduction 4

Scale of the problem 5

Why the EU is running this campaign 7

Working together for risk prevention 9What does prevention mean in practice? 10

The role of management 12

What does leadership mean in practice? 13

Why worker participation is vital 15

Encouraging worker participation 15

What is worker participation in practice? 17

About the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 19How the campaign works 19

Who can take part? 19

How you can get involved 20

Our existing network of partners 21

Our commitment to previous campaigns and their successes 22

Resources 24

Contact details 26


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Introduction

Workplace health and safety is good for

business, for workers and for society as a whole.

It is easy to lose sight of these facts when

deadlines or production targets are looming.

In such moments, rather than treating safety

and health as bureaucratic burdens it is more

important than ever to be aware of risks in the

workplace.

This brochure is the main guide to the HealthyWorkplaces Campaign 2012-13, WorkingTogether or Risk Prevention, organised by theEuropean Agency for Safety and Health at Work(EU-OSHA). This campaign is designed to help you,your company, workers, workers representativesand the whole supply chain evaluate and reduceworkplace risks. Although management and theorganisations they lead are primarily responsiblefor safety and health, the most effective results are

always obtained by stakeholders working together.

Every year more than 5 500 people lose theirlives in the EU as a result of accidents in theworkplace according to Eurostat 1. Besides that,the International Labour Organization estimatesthat a further 159 000 die 2 as a result ofoccupational diseases. A great many of theselives could be saved if risks were anticipatedand sensible safety measures implementedand followed rigorously. It is often said that

prevention is better than cure and this appliesmore than ever to promoting a safe and healthyworkplace. For this reason, this Healthy WorkplacesCampaign focuses on risk prevention aboveall else.

The 201213 Healthy Workplaces Campaign isdecentralised and is designed to help nationalauthorities, companies, organisations, managers,workers and their representatives and other

stakeholders to work together to enhance healthand safety in the workplace.The campaign ocuses on:

risk prevention; managing risks; encouraging top managers to actively engage

in risk reduction; encouraging workers, their representatives and

other stakeholders to work with managers toreduce risks.

Prevention is better than cure.


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Central to the campaign are a range of materialsthat will further these goals. These includereports, practical guides, flyers, posters and DVDs.In addition, we will be joining forces with ourpartners and national focal points to promote theEuropean Week for Safety and Health at Work,as well as helping to organise training seminars,conferences and exhibitions. EU-OSHA has alsocreated an interactive website that offers a wealth

of detailed practical help and guidance.

This campaign document contains many statisticsthat illuminate the problems that need to betackled and where it is best to focus efforts.However, it should also be remembered that, alltoo often, behind such statistics lies a humantragedy.

Scale of the problemEvery 3.5 minutes a person dies in the EuropeanUnion as a result of a work-related accident oran occupational disease. In 2007, the last year forwhich comparable EU-27 statistics are available,6.9 million people suffered one or more accidentsat work3. On top of these, millions more workersthroughout Europe are suffering from work-relatedill-health.

Accidents carry a high cost for workers and theirfamilies, their employers and to society as a whole.According to the Labour Force Survey 2007 4,73 % of accidents at work resulted in sick leave ofat least one day and 22 % resulted in sick leave ofat least one month. Such sickness rates and work-related health problems have a direct impact oneconomic growth and employment across Europe.In fact, at least 450 million work days are lost each

year5

. Estimates vary, but such accidents andill-health cost the EU economy at least EUR 490billion per year 6.

Research tells us that the vast majority of accidentsand instances of ill-health in the workplace arepreventable. Thankfully, progress in this areahas been rapid. Between 1999 and 2007 the EUdramatically improved workplace safety as fatalaccidents dropped from 5 275 to 3 782 7 in the

EU-15. Workplace safety improved even faster fornon-fatal accidents which were reduced by morethan 900 000 8.

Despite this good news, work-related illnesses,which often have a long latency period, are clearlyon the increase.

1, 3, 4 & 7 Health and safety at work in Europe (19992007) - A statistical portrait, Publications Off ice of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2010, 97pp.2 International Labour Organization 2005: Figure is an estimation for EU-27(http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/moscow/areas/safety/docs/worldcongressreporteng.pdf)

5 Adding 83 million working days lost by accidents to 367 million days lost by ill-health, Health and safety at work in Europe (19992007) A statisticalportrait, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2010, 97 pp.

6 Assuming a loss of 4 % of GDP due to poor working conditions

(http://osha.europa.eu/en/press/articles/Present-new-and-emerging-risks-IOHA).8 Eurostat Accidents at Work (ESAW) - until 2007 (http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hsw_aw_nnasx&lang=en)


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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is theorganisation responsible for creating theOlympic Park and associated venues for theLondon 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The Olympic Park was built over 200 hectares of

highly contaminated land in east London. Some40 000 people have worked on the Park andat peak times there were over 13 000 on site. Itwas a huge project that if mismanaged couldhave resulted in an unacceptable number ofdeaths and serious injuries.

Out of more than 70 million hours worked,there were 25 periods of a million hours withouta reportable accident, four periods of twomillion hours and one of three million hours.

The ODA puts this enviable record down tovery strong leadership that was focused oneliminating all accidents from the project. Theauthority stated that their commitment to theiremployees was to:

manage risks to their health and safety; provide safe workplaces and systems of work; provide information, instruction, training andsupervision; and,

engage enthusiastically with staff, partnersand suppliers over these arrangements.

There were clear lines of communicationthroughout the management chain. In addition,the Chief Executive and the Chairman of theproject jointly stated that they would report onhealth, safety and environment performance tothe ODA board at regular intervals and in theevent of a notifiable incident.

Moreover, the boards Safety, Health andEnvironment Committee regularly reviewed theperformance and governance of the buildingprogramme and agreed to review and revise

working practices as often as is necessary.Such changes were communicated to all staffand suppliers to maximise safety and health foreveryone involved in delivering the games.

The safety record on the programmeprogressively improved as a result of theinitiatives undertaken and the workersengagement.

CASE STUDY

Olympic Games, UK Leadership in saety and health


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Why the EU is runningthis campaign

The promotion of safety and health has alwaysbeen one of the core principles behind Europeanintegration for a variety of ethical, social andeconomic reasons. Firstly, in ethical terms it isclearly true that the promotion of safety and

health should be a major priority for any governingor administrative body. Secondly, one of thefoundations of the European single market isharmonised standards, including those for productand process safety. Such harmonised standardshelp ensure that business can function smoothlyacross the EU. Thirdly, promoting safety and healthnot only improves worker protection but alsocontributes to business efficiency.

The current Community strategy also invokesthe fundamental principles of prevention, whichare outlined in more detail in Council Directive89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989, the FrameworkDirective. Article 6 of this directive states thatit is the responsibility of the employer to takesafety and health measures in line with thesegeneral principles of prevention. Without doubtthis requires clear leadership on the part of the

top management. This directive also stresses theimportance of worker participation in the adoptionof such measures, which more recently was alsorecognised as a fundamental right in Article 27of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Clearly, there is not only a practical need forCommunity action but also a compelling legalrequirement too.

If you can get the leadership right,

you can achieve fantastic safety

performance. LAWRENCE WATERMAN,

HEAD OF SAFETY, OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY


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Benefts o good saety and health

Addressing health and safety provides opportunities to improvebusiness efficiency as well as safeguarding workers. These have been

analysed in the recent European Survey of Enterprises on New andEmerging Risks (ESENER) 9.

Benefits can include: reduced costs and reduced risks employee absence and

turnover rates are lower, accidents are fewer, the threat of legalaction is lessened;

improved standing among suppliers and partners; a better reputation for corporate social responsibility among

investors, customers and communities; increased productivity employees are healthier, happier and

better motivated.

9 EU-OSHA European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Worker representation andconsultation on health and safety - Analysis of the findings of the European Survey of Enterprises

on New and Emerging Risks, 2012

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Whatever an organisations size,

leadership from the top and the

active participation of workers are

crucial to successful health and

safety management. That is why I aminviting large and small enterprises,

public or private, from all sectors

to embrace this campaign.CHRISTA

SEDLATSCHEK, EU-OSHA DIRECTOR

Prevention is the cornerstone of Europesapproach to managing risks. In practice, thismeans analysing work processes to identify short-and long-term risks and then taking action toeither eliminate or mitigate them. In simple terms,prevention is about managing work-related riskswith the ultimate aim of reducing the numberof and eliminating work-related accidents andoccupational illnesses.

Ultimate responsibility for managing risk lieswith employers and top management, but theirefforts are bound to fail without active workerparticipation. For these reasons, this campaignplaces special emphasis on the importance ofleadership by top management and ownersworking in tandem with active worker participation.

Working together for risk prevention

To help promote these core themes the

Healthy Workplaces Campaign 201213 has

the ollowing strategic objectives:

promote the core message that workers andmanagers must work together to prevent risksfor practical, legal, economic and ethical reasons;

give clear and simple guidance for employers tomanage specific work-related risks in partnershipwith workers and their representatives;

provide practical guidance, information andtools to promote a risk prevention culture,particularly within small and medium-sizedenterprises;

foster the inclusion of occupational safety andhealth management in organisations corporatesocial responsibility policies;

lay the foundations for a more sustainable riskprevention culture in Europe.


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Prevention is about managing

risks. Risks are managed by

people working together.

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What does prevention meanin practice?

The general principles of prevention are setout in Article 6 of the Framework Directive (seebelow). It is vital that employers, workers and theirrepresentatives understand these principles ifthey are to effectively control or preferably

eliminate risks.

The basic principles o risk prevention are:

avoid risks; evaluate risks that cannot be avoided; combat them at source; adapt work to the individual, especially when

it comes to the design of workplaces and thechoice of equipment and production methods

(along with reducing monotonous workpractices as far as possible);

adapt to technical progress; replace the dangerous by the non- or the less

dangerous; develop a coherent overall prevention policy

that covers technology, organisation of work,working conditions, social relationships andthe influence of factors relating to the workingenvironment;

prioritise collective protective measures overindividual protective measures;

give appropriate instructions to workers.


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Completely avoiding risk is simply not possiblein many sectors, with the chemicals industrybeing a prime example. Employees at BASF,one of the worlds largest chemicalscompanies, face a vast array of risks on a daily

basis. Instead of tackling each risk individually,the company decided to take a holisticapproach by shifting the entire companyculture to one that puts safety first.

The centrepiece of this programme was acampaign to reduce the time lost due toinjuries and to occupational diseases by 80 %from 2002 to 2020. By 2008 this had started tobear fruit, with time lost to injuries down by

46 % and time lost to occupational diseasesdown by 23 %.

The company puts these results down toimplementation of the strategies indicated below.

Management demonstrates credible andvisible commitment to safety by setting agood example, making safety a priority

and ensuring clarity in all matters relatingto safety. Employees are involved in all aspects

of safety and actively contribute theirknowledge and experience.

The company emphasises individualresponsibility. Each employee and manageris expected to comply with all applicablerules and regulations, act in a risk-consciousmanner, respond to hazards and learn from

their own mistakes and those made by others. Management and employees are encouraged

to speak openly about safety within a climateof trust across the organisation. At thesame time it tries to promote learning whilerespecting knowledge and experience.

CASE STUDY

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The role of management

Health and safety should be part of the everydayprocess of running a business. If health and safetyis not being managed, the business is not beingmanaged. Right from the top of the organisationand down through the management chain,managing health and safety should be an integralpart of the workplace culture, not something to be

left to specialists.

Consultation with workers and theirrepresentatives over safety and health issuesshould be seen as a guiding principle of effectivemanagement. But managers should not simplyconsult their employees, they should activelyengage with them and encourage them togenuinely participate in decision making.

Consultation isnt just a legal requirement, it canalso have an economic value too. Workers arelikely to know the main risks that they face ona day-to-day basis and can often devise simple,cost-effective solutions.

Safety and health should be part of the everydayprocess of running a business. It should be seenas a dynamic system that adapts and evolves overtime rather than being a rigid bureaucratic exercise

that resists change.

It is important for managers to display leadershipby, for example, following all safety and healthrules rather than simply ordering employees tofollow them.

10 P. Stadler and E. Spie, Mitarbeiterorientierte Fhrung und soziale Untersttzung am Arbeitsplatz, INQA/Bundesanstalt fr Arbeitsschutz undArbeitsmedizin, 2005 (available at http://www.inqa.de/Inqa/Navigation/publikationen,did=56808.html.

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There is also evidence that good managers inOSH have lower absence rates, because leadershipbehaviour is associated with sick leave andemployees wellbeing 10. It has been shown thatthe number of staff getting ill depends on themanager. When managers are transferred toanother unit, the average sick leave of the staff themanager is responsible for does not change evenif the members of staff have changed.

What does leadership meanin practice?

It means: visible, active commitment from the board

and directors/owner; establishing effective downward

communication systems and managementstructures or crossways communicationin small businesses;

engaging the workforce and theirrepresentatives in the promotion andachievement of safe and healthy workingconditions by, for example, empoweringthem and encouraging effective upwardcommunication and providing high-quality training;

managing safety and health based onrisk assessments;

integration of good safety and healthmanagement throughout all parts ofthe business;

ensuring safety and health is central to anorganisations corporate social responsibilitystrategies (as well as its core values);

promoting these ideas throughout the entiresupply chain;

monitoring, reporting and reviewing health and

safety performance.

Practical examples o occupational saety and

health leadership include:

leading by example (and always following thespirit as well as the letter of the safety andhealth rules);

taking personal responsibility and showing thatyou care;

visiting work stations to engage with staff

about safety and health concerns (workers maynot only identify problems but may providesolutions too);

making available money and time allocatingbudgets for training, equipment or safety andhealth specialists and committing managementtime to them.

We emphasize individual

responsibility for safety by all

employees and at all levels of

management. SHLOMO COHEN,

SITE MANAGER, INTEL AMSTERDAM


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Marchl is a small family-owned business inAustria that specialises in manufacturing steel-based products such as carports, staircases,fences and conservatories.

Safety at work is an important issue for thecompanys management. A safety and healthmanagement system was implemented but smalleraccidents such as cuts, burns and crushing injuriescontinued to occur and were not taken seriously.

Management decided to work with employees tofurther reduce risks.

Workers in each risk area of the company wereasked to assess the risks and to offer suggestionsfor improvements. Once implemented, they werethen asked to assess the improvements. After twomonths, the groups of workers were rotated intoanother risk area and asked to carry out the sameaudit. This meant that improvements were re-checked by the fresh eyes of another group andthat every worker became familiar with the risksposed by different work areas and gainedan insight into how best to improve safety.

This project succeeded in reducing the numberof small accidents and near misses, reducedsick leave, improved worker motivation andproductivity and raised awareness of safety

and health issues.

CASE STUDY

Risk reduction in a small Austrian company


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Why worker participation is vital

The responsibility for managing work-related risksclearly lies in the hands of employers, but suchefforts are bound to fail without active workerparticipation. There is now ample evidence thatactive participation leads to dramatically improvedsafety and health in the workplace.

For example, the European Survey of Enterpriseson New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) shows thatworker participation combined with managementcommitment leads to far better occupationalsafety and health performance. Enterpriseswith high worker participation combined withhigh management commitment, for example,are 10 times more likely to have a documentedoccupational safety and health (OSH) policy in

place.

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This has the additional benefit of thesemeasures being perceived as more effective.

A paper from the UK Department of Trade andIndustry in 2007 12 estimated that worker safetyrepresentatives prevent between 8 000 and 13 000workplace accidents every year across the country.A recent European Trade Union Confederation(ETUC) 13 study found that union representationleads to better observance of the rules, lower

accident rates and fewer work-related healthproblems. For these reasons and more, workerparticipation in health and safety decision makingis part of European law.

EU-OSHA/Jim

Holmes

11 EU-OSHA European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Worker representation and consultation on health and safety - Analysis of the findingsof the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks, 2012.12 The health and safety of Great Britain: be part of the solution, Health and Safety Executive, June 2009.

13 Menndez, M., Benach, J., Vogel, L. (2009) The impact of safety representatives on occupational health: A European perspective. Brussels: ETUI.14 Pot, F.D. & Koningsveld, E.A.P., Quality of working life and organizational performance two sides of the same coin? Scandinavian Journal of

Work, Environment and Health, 2009, Vol. 35, No 6, pp.421-428.

Encouraging worker participation

It is the duty of employers to consult workers and

their representatives on health and safety, but it ismore effective to empower them to take an activepart in day-to-day occupational safety and healthmatters. Managers need to create a climate of trustin which people feel sufficiently confident to raiseconcerns and to contribute to the developmentof safer processes and workplaces. This shouldnot be seen as another bureaucratic process, oran unwanted burden, but as a great opportunityto improve not only safety, but productivity as

well. Research shows that tapping into workersknowledge gives managers a formidableresource to help them develop safe, effective andsustainable workplaces14.


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9 The health and safety of Great Britain: be part of the solution, Health and Safety Executive, June 2009.

Benefts o worker participation include:

lower accident rates; cost-effective solutions;

a happier and more productive workforce; lower absence rates; greater awareness of workplace risks; better control of workplace risks.

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CASE STUDY

Joint initiative between workers

and managers

A large confectionery company (Nestl, York,UK) employing 2 000 workers had a significantproblem with slip and trip injuries. To try andreduce the injury rate, the company launched

a joint initiative with the full participation ofworkers representatives. This included a specificreporting procedure for slip and trip injuriesand an analysis of the causes of these injuries.Once the root causes were discovered, jointbriefings for managers, supervisors and workersrepresentatives were convened to share thefindings. These findings were then shared withthe workforce through an effective information

campaign that included such things as posters,leaflets, etc.

After three years, this campaign led to a60 % reduction in slip and trip accidents. Aftera further 18 months, a similar campaign waslaunched to try and reduce manual handlinginjuries. This resulted in a 40 % reduction in suchinjuries within two years.

What is worker participationin practice?

In essence, it is employees and managers takingan active role in identifying problems and devisingsolutions. This means in practice: effective and open dialogue that involves

genuinely listening to each others concerns;

joint problem solving and decision making; participation in the development of safety andhealth policies and practices;

participation of employees in the promotionand achievement of safe and healthy workingconditions;

workers fully cooperating with employers toimprove workplace safety, health and wellbeing;

putting in place arrangements so this canhappen in practice.


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Key dates

Campaign launch: 18 April 2012 European Weeks for Safety and Health

at Work in October 2012 and 2013 Good Practice Awards Ceremony: April 2013 Healthy Workplaces Summit: November 2013

Credit: EU-OSHA/Jannikke Berger


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How the campaign works

We help create safer and healthier workplacesfor everyones benefit, but we cannot do this byourselves. For this reason, our Healthy WorkplacesCampaign 201213 Working together for riskprevention relies on a diverse range of partnersand stakeholders, including governments and theiragencies, employers, workers and businesses large

and small. If we are to meaningfully improve safetyand health, we need all of these stakeholders toparticipate in the campaign and to promote itskey messages.

We can provide much of the advice, informationand educational materials that you will need toplay your part in this pan-European campaign(see below How you can get involved). You

can then tailor these materials to suit your owncircumstances and join forces with the mostappropriate organisations to maximise the impactof the campaign.

Who can take part?

The campaign is open to all organisations and

individuals at local, national and European level,including: employers in the public and private sector,

including small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs);

managers, supervisors and workers; trade unions and safety representatives; employers organisations; professional associations; safety and health institutions;

occupational safety and health professionalsand practitioners;

training providers and the educationcommunity;

regional and local occupational safety andhealth risk prevention and insurance services.

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How you can get involved

You can get involved in the Healthy

Workplaces Campaign 201213 in the

ollowing ways:

Disseminating and publicising campaigninformation and materials (leaflets, reports,guides, factsheets, checklists, PowerPointpresentations and cartoons featuring the

character Napo, etc.). This will help raiseawareness of occupational safety and health,both within your own organisation and thoseyou work with. You can find out more at thecampaign resources section of our website(www.healthy-workplaces.eu).

Organising your own activities, including safetyand health awareness training, conferences andworkshops, poster, film or photo competitions

or quizzes, suggestion schemes, advertisingcampaigns and press conferences. Taking advantage of the online tools available on

the campaign website. These provide space forsharing knowledge and best practices betweenEU-OSHA and our partners.

Taking part in the Healthy Workplaces GoodPractice Awards competition, which recognisesorganisations of different sizes that have foundinnovative ways of promoting safety and health.

Participating in the European Week for Safetyand Health at Work, which takes place inOctober every year (calendar week 43). Thisacts as a hub for events across Europe andincludes conferences and exhibitions, trainingsessions and activities where both large andsmall organisations and companies worktogether. The contribution of many localand regional initiatives carried out by tradeunions, enterprises, NGOs and governmentadministrations also play an important role.

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You can also receive oicial recognition or

your support o the Healthy Workplaces

Campaign by:

becoming an official EU campaign partner, if youare a pan-European or international organisationor company;

becoming a national campaign partner, if youare an individual or organisation active atnational level. Consult your national focal point

to find out whether this or any other alternativerecognition is being offered in your country.

Becoming an official partner entails certainresponsibilities, but also brings a number ofbenefits. You can find out more about ourpartnership offer in a dedicated section of thecampaign website.

Our existing network of partnersEffective partnerships with key stakeholders arecrucial for the success of the campaign. We at EU-OSHA can count on the support of several differentnetworks of partners, including those listed below.

National ocal points: the Healthy WorkplacesCampaign is coordinated at the national level bythe Agencys network of focal points. If you wantto know more about our focal points or to getdirectly in touch with them, you can find theircontact details at the end of this guide.

Oicial EU campaign partners: these are pan-European or international organisations actively

supporting the Healthy Workplaces Campaign.If you want to know more about our past orcurrent campaign partners, or to become one,please go to our campaign website.

Enterprise Europe Network: this Commission-led network assists and advises small andmedium-sized enterprises across Europe ona variety of issues. The Healthy WorkplacesCampaign constitutes an important areaof cooperation between EU-OSHA and theEnterprise Europe Network.

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cooperation with the workers of the

corresponding machine in order

to get reasonable improvement

measures.ROLAND JUNG,PRODUCTION

MANAGER, PIRELLI BREUBERG

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More than 50 campaign partners joined forcesas part of the Safe Maintenance campaign. Theseorganised a wide range of activities, includingthose listed below. The European Federation of National

Maintenance Societies (EFNMS) distributedcampaign publications and promotionalproducts and edited a report on safe

maintenance. It also developed a Frenchlanguage e-network and produced specialisedwebsites dedicated to different aspects ofsafe maintenance.

Toyota Materials Handling organisedconferences with senior managers responsiblefor maintenance and training, presented thecampaign in press conferences and distributedcampaign materials to its network of partnersand contractors. The company also dedicated

a section of its website and intranet tothe campaign.

The European Trades Union Congress (ETUC)gave great visibility to the Healthy WorkplacesCampaign on Safe Maintenance during its12th Congress.

The European Construction Industry Federation(FIEC) hosted meetings with contractors,employees and other stakeholders in theconstruction industry to promote safetyand health.

Our commitment to previouscampaigns and their successes

Our biennial Healthy Workplaces Campaigns arenow the largest of their kind in Europe and arebecoming ever more popular. For example, the201011 Campaign on Safe Maintenance drewrecord levels of involvement across all EU Member

States and beyond, with hundreds of eventsorganised around the theme of maintenance andits importance.

EU-OSHA supported campaign activities atnational level by making a wide variety ofcampaign materials and services freely availableto its national focal points and official campaignpartners to help them publicise the campaign. Inthe first year alone, three million fact sheets and

one million campaign guides and promotionalleaflets were distributed in 24 languages.

We also promoted safe maintenance throughconferences, seminars and training sessions forworkers, employees and other stakeholders. Theannual European Week for Safety and Healthat Work acted as a particularly important focusthat saw hundreds of awareness-raising eventsorganised across the EU and beyond.

Healthy Workplaces is Europes

biggest occupational safety and

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OiRA Sharing best practice

throughout the EU

The Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) project is amultinational, collaborative endeavour to develop easy-to-use andcost-free web applications. The free-to-use OiRA tool is designedto help small organisations carry out an effective risk assessment.It will lead users step by step through the assessment process frombeginning to end and help them implement and monitor theirprogress. Its principal aims are: to ensure the health and safety of workers by streamlining risk

assessments and sharing best practice; to help companies benefit from a sector-specific risk assessmenttool that is always kept up to date, easy to apply and validated bysocial partners and national authorities;

to apply the sector-specific tool at company and shop-floor levelby encouraging the employer to assesses the risks, carry out anaction plan, adjust it regularly and then take action;

to improve working conditions by using the tool to assess theiroccupational risks, thus improving the performance of the companies;

to clarify and explain the process of assessing risks.

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Resources

A wide variety of campaign material is available todownload from the Healthy Workplaces Campaignwebsite (www.healthy-workplaces.eu). Thismaterial includes: facts and figures related to management

leadership and worker participation inoccupational safety and health;

reports and fact sheets, including the latestresults of the European Survey of Enterprises onNew and Emerging Risks (ESENER);

practical guides and tools for workers andmanagers;

good practice case studies; PowerPoint presentations on the campaign

topic; campaigning ideas;

news on what others are doing; cartoon videos featuring the popular animatedcharacter Napo;

posters and leaflets; links to useful sites;

.. and much more.

All information is available in 24 languages atwww.healthy-workplaces.eu

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Europes decentralised health

and saety network

Europes main safety and health information network is made upof focal points in Member States working alongside candidate andEFTA countries. Focal points are nominated by each governmentas their official representative and are normally their nationalsafety and health organisation. They support our initiatives withinformation and feedback and work with national networks includinggovernment and workers and employers representatives. The focalpoints coordinate the Healthy Workplaces Campaign at the nationallevel, organise events and nominate representatives to our expert

groups. The network includes: 37 focal points in EU, EFTA, candidate and potential countries; 800 individual focal point network members.

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Contact details

Focal Points o the EU Member States

Austria

Bundesministerium fr Arbeit, Sozialesund KonsumentenschutzSektion Arbeitsrecht und Zentral-ArbeitsinspektoratFavoritenstrae 7

1040 WienAustriahttp://www.bmask.gv.atMs Martina HCKEL-BUCHERTel: +43 1 711 00 22 [email protected]

Belgium

Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and

Social DialogueFederale Overheidsdienst Werkgelegenheid,Arbeid en Sociaal OverlegErnest Blerotstraat 11070 BrusselBelgiumwww.beswic.be; http://www.werk.belgie.beTel: +32 (0)2 233 42 28Mr Frank [email protected]

Bulgaria

Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyLabour Law, Social Security and WorkingConditions Directorate2 Triaditza Street1051 SofiaBulgariaTel: + 359 (2) 8119 541Mr. Atanas [email protected]://bg.osha.europa.eu

Cyprus

Ministry of Labour and Social InsuranceDepartment of Labour Inspection12, Apellis Str.1493 NicosiaCyprusMr Leandros NICOLAIDESTel: +357 2240 [email protected]

Czech Republic

Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsNa Porcnm prvu 1128 01 Prague 2Czech Republichttp://www.mpsv.czMs Daniela KUBKOVTel: +42 (02) 21 92 23 [email protected]

Denmark

Danish Working Environment AuthorityPost Box 12282100 CopenhagenDenmarkhttp://www.workinfo.dkMr Leo MATTHIASENTel: +45 722 [email protected]

Estonia

Ministry of Social AffairsWorking Life DevelopmentGonsiori 2910147 TallinnEstoniahttp://www.sm.eeMs Kristel PLANGI

Tel: +37 2 626 97 [email protected]


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Finland

Ministry of Social Affairs and HealthDepartment for Occupational Safety and HealthPL 3300023 ValtioneuvostoFinlandhttp://www.riskithaltuun.fiMr Hannu STLHAMMARTel: +358 9 160 73 108

hannu.stalhammar@

stm.fi

France

Ministre de lEmploi et de la SolidaritDirection des relations du travail (DRT/CT)39-43 quai Andr Citren75739 Paris Cedex 15Francehttp://www.travail.gouv.frMr Olivier MEUNIER

Tel : + 33 (0)1 44 38 25 08 et 27 [email protected]

Germany

Bundesministerium fr Arbeit und SozialesReferat IIIb2 - Grundsatzfragen des ArbeitsschutzesWilhelmstrasse 4910117 BerlinGermanyhttp://www.bmas.bund.deMr Reinhard GERBERTel: +49- 30 18 527 67 [email protected]

Greece

Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsGeneral Directorate of Working Conditionsand Health

40, Pireos str.10182 AthensGreeceMr Antonios CHRISTODOULOUTel: +30 210 3214 [email protected]

HungaryOMMF-Hungarian Labour InspectorateMargit krt. 851024 BudapestHungaryhttp://www.ommf.huMs Katalin BALOGHTel: +36 1 346 94 [email protected]

Ireland

Health and Safety AuthorityMetropolitan BuildingJames Joyce StreetDublin 1Irelandhttp://www.hsa.ieMs Annette SLATERTel: +353 1 7997800

[email protected]

Italy

Istituto Nazionale per lAssicurazione controgli Infortuni sul LavoroDipartimento Processi Organizzativiex ISPESLVia Alessandria 220/e00198 RomaItaly

Ms Francesca GROSSOTel.: +39 06 [email protected]; [email protected]

Latvia

State Labour Inspectorate of the Republic of LatviaKr. Valdemara, 381010 RigaLatvia

http://www.vdi.gov.lvMs Linda MATISANETel: +371 6 7021 [email protected]


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Lithuania

State Labour Inspectorate of theRepublic of LithuaniaAlgirdo, 1903607 VilniusLithuaniahttp://www.vdi.ltMs Nerita SOT


Luxembourg

Inspection du Travail et des Mines3, rue des Primeurs2361 StrassenLuxembourghttp://www.itm.luMr Paul WEBER

Tel: +352 478 61 [email protected]

Malta

Occupational Health and Safety AuthorityCommunications & PR17 Edgar Ferro StreetPTA 1533 PietaMaltahttp://www.ohsa.org.mtMr Remigio BARTOLOTel: +356 21 24 76 77/[email protected]

Netherlands

TNO Work & EmploymentP.O Box 7182130 AS HoofddorpNetherlands

http://www.tno.nl/arbeidMr Henk SCHRAMATel: +31 (0) 88 86 65 [email protected]

Poland

Central Institute for Labour Protection -National Research Instituteul. Czerniakowska 1600-701 WarszawaPolandhttp://www.ciop.plMs Wioleta KLIMASZEWKA


Portugal

Autoridade para as Condies de TrabalhoAv. Casal Ribeiro, 18 - A1000-092 LisboaPortugalhttp://www.act.gov.ptMs Maria Manuela CALADO CORREIA


Romania

The National Research and Development Instituteon Occupational Safety35 A, Ghencea Blvd., Sector 6,061692 BucharestRomaniaMs Ioana Georgiana NICOLESCUTel: +40 21 313 31 [email protected]

Slovakia

Narodny Inspectorat PraceMasarykova 10040 01 KosiceSlovakia

http://www.nip.skMs Laurencia JANUROVTel: +421 55 797 99 [email protected]


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Slovenia

Ministry of Labour, Family and Social AffairsKotnikova, 281000 LjubljanaSloveniahttp://www.gov.siMs Vladka KOMELTel: +386 01/369 77 00

vladka.komel@

gov.si

Spain

Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higieneen el Trabajoc/Torrelaguna 7328027 MADRIDSpainMs Beln PEREZ-AZNARTel: +34 91 363 41 00

[email protected]

Sweden

ArbetsmiljverketManagement Staff112 79 StockholmSwedenhttp://www.av.seMs Barbro KHLER KRANTZTel: +46 8 730 95 63Email: [email protected]

United Kingdom

Health and Safety ExecutiveWestminster Office, 6th Floor, Sanctuary Buildings,20 Great Smith StreetSW1P 3BT LondonUnited Kingdomhttp://www.hse.gov.uk

Mr Stuart BRISTOWTel: +44 0 845 345 00 [email protected]

Focal Points o the EFTA Countries

Iceland

Administration for Occupational Safety and HealthBildshofdi 16110 RejkjavikIcelandhttp://www.vinnueftirlit.isMs Inghildur EINARSDTTIR


Liechtenstein

Amt fr VolkswirtschaftHealth and Safety at WorkGerberweg 59490 VaduzLiechtensteinhttp://www.firstlink.li/regierung/amt_volksw.htm

Mr Robert HASSLERTel: +423 236 68 [email protected]

Norway

Norwegian Labour Inspection AuthorityStatens hus7468 TrondheimNorwayhttp://www.arbeidstilsynet.noMs Gro OLSVOLDTel: +47 73 19 97 [email protected]

Switzerland

SECO - Staatssekretariat fr WirtschaftEffingerstrasse 313003 BernSwitzerland

http://www.seco.admin.chDr Eduard BRUNNERTel: +41 (43) 433 22 21 [email protected]


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Focal Points o the Candidate Countries and

Potential Candidate Countries

Albania

State Inspectorate of LabourInspektorati Shtetror i PunsRr. Kavajes no 35TiranaAlbania

Mrs Frosina GJINOTel: +355 4 251348Email: [email protected]

Croatia

Ministry of Economy, Labour and EntrepreneurshipDirectorate for Labour and Labour MarketUlica grada Vukovara 7810 000 ZagrebCroatia

http://www.mingorp.hrMr Zdravko MURATTITel: +385 (0)1 6109 [email protected]

Former Yugoslav Republic o Macedonia

Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyState labour inspectoratePartizanski Odredi 48a1000 SkopjeFormer Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMr Goran JOVANOVSKITel: + 389 2 311 61 [email protected]

Montenegro

Ministry of Labour and Social WelfareLabour Inspection for Safety at WorkRimski trg 46

20000 PodgoricaMontenegroMr Zlatko POPOVICTel: [email protected]

Serbia

Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social PolicyOccupational Safety and Health DirectorateNemanjina 22-2611000 BelgradeSerbiaMr Nenad VLADICTel: +381 11 306 17 38

nenad.vladic@

minrzs.go.rs

Turkey

Ministry of Labour and Social SecurityGeneral Directorate of Occupational Health andSafetyInn Bulvari, I Blok, No. 42, Kat. 406100 Emek AnkaraTurkeyhttp://www.csgb.gov.tr

Mr Kasim ZERTel: +90 312 215 50 [email protected]


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Campaign guide - Management Leadership and Worker Participation in Occupational Safety and Health

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

2011 30 pp. 16.2 x 25 cm

ISBN 978-92-9191-521-7

doi: 10.2802/87955

Concept & design: Kris Kras Design, The Netherlands

Photographs were taken at the UK sites of Baxter Healthcare, Ideal Standard, Pirelli Tyres and Toyota

Material Handling. We thank our partners for their generous support.

Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.


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Health at Work

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TE-31-11-176-EN-C

The European Agency or Saety andHealth at Work (EU-OSHA) contributesto making Europe a safer, healthierand more productive place to work.The Agency researches, develops,and distributes reliable, balanced, andimpartial safety and health informationand organises pan-European awarenessraising campaigns. Set up by theEuropean Union in 1996 and basedin Bilbao, Spain, the Agency bringstogether representatives from theEuropean Commission, Member Stategovernments, employers and workersorganisations, as well as leading expertsin each of the EU-27 Member Statesand beyond.

ISBN 978-92-9191-521-7

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