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Workplace safety: challenges and opportunities to moving ahead Wolfgang Boedeker BKK Bundesverband, Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds, Essen, Germany. Topics. What is BKK and why are we interested in workplace safety? What is workplace safety and does it work?
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Workplace safety: challenges and opportunities to moving aheadWolfgang BoedekerBKK Bundesverband, Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds, Essen, Germany
Topics • What is BKK and why are we interested in workplace safety? • What is workplace safety and does it work? • What are challenges to workplace safety? • What are opportunities to moving ahead?
Who are we? and why are we interested in workplace safety?
BKK Bundesverband (I) Federal association of company health insurance funds, Germany • Organization by law of the statutory health insurance • Third biggest branch of health insurance • app. 15 Mill. members • app. 200 company health insurance
BKK Bundesverband (II) Federal association of company health insurance funds, Germany • European network for workplace health promotion (ENWHP) • European network Enterprises for Health (EfH) • European Network of Social Insurance for Health (ENSIfH) • WORKHEALTH: Indicators for work-related health monitoring • WORKHEALTH II: European health report
What is workplace safety? and does is work?
Workplace safety: it worksSerious accidents at work in 2002: 1998=100
Workplace safety: it worksFatal accidents at work incidence rate per 100.000 persons employed
Workplace safety: challenges • European enlargement • Demographic changes • Gender differences • Child labour
Challenge: European enlargement Serious accidents at work 2002 1998=100
fatal 8 6 4 2 0 Challenge: Demographic changesIncidence of work accidents EU15 per 100.000 age
Challenge: Gender differenceswork accidents by ICD10 Men Source: BKK BV, 2004
Workplace safety is more than OSH ! health & work public health occupational health& safety quality of work
Policy domains for workplace safety from a public health perspective • sickness absence management 146 • combating health inequity 52 • promoting social inclusion 96 • improving working conditions 49 • fostering health promotion 124 • prevention of accidents & occupational ill health 161 • increasing effectiveness of disability management 140 • enhancing intrinsic job quality (job satisfaction) 124 • enhancing agreement on co-operation & regulations 114
Not only statutory requirements - also voluntary measures Improving work organisation, environment and lifestyle Based on a thorough analysis Active participation of employees Integrated into existing structures and procedures Evaluation: results must be measured Features of Workplace Health Promotion WHP Contribution to - a high level of health protection - sustainable economic and social development in Europe
The ENWHP - Members 31 Members from • National institutions in occupational safety and health • National institutions inpublic health • National institutions in health promotion • Statutory social insurance funds
Healthy Employees in Healthy Organisations To achieve this vision the Network is committed to developing and promoting good practice in workplace health, which in turn will contribute to a high level of health protection and sustainable social and economic development in Europe Vision and Mission of the ENWHP
THE POLICY CYCLE 1 2 PUBLIC HEALTH WORKPLACE POLICY • Public Health 6 3 Policy Domains relevant for workplace 4 5 Activities Output Outcome • Quality of Work / Life • sickness absence • Employment • accidents & • Economic • measuring occupational ill health • services • health activities • Equality • costs • health inequity • structures • measuring • Occupational • social inclusion satisfaction • processes • results of H&S • work organisation activities • people • productivity • Demography • health promotion • resources • retirement • intrinsic job quality • ... workability • • disability management • international cooper- • ... ation and regulations INDICATORS INDICATORS INDICATORS