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The Arbobalans 2002: Risks, Effects and Preventive capacity

The Arbobalans 2002: Risks, Effects and Preventive capacity. Contents of presentation. General features of the Arbobalans Some developments in risks and effects Some developments in the implementation of preventive measures Towards the concept of preventive capacity.

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The Arbobalans 2002: Risks, Effects and Preventive capacity

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  1. The Arbobalans 2002: Risks, Effects and Preventive capacity

  2. Contents of presentation • General features of the Arbobalans • Some developments in risks and effects • Some developments in the implementation of preventive measures • Towards the concept of preventive capacity

  3. General features of the Arbobalans • On request of Parliament since 1998 • In addition to inform OSH professionals and other interested persons • The content developed from information on a few risks to a comprehensive overview on OSH • It relates to risks, effects and preventive measures • Multisource: Information retrieval via existing regular sources • Multifocus: Survey, L.I., Employers, Physicians • Distribution: over 60.000 copies and the internet

  4. Some developments in risks and effects • Dangerous work (survey) • Work pressure (survey) • Dangerous substances (survey) • Human relations (survey) • Accidents (survey) • Occupational diseases (physicians) • Early retirement due to health problems (social insurance register)

  5. Risks: dangerous work, workpressure, human relations, dangerous substances

  6. Occupational accidents (incidence per 1.000) & Occupational diseases (as percentage of total)

  7. Actors and preventive instruments Main categories: • Employers (organisations) • Workers (organisations) • Sector/branche organisations • National/regional authorities • Preventive services • Insurance organisations • Others, such as research organisations and external OSH consultancies

  8. Employers I: Availability in company of a Risk assessment and an actionplan

  9. Employers II: Investment by companies in preventive OSH services

  10. Employers III: Voluntary OSH certificates in company (2001)

  11. Employers IV: Work(place)adaptations for disabled workers in last 12-months (2000)

  12. Workers(organisations): I-IV

  13. Social partners: OSH issues in collective labour agreements

  14. SocP + Gov: Tripartite sector agreements: workers covered Sector agreements contain: • Preventive action against exposure to specific risks • Measures for quality of preventive OSH services • Measures to stimulate the (re)integration of disabled workers • Other measures as e.g.: specific information, awareness raising, training, standards, etc

  15. Government I: requests for tax facilities in OSH investment

  16. Gov/authorities II: the capacity of the Labour Inspectorate

  17. Preventive OSH Services I + II: Coverage of employers and number of hired OSH experts

  18. Final remarks on preventive measures • Some important indicators are not (yet) avalaible. • E.g. regarding the use of information, training, workplace adaptation and first aid

  19. Towards a concept of preventive capacity or preventive culture • Remembering the Framework Directive • A definition of preventive capacity • How will the concept of OSH monitoring develop in the future ?

  20. Inform and consult workers/representatives Worker(reps)contribute Workplace design Adapting work to individual Informing of workers Training workers (reps) Ensure adequate control Internal/external OSH preventive services Risk assessment First aid/fire fighting Duties for Employers Duties for Workers Duties for Authorities within the context of the national system (enforcement) Remembering the Framework Directive

  21. Definition of preventive capacity (or preventive culture): • The preventive capacity of a country consists of the contributions of all those actors that participate in the process of implementing OSH standards, knowledge, instruments or good practices as well as in their developmen • Assumptions: - preventive measures refer to choices of (political) actors - the total set measures has an impact on risks/exposure as well as effects/outcomes • It is not simply the number of labour inspector or the number of Occupational health services or OSH experts

  22. How will the concept of OSH monitoring develop in the future? • Yesterday: the monitoring of effects and risks • Today: the measurement of some preventive action • Tomorrow: the systematic monitoring of all preventive action (assessing the preventive culture) • The day after tomorrow: will it be possible to assess the magnitude of the national/European preventive culture E.g by using: - a comprehensive set of criteria with respect to the necessary types of preventive measures - and (maybe) the formulation of some (minimum) targets - assuming the principle of substitution

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