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Document ID (ISN)109343
CIS number 09-276
ISSN - Serial title 1608-4144 - Magazine - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work / Agence européenne pour la sécurité et la santé au travail
Year 2008
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Takala J.
Title Healthy workplaces - Good for you. Good for business
Bibliographic information 2008, No.11, p.1-48 (whole issue). Illus. Bibl.ref.
Internet access http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/magazine/magazine11 [in English]
Abstract Collection of articles on workplace risk assessment contributed by EU Member States to the campaign of the European Agency for safety and health at work. Main topics covered: risk assessment in SMEs and micro-businesses; risk assessment methods developed by countries (Netherlands, Austria, Slovenia, Finland, Switzerland); risk assessment of manual handling of hospital patients; risk assessment method for handling below-the-threshold quantities of hazardous substances; assessing the risks of work-related stress; financial benefits of effective risk assessment.
Descriptors (primary) small enterprises; hazard evaluation; workplaces; Europe
Descriptors (secondary) dangerous substances; Slovenia; Netherlands; Austria; Switzerland; workers' participation; large enterprises; manual handling; economic aspects; stress factors; Finland
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceEuropean Union
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Small and medium-sized enterprises
Risk evaluation
Workers' participation