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Brussels23 February 2009
Michaela Seifert EU-OSHAWorking Environment Information Unit
EBC - “Under Construction II” - Improving health and safety in construction SMEs
Construction in figures
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Figures - EU 27Construction Sector
More than 13 million persons employed in construction (10,5% of EU-27)
Construction output: decrease due to economic crisis
Decreases in construction output in 2008 were recorded in
• Spain (-23.7%) • Sweden (-19.6%)• Portugal (-6.2%)• Bulgaria and France (both -5,2%)• Slovenia (- 4,1%)• Germany (-3,4 %)
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Figures - EU 27Construction Sector
Increases of output: • Romania (+16.1%),• Slovakia (+10.3%) • Poland (+5.0%)• UK (+4.9 %)
434 billion Euro value added in construction sector in EU27 in 2004 (8,5% of non-financial business economy’s value added)
Characteristics of the sector (% share of the total number of persons employed, EU-27, 2006)o Gender: mainly male workers: 92%o Full-time work: 94 %o Age profile: 15-29: 24.6%; 30-49: 53.8%;
50+: 21.6%
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Construction - SMEs
2.4 Mio construction companies in 2004
97% SMEs with fewer than 20 employees
93% have fewer than 10 employees
Micro and small enterprises (with less than 50 persons employed) generated 65.7 % of EU’s value added in 2002
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Characteristics -Construction Sector
High proportion of self-employed: about 14%, (highest rate in agriculture – 48 %)
High turnover: 12 % work only one year or less – (HORECA the highest)
Migrant workers: most non-national workers in construction (17%)
Long working hours (over 20%) in construction agriculture and HORECA
MSDs remain a concern in Europe and in constructiono Exposure of workers to vibrations in combination with
working in awkard postures and carrying out muscular work
4th European Working Conditions Survey
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Monotonous tasks more frequent in construction, agriculture, manufacturing and HORECA
Training: very low levels in construction, HORECA, agriculture, retail trade and manufacturing
Automatic speed of a machine determines pace of work (24%) – manufacturing the highest (41%)
Levels of working impacting on health higher than average (agriculture is the highest)
Highest level of exposure to physical risk factors: chemical/biological, ergonomic, noise/temperature
4th European Working Conditions Survey
Characteristics -Construction Sector
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Accidents EU27, 2005 Construction
Fatal accidents in Construction
1466
4254
ConstructionRest of sectors
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Accidents EU27, 2005 – Construction and other sectors
Fatal accidents
1466
65072
896
5720
Construction Agriculture HORECA Transport Total
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Fatal accidents 1995-2005
Incidence rates per 100 000 workers EU15
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Construction Agriculture HORECA Transport
1995
2000
2005
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Fatal accidents in construction 2005 - MS
EU Member States with highest numbers
1466
248 239132 123 114 111 106 60 40
0200
400600
8001000
12001400
1600
Total ES IT DE RO FR PT PL UK AT
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Construction – fatalities – comparative rates by 100 000 workers
Country Fatality rate
Sweden 1.1
United Kingdom 1.7
France 3.4
Spain 4.7
Portugal 8.0
Source: EU Technology Platform
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Accidents in Construction EU15, 2005
Accidents - NON-fatal (more than 3 days lost)
727820
232224 197174 316866
3983881
Construction Agriculture HORECA Transport Total
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Agency’s publications for the sector
Workplace exposure to vibration in Europe: an expert review
Skin diseases and dermal exposure: policy and practice overview
Emerging chemical risks to be published next month E-fact 19 - Prevention of vibration risks in the construction
sector E-fact 17 - The prevention of work-related neck and upper
limb disorders (WRULDs) in construction E-fact 2 - Preventing vehicle accidents in construction E-fact 1 - Musculoskeletal disorders in construction All 2004 campaign related publications on good
practice
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Healthy WorkplacesGood for you. Good for business.
A European campaign
on Risk Assessment
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What is Risk Assessment?
• RA is the first step to safer and healthier workplaces and the key to reducing work-related accidents and diseases.
• RA is the process of evaluating the risks to workers´ safety and health from workplace hazards. It is a systematic examination of all aspects of work that considers:►What could cause injury or harm,►Whether hazards can be eliminated and, if not,►What preventive or protective measures need to be in place to
control the risks.
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How to do Risk Assessment?
• There are two principles which should always be born in mind when carrying out an RA: ►Structure the assessment to ensure all relevant hazards and
risks are addressed ►First, try to eliminate them. If not possible, reduce them.
• Five-step approach to RA:1. Identifying hazards and people at risk2. Evaluating and prioritising risks3. Deciding on preventive action4. Taking action5. Monitoring and reviewing
Remember: RA should be done with the employees’ active involvement
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Campaign objectives
• Raise awareness and encourage to do RA
• Demystify the process►Not necessarily complicated or bureaucratic►Not only for specialists
• Underline that quality counts► Involvement of everyone in the workplace►On-going process (not a one-off)
• Identify and promote good practices
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Partnership approach
• You help us…
Get involved in the campaign
• We give you…
Getting recognition for your efforts
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Official Campaign Partners (1)
• 1st group (announcement on 13 October 2008)
►BusinessEurope ►ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation) ►CEOC – Confederation of Inspection and Certification
Organisations ►ESF (European Safety Federation) ►EMF (European Men’s Health Forum – NGO) ►ETPIS (European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety)►EuroCOP► Ideal Standard International ►Johnson & Johnson
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Official Campaign Partners (2)
• 2nd group (announcement on 4 December 2008)
►Air Liquide►Baxter►Eli Lilly►Confédération Européenne des Syndicats Indépendants
(CESI)►European Federation of National Maintenance Societies
(EFNMS)►European Process Safety Centre (EPSC)►General Electrics (GE)►European Association of Industrial Minerals Producers
(IMA-Europe)
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Official Campaign Partners (3)
• 3rd group (announcement end February 2009)
► CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council)► EBC (European Builders Federation)► ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association)► EFBWW (European Federation of Building and Woodworkers)► ENSHPO (European Network of Safety and Health Professional
Organisations)► ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation)► ETSA (European textile Service Association)► EWEA-AEE (European Wind Energy Association & Asociación
Empresarial Eólica)► FIEC (European Construction Industry Federation)► FOHNEU (Federation of Occupational Health Nurses)► HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION► ISHCCO (International Safety and Health Construction
Coordinators Organization)► KRKA
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The Agency is now working on…
• Sectoral video production
• Interactive risk assessment tool (IRAT)
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Video production 1• Objective:
► To produce more audiovisual material on our subjects --- for our website, for use in our events, conferences and presentations and for promotion to the audiovisual press.
• Sectors to be filmed:
►Construction► HORECA► Cleaning
• Content► Typical situations were accidents/ill health are caused ► The contractor to identify (with help from the social partners):
an accident / ill health victim a suitable filming location and an expert for interview
• Next steps:► By end April the first drafts should be ready
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Video production 2• Current status:
►The film for the construction sector should focus on construction falls (falling materials, falling from height) and safe roof works.
►Noise and vibration should also be illustrated in the film, while asbestos should be treated in the full length interview with the expert.
►ESN in contact with companies in Germany and in the UK, the British one being probably the best option.
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Interactive Risk Assessment tool (IRAT) - Goal
• To contribute to the “development of simple tools to facilitate RA” (Community Strategy 2007-2012)
• To develop and promote with social partners a practical RA tool in order to help companies in general and SMEs in particular to put in place the RA process;
• To contribute to demystify the RA process;
• To provide a tool which illustrates, through a stepwise approach, the RA process
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IRAT - Target Audience
• SME(s). This tool could be used mainly for those SMEs wanting to carry out a RA or complete/review their RA;
• Our intermediaries (social partners, OSH practitioners, ….)
• Anyone who would like to have a more practical overview on how to carry out a RA (“pedagogic/training” dimension of the tool).
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Checklist, overview of topics and progress
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A certain question can filter out (hide) subsequent questions ...
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... or activate subsequent questions;this view shows all questions within the topic
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This view shows one question at a time, plus explanation, image, hyperlinks, progress bar
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Room for legal references and a box for additional comments in case of special risks
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Questions and answers are shown in a report, which also indicates problem areas
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Automatic Action plan, includes hazards, actions, sorting on priority, updateable status
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Next steps for 2009
• “Internationalize” the tool (adapt the TNO tool to support multilingualism)
• Translate (into English) and adapt the IRAT intended to SMEs
• Translate the SMEs IRAT into other EU languages (depending on the expression of interest from FOPs or other national organisations)
• Develop the sectoral IRATs (in close partnership with the social partners from the sector)
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Campaign: Next steps for 2009
►17 March EU Partnership meeting + Official campaign partners “Get together”
►27 April CZ EU Presidency conference + GPA ceremony
►26/27 Oct. SE EU Presidency conference►16/17 Nov. Closing event + Exhibition
- Day 1: Networking- Day 2: Conference
►5 big PR projects Journalist excursions (GPA winners) Photo competition EU OSH survey OSH film award 3 OSH TV reports (construction, HORECA, cleaning)
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And finally to remind ourselves…
• 205 million employees in Europe
• 167,000 fatalities attributed to work-related accidents and diseases in EU-27, and within that:
►159,000 fatalities attributed to work-related diseases 74,000 fatalities attributed to hazardous substances at work
(asbestos included)
►7,460 fatalities caused by accidents at work
The figures in this presentation are taken from our campaign summary:
http://osha.europa.eu/campaigns/hw2008/campaign/campaignsummary
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…why are we doing this?
• Every 3.5 minutes, somebody in the EU-27 dies from work-related causes.
• Every 4.5 seconds, a worker in the EU-27 is involved in an accident that forces him/her to stay at home for at least three working days.
• The number of accidents at work causing three or more days of absence is huge: over 7 million every year.
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This all comes at a huge cost…
• Human cost for workers and their families (real people behind each statistic)
• Business costs for organisations/companies (sick leave, insurance costs, productivity, turnover, motivation, competitiveness etc.)
• Cost for society (increasing burden on healthcare systems)
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To all campaign partners…
Thank you for helping us spread the Risk Assessment message
Without you, we cannot do it!
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Contact us if you need more info
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
• Corporate Promotions ManagerMarta UrrutiaE-mail: [email protected]
• Project manager, Risk AssessmentLorenzo MunarE-mail: [email protected]
• Manager, Brussels Liaison Office Brenda O‘BrienE-mail: [email protected]
European Agency for Safety and Health at WorkGran Vía, 33 - 48009 Bilbao - Spain
Tel. +34 94 479 43 60Fax. +34 94 479 43 83http://osha.europa.eu