European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
| European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA |
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 EU-OSHA logo |
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| English name | European Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
| French name | Agence européenne pour la sécurité et la santé au travail |
| Spanish name | Agencia Europea para la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo |
| Organization type | European Union Agency |
| status | Establishment of European public law with its own legal personality |
| Seat of the organs | Bilbao , Spain |
| Chair | Christa Sedlatschek |
| founding |
July 18, 1994 |
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The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (abbr. EU-OSHA ) aims to make workplaces in the EU safer, healthier and more productive.
It was founded on July 18, 1994 by decision of the Council and has its seat in Bilbao , Spain .
The agency acts as an intermediary to collect and analyze information about safer workplaces and to disseminate it to employers. As an example, repeatedly carried out here would be European Company Survey on new and emerging risks (ESENER - European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks ) to name.
The agency is an EU organization made up of representatives from three groups: representatives of the governments of the Member States , employers and employees . In addition to providing information to employers, she also wants to advise companies on how better working conditions can be achieved in a simple and effective way.
See also
- European Union social policy
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency responsible for occupational health and safety in the United States .
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
Web links
- EU-OSHA on the official website of the European Union europa.eu
- official homepage
- The European Union's Public Health Portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 2062/94 of the Council of July 18, 1994 on the establishment of a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in the consolidated version of August 4, 2005 (PDF; 257.91 kB), accessed on March 22 , 2005 . May 2013 .
- ↑ Presentation of the study on the agency's website
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