Invisible accidents
An obsolete and sexist system. This is the judgment without appeal on the European Trade Union Institute on the criteria for the recognition of occupational diseases in force in Belgium. Which imitate...
View ArticleWomen and work accidents
In Italy, in 2010, 1/3 of the accidents in the workplace has involved women. For a total of 245,462 cases. This figure has slightly decreased if compared to 249,493 in 2006 (-1.6%) but it is much lower...
View ArticleUsual problems, no solutions
In Italy, if the labour market does not change, its problems can not be solved. So once again we find out the usual truth: for women with disabilities make career is quite a job. According to the 2nd...
View ArticleIt is not possible to die of work
In Italy, Adiconsum and Filca Cisl, have created the association “Speranzaallavoro“. The aim is to help workers in distress and prevent suicide as those we have so much heard recently in our country....
View ArticleLess labour victims
In Italy, in 2011, 50,000 accidents at work less than in 2010 were recorded (-6.4%). For a total of 726,000 cases against 775,669 of the previous year. In the same period of time, the number of the...
View ArticleWomen: less employed and more injured
In 2010, the accidents at work reported by Italian women were 245,000. With an increase by 5%, between 2006 and 2010, of injured women on the total of cases: from 26.9% to 31.6%. Against a growth in...
View ArticleThe work hurts a little less
In Italy, in the period 2009-2011, accidents at work decreased by 8%. Passing from 790 thousand to 726 thousand. In the same period of time, the number of deaths at work has decreased too: from 1,053...
View ArticleMore safety for all workers
In Italy, in 2010, there were 775,000 accidents at work, of which 980 were fatal. And 16.4% of all accidents involved immigrants. For this reason the Department of Fire and the Department for Civil...
View ArticleCommuting accidents have high heels
In the Lombardy Region, 71% of commuting accidents on foot affect women: 910 out of 1,286. While, among 15,074 cases of compensated injuries occurred while driving or on board of a mean of transport,...
View ArticleCommuters pedal to work on their very own superhighway
In Denmark the first cycle superhighway was opened in April and is long 11 miles. It is the first of 26 routes scheduled to be built to encourage more people to commute to and from Copenhagen by...
View ArticleWomen victims of accidents at work
In 2011, in the Lombardy Region, 1/3 of the accidents at work involved women. For a total of 39,653 cases. The figures, released by the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, also report a decline in the number...
View ArticleIntroducing safety and health in education
Using the ever-popular Napo character, EU-OSHA, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, together with the Napo Consortium has devised a series of occupational safety and health (OSH)...
View ArticleDisability allowance in France kept at poverty threshold
The French government has clashed with the French Association of the Paralysed over the state’s recent five-year anti-poverty plan. According to spokespersons for disabled rights, the proposal lacks...
View ArticleThe keyboard is a major occupational hazard
In Italy, 2/3 of occupational diseases reported to the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, are of musculoskeletal nature. I.e. around 30,500 out of a total of 46,500. To be...
View ArticleItalian companies guilty of 166,000 health & safety breaches
Between 2009 and 2011, about 166,000 breaches by the Italian companies in the field of safety at work have been detected. For a total of €175.6 million of administrative and penal sanctions. In this...
View ArticleGoing to work more dangerous than war
An estimated 2.34 million people die each year from work-related accidents and diseases. Of these, the vast majority (2.02 million) die from a wide range of work-related diseases. Of the estimated...
View ArticleIllegal immigrants without the right to healthcare
Eighty per cent of undocumented immigrants who are victims of accidents at work say they are not protected by public healthcare. This is partly due to national regulations but also, often, because...
View ArticleFewer accidents at work in Italy
In 2012, in Italy, reports of work-related accidents were 745,000. With a decrease of 23% compared to 2008 and of almost 9% compared to 2011. The injuries which were recognized last year were about 500...
View ArticleFirst Spanish guidebook about on-the-job injuries
The first guide about information and training to prevent work-related injuries has been published in Andalusia. The good practices are addressed to businessmen, executives and ... First Spanish...
View ArticleFewer accidents at work in Belgium
In Belgium, it’s time to focus on accidents at work. Are 157,131 accidents occurred in the private sector during 2012. –7.7% from the previous year. Reduction ... Fewer accidents at work in Belgium
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