Transcript General introduction to GP

EBC - “Under Construction II” - Improving
health and safety in construction SMEs
Construction in figures
Brussels
23 February 2009
Michaela Seifert
EU-OSHA
Working Environment Information Unit
Figures - EU 27
Construction 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
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Spain (-23.7%)
Sweden (-19.6%)
Portugal (-6.2%)
Bulgaria and France (both -5,2%)
Slovenia (- 4,1%)
Germany (-3,4 %)
Figures - EU 27
Construction Sector
 Increases of output:
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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%
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
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 construction
o Exposure of workers to vibrations in combination with
working in awkard postures and carrying out muscular
work
4th European Working Conditions Survey
Characteristics Construction Sector
 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
Accidents EU27, 2005
Construction
Fatal accidents in Construction
1466
Construction
Rest of sectors
4254
Accidents EU27, 2005 –
Construction and other sectors
Fatal accidents
5720
1466
896
650
72
Construction
Agriculture
HORECA
Transport
Total
Fatal accidents 1995-2005
Incidence rates per 100 000 workers EU15
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1995
2000
2005
Construction
Agriculture
HORECA
Transport
Fatal accidents in
construction 2005 - MS
EU Member States with highest numbers
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1466
248
Total
ES
239
IT
132
123
114
111
106
60
40
DE
RO
FR
PT
PL
UK
AT
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
Accidents in Construction
EU15, 2005
Accidents - NON-fatal (more than 3 days lost)
3983881
727820
Construction
232224
197174
316866
Agriculture
HORECA
Transport
Total
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
Healthy Workplaces
Good for you. Good for business.
A European campaign
on Risk Assessment
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.
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 risk
2. Evaluating and prioritising risks
3. Deciding on preventive action
4. Taking action
5. Monitoring and reviewing
Remember: RA should be done with the employees’ active
involvement
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
Partnership approach
• You help us…
Get involved in the campaign
• We give you…
Getting recognition for your
efforts
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
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)
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
The Agency is now working on…
• Sectoral video production
• Interactive risk assessment tool (IRAT)
Video production 1
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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.
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Sectors to be filmed:
►Construction
► HORECA
► Cleaning
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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
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Next steps:
► By end April the first drafts should be ready
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.
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
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).
Checklist, overview of topics and progress
A certain question can filter out (hide) subsequent questions ...
... or activate subsequent questions;
this view shows all questions within the topic
This view shows one question at a time, plus
explanation, image, hyperlinks, progress bar
Room for legal references and a box for additional
comments in case of special risks
Questions and answers are shown in a report, which
also indicates problem areas
Automatic Action plan, includes hazards, actions,
sorting on priority, updateable status
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)
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
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Journalist excursions (GPA winners)
Photo competition
EU OSH survey
OSH film award
3 OSH TV reports (construction, HORECA, cleaning)
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
…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.
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)
To all campaign partners…
Thank you for helping us spread the Risk
Assessment message
Without you, we cannot do it!
Contact us if you need more info
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
• Corporate Promotions Manager
Marta Urrutia
E-mail: [email protected]
• Project manager, Risk Assessment
Lorenzo Munar
E-mail: [email protected]
• Manager, Brussels Liaison Office
Brenda O‘Brien
E-mail: [email protected]
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Gran Vía, 33 - 48009 Bilbao - Spain
Tel. +34 94 479 43 60
Fax. +34 94 479 43 83
http://osha.europa.eu