1.
Pan-European opinion poll on occupational safety
and health
Results across 36 European countries
Representative sample in 36 participating European countries for the European
Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Safety and Health at work is everyone's concern. It's good for you. It's good for business.

2.
Opinion poll design
Universe: Population aged 18+ with usual place of residence and in the
respective language
Sample: Representative sample in each of the 36 participating European
countries
Method of data CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews) across 31
collection: countries. In Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and
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Turkey, interviews were hereimages to face
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Sample size: 35,540 interviews (approximately 1,000 per country except in
Liechtenstein with 200 interviews conducted)
Margin of error: 0.3 to 0.5 percentage points (across Europe)
Fieldwork period: 28th October 2011 - 17th January 2012
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3.
Questionnaire overview
 Q1. Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your
country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years?
(Increase a lot | Increase a little | Stay around the same | Decrease a little | Decrease a
lot)
 Q2. Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself
….? (Very well informed | Fairly well informed | Not very well informed | Not at all
informed)
 Q3. Many European governments are considering or have decided to increase
their retirement age because people are living for longer.
 In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help
people work for longer before they retire? (Very important | Fairly important | Not very
important | Not at all important)
 Q4. If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your
supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (Very confident |
Fairly confident | Not very confident | Not at all confident)
 Q5. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
 In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need to
follow good health and safety practices? (Strongly agree | Tend to agree | Neither
agree nor disagree | Tend to disagree | Strongly disagree) 3
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4.
Two-letter country designations used in charts
Letters Country Letters Country Letters Country
AL Albania HR Croatia NO Norway
AT Austria HU Hungary PL Poland
BE Belgium IE Ireland PT Portugal
BG Bulgaria IS Iceland RO Romania
CY Cyprus IT Italy RS Serbia
CZ Czech Republic LI Liechtenstein SE Sweden
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DE Germany LT Lithuania SI Slovenia
DK Denmark LU Luxembourg SK Slovakia
EE Estonia LV Latvia TR Turkey
EL Greece ME Montenegro UK United Kingdom
ES Spain MK Former Yugoslav ALL All countries
Republic of Macedonia
FI Finland MT Malta 4
FR France NL Netherlands
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5.
Regions used in this report
Region Countries
North Eastern Europe Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Slovakia, Slovenia
North Western Europe Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
South Eastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
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Southern Europe Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain
EU27 The 27 countries that currently form the European Union
EU15 The 15 countries that formed the European Union until 1st May
2004
EEA Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
CCS Candidate and potential candidate countries
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6.
Level of job-related stress
Level of job-related stress

7.
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country)
will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Increase a lot 49
Increase a little 28
Stay around the same 12
Decrease a little 4
Decrease a lot 3
Don’t know 4
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Universe: Population aged 18+
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8.
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country)
will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Increase (aggregate) Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
Total 77 12
Male 76 13
Gender
Female 79 11
Aged 18-34 76 15
Age Aged 35-54 80 11
Aged 55+ 75 12
Active 80 12
Working status
Non active 75 13 8
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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9.
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country)
will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Increase (aggregate) Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
Total 79 12
0-9 78 12
Employer size 10-49 79 13
(number of
employees) 50-249 80 12
250+ 82 12
Employment Indefinite 80 12
contract Other 78 13
9
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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10.
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country)
will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Increase a lot Increase a little Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
3 4
3
2 1 8 8 3 4 4 1 9 7 1 8 9 3 4 9 2 6 6 2
7 11 14 9 14 6 7 10 7
10 5 6 5 8 11 8 12 15 15
7 2
9 17 7 16
10 14 10 13 13 12 16 17
8 14 13 11 16 11 17 22 21 8
18 15 18 14 18 13 25 18 27 28
21 17
17 24 27 8
24 24 30 28 28 27
28 33 30 28 33 31 40 28
17 22 26 25 26 33 34 32 40 46
36 37 41
29
39 42
83 47
69 69 64 20
63 60 58
54 54 52 52 51 50 50 49
47 47 46 46 44 44 44 44 43
41 40 39 39 36
34 34 33 31 29
27 26 22
16
E…
TR
CY
LU
LV
SK
LI
BE
ES
EE
SE
HR
HU
RO
AT
ME
MK
NL
NO
IT
EL
BG
SI
FR
ALL
AL
PL
CZ
IE
FI
IS
LT
DE
PT
RS
UK
DK
MT
10
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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11.
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your
country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five
years? (%)
Increase a lot Increase a little Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
7 7 6 8 8 5 4 5
3 8
13 9 12 9
12 13 16 23 13
28
26 32
28 27 27 37
32 27
41
45
49 50 51 55 49
43 42 47
28
17
Western
countries
EEA
countries
Southern
Eastern
EU27
EU15
CCS
Eastern
Europe
Europe
Europe
South
Europe
North
Nordic
North
All
11
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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12.
Level of information about safety and
health risks at work
Level of information about safety and health risks at work

13.
Level of information about safety and health risks
at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Very well informed 24
Fairly well informed 43
Not very well informed 19
Not at all informed 8
Don’t know 6
13
Universe: Population aged 18+
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14.
Level of information about safety and health risks
at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Informed (aggregate) Not informed (aggregate)
Total 67 27
Male 70 26
Gender
Female 64 28
Aged 18-34 67 29
Age Aged 35-54 76 22
Aged 55+ 57 31
Active 82 18
Working status
Non active 50 38 14
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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15.
Level of information about safety and health risks
at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Informed (aggregate) Not informed (aggregate)
Total 82 18
0-9 78 20
Employer size 10-49 81 18
(number of
employees) 50-249 86 14
250+ 88 11
Employment Indefinite 83 16
contract Other 78 20
15
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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16.
Level of information about safety and health risks
at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Very well informed Fairly well informed Not very well informed Not at all informed
3 2 4 3 3 3 5 3 6 6 3 5 5 4 6 7 8 7 5 7 8 7 4 9 9 5 6 6
6 6 8 5 7 9 7 9 7 14 13 16 20 14 13 18 16 18
12 9
13 15 12 18 16 17 17 16 19 15 17 20 21
20 21
22 22 25 22
23 25
35 29
32 38 28 32
35 37 47 36 35
50 47 51 50
42 41 40 39 60
45 44 47
43 48 43
37 43 34 43 52 55 54
43 43 60
40
34 32 37 33
23 31 39
53 33
45 44 40
34 33 32 32 32 32 30 29 29 29
27 26 26 25 25 24 24 24 23
21 20 18 17 17 16 16 16 16
14 14 13 11 10 10
E…
BG
IE
FR
SI
TR
FI
UK
IS
LT
ALL
DK
PL
CZ
LI
EL
RS
AL
SE
EE
LV
DE
PT
CY
ES
SK
LU
BE
HR
HU
NL
NO
AT
MT
RO
IT
ME
MK
16
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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17.
Level of information about safety and health risks
at work (employees only)
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Very well informed Fairly well informed Not very well informed Not at all informed
1 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 5 3 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 3 2 7 6 4 6 4 3 5
6 6 5 4 4
8 4 10 11 14
6
8 9 9 11 7 8 15 8
12 10 12
10 10 12 14 14 11 11 16 13
14 17 9
16 19 20 25 22 27
31 27
36 39 24 27
47 48 30
43 47 52 47 46 45 54 52
56 55
43 43 48 48 52 49 59 58
51 48 55 59 61
46 46 69
44 48
43 44 52
29 44
62
56 53
45 44 42 41
39 39 39 39 39 38 37 37 36 35 34 34
33 33 28 28 28
27 27 26 26 25 25 23 23 22 22
19 18 16 15
E…
BG
IE
ALL
SI
FR
TR
FI
IS
LV
UK
PL
CZ
AT
DK
LI
PT
DE
CY
RS
AL
EL
BE
SE
EE
ES
SK
LU
HR
HU
MT
NL
NO
LT
IT
RO
ME
MK
17
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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18.
Level of information about safety and health risks
at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Very well informed Fairly well informed Not very well informed Not at all informed
8 6 6 4 6 5 3 8
7 16 8 16
17 17 14
19 17
23
32 30
47 43
44 44 42
43 43
48
38 36
33 31 35
24 26 27 27
19
11 12
Western
Eastern
Eastern
Southern
countries
countries
EEA
CCS
EU27
EU15
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
South
North
Nordic
North
All
18
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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19.
Importance of workplace safety and
health for later retirement
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement

20.
Importance of workplace safety and health for later
retirement
Many European governments are considering or have decided to increase their
retirement age because people are living for longer.
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help
people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Very important 56
Fairly important 31
Not very important 5
Not at all important 4
Don’t know 4
20
Universe: Population aged 18+
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21.
Importance of workplace safety and health for later
retirement
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety
practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Important (aggregate) Not important (aggregate)
Total 87 9
Male 85 11
Gender Female 87 9
Aged 18-34 89 9
Age Aged 35-54 88 10
Aged 55+ 83 10
Active 89 10
Working status
Non active 85 10 21
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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22.
Importance of workplace safety and health for later
retirement
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety
practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Important (aggregate) Not important (aggregate)
Total 89 10
0-9 89 10
Employer size
Employer size
(number of 10-49 89 9
(number of
employees)
employees) 50-249 89 9
250+ 90 8
Employment Indefinite 89 9
contract Other 89 10
22
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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23.
Importance of workplace safety and health for later
retirement
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety
practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Very important Fairly important Not very important Not at all important
3 1 4 1 2 2 3 3 2 5 5 2 6 4 4 6 2 1 4 6 4 1 3
4 4 4 3 4 4 6 8 5 4 4 6 4 2 4 6 4 5 6 4 4
6 6 2 7 2
12 9 10 9 8 10
5 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 11
8 9 8 8 4
5 9 14
12 22 9 11 13 12
23 20 25 23
16 30 29 27 31 29 32 34
27
20 22 20 30 31 37 35
34 30 36 36
15 42
17 24 35
27
24 28 32 37 34
37
77
71 70 69 69 67 67
63 63 63 62 62 61 61 61 60 60 59
58 58 57 56 56 55 54 54 54
52 51 50 49 49
46 46 42
41 41 37
TR
LV
LU
LI
CY
EE
AT
SE
BE
SK
ES
HR
HU
RO
NO
EU27
ME
NL
IT
SI
MK
IS
IE
PL
LT
ALL
FR
EL
AL
BG
CZ
RS
FI
DK
DE
UK
PT
MT
23
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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24.
Importance of workplace safety and health for later
retirement
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety
practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Very important Fairly important Not very important Not at all important
4 4 5 2 3 4 4 3 3
6 3 6 4 6
5 6 6 7 5 6
33 30 27
31 30 31 37 29
33 33
56 57 56 59 58 58 61
52 53 52
Western
Southern
EEA
Eastern
Eastern
countries
countries
EU27
EU15
CCS
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
South
North
Nordic
North
All
24
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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25.
Confidence in action to address
workplace safety and health problems
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems

26.
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and
health problems
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your
supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Very confident 40
Fairly confident 34
Not very confident 16
Not at all confident 7
Don’t know 3
26
Universe: Employees aged 18+
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27.
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and
health problems
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your
supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Confident (aggregate) Not Confident (aggregate)
Total 74 23
Male 73 23
Gender
Female 74 23
Aged 18-34 74 23
Age Aged 35-54 74 23
Aged 55+ 70 24
27
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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28.
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and
health problems
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your
supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Confident (aggregate) Not Confident (aggregate)
Total 74 23
0-9 69 27
Employer size
Employer size
(number of 10-49 74 23
(number of
employees)
employees) 50-249 77 22
250+ 79 19
Employment Indefinite 75 22
contract Other 69 26
28
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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29.
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and
health problems
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor,
how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Very confident Fairly confident Not very confident Not at all confident
2 3 1 1 2 4 3 7 3 2 5 7 8 7 4 9 8 6 13
6 6 9 6 8 6 8 6 11 10 8 9
12 14 9 11 11 14 10 9 13 17 15 17 20 14 19 18 20 18
14 15 12 16 15 15
20 20 15
14 21 18 28 18 16 23 21 26
24 31 30 33 23 19 24 26 32
36 21 29 24 27 28 31
24 35 37 36
26 34 38 34 47
38 36 35
34 40
30 34 41 38 36
32 41 45 46
27 26 30 27
71 69 32 31
62 58 57 37
56 53 52 20
48 47 46 45
41 40 40 36 36 36
35 32 31 31
29 27 27 27 26 25 25
23 23 21 19 18 18 18
17 13
TR
LU
CY
HU
LV
HR
NO
LI
SE
AT
ES
EE
RO
MK
BE
ME
SK
IS
SI
BG
IT
IE
NL
FR
PL
LT
FI
ALL
DK
EL
AL
CZ
RS
UK
DE
PT
EU27
MT
29
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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30.
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and
health problems
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor,
how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Very confident Fairly confident Not very confident Not at all confident
7 7 7 4 6 5 4
9 10 12
7 12 9
16 15 14 15
28 27 19
32
33 36
34 35 32
34
33 40
32
56
44 49 48
40 41 42
27 26 25
Western
Southern
Eastern
Eastern
countries
EEA
CCS
countries
EU27
EU15
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
South
North
Nordic
North
All
30
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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31.
Importance of workplace safety and
health for economic competitiveness
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness

32.
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic
competitiveness (UK)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need
to follow good health and safety practices? (%)
Strongly agree 56
Tend to agree 30
Neither agree nor disagree 7
Tend to disagree 3
Strongly disagree 3
Don’t know 2
32
Universe: Population aged 18+
http://osha.europa.eu

33.
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic
competitiveness (UK)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need
to follow good health and safety practices? (%)
Agree (aggregate) Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
Total 86 7 6
Male 85 7 6
Gender Female 86 7 5
Aged 18-34 84 10 5
Age Aged 35-54 87 6 6
Aged 55+ 86 5 6
Active 86 7 5
Working status
Non active 85 6 6 33
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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34.
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic
competitiveness (UK)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need
to follow good health and safety practices? (%)
Agree (aggregate) Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
Total 86 7 5
0-9 86 7 6
Employer size
Employer size 10-49 86 7 5
(number of
(number of
employees)
employees) 50-249 87 8 4
250+ 87 8 4
Employment Permanent 86 7 6
contract Other 86 7 6
34
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
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35.
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic
competitiveness
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health
and safety practices? (%)
Strongly agree Tend to agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
2 2 1
4 2 5 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 8 7 3 8 9 4 6 3 6 6 8 7 8 4 2 4
3 3 3 3 6 6 7 8
6 4 4 5 4 4
8 9 5 5 7 7 6 3 10 6
13 3 6 8 9 7 8 9 7 4 13 8 12
7 15 10 9 6 26 12
12 18 20 19 19 12
20 26 24 30 32
22 25 25 28
24 24 33 29 27 33 30 27 31 36 37 32 40 7
21 27 29 30 36 40 38
45 41
23 35
81
75 72 72 70
68 65 65 64 63
62 62 61 59 59 57 57 57 57
56 56 56 56 55 54 53 52 52 51
50 49 46 45
43 43
37 35 35
EU27
AL
EL
PL
BG
ALL
LT
IE
FR
IS
TR
SI
FI
LU
PT
CZ
CY
DE
RS
LV
UK
DK
LI
EE
MT
SE
AT
BE
SK
ES
HU
HR
RO
NO
NL
IT
MK
ME 35
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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36.
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic
competitiveness
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health
and safety practices? (%)
Strongly agree Tend to agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
6 6 6 3 4 7 5 3 3 8
7 7 7 9 7 8 6 7 7 7
30 29 30 28 28 30 28
37 31 32
56 57 56 58 57 58 60 54
48 51
Western
CCS
countries
Eastern
countries
Eastern
Southern
EEA
EU27
EU15
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
South
North
Nordic
North
All
36
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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37.
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
• Contributes to making Europe a safer, healthier and more productive place to
work;
• Researches, develops, and distributes reliable, balanced, and impartial safety
and health information;
• Organises pan-European awareness raising campaigns;
• Set up by the European Union in 1996 and based in Bilbao, Spain;
• Brings together representatives from the European Commission, Member
State governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations and leading
experts in each of the EU-27 Member States and beyond.
For more information about EU OSHA: http://osha.europa.eu
For more information on the pan-European poll on OSH:
http://osha.europa.eu/en/safety-health-in-figures/
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