Promoting health and safety in European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
"Work-related accidents - especially in small and medium-sized enterprises - are still one of the EU’s most pressing safety and health at work issues. The heavy load borne by workers and their families and the economic cost of work-related accidents to the European economy are a serious cause f...
| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
|---|---|
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English French German Italian Spanish |
| Published: |
Luxembourg
2003
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19298558124910167309-Promoting-health-and-safety-in.htm |
| Summary: | "Work-related accidents - especially in small and medium-sized enterprises - are still one of the EU’s most pressing safety and
health at work issues. The heavy load borne by workers and their families and the economic cost of work-related accidents
to the European economy are a serious cause for concern. According to Eurostat, in 1996 in the EU, there were almost 4.8
million work-related accidents that resulted in more than three days absence from work, amounting to some 146 million
working days lost. Fatal accidents for the same year were over 5,500.
The problem is particularly acute in small and medium-sized enterprises: for example, the incidence rate for fatal accidents
in enterprises with less than 50 workers is around double that of larger companies. ..." |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 65 p. Paper |