An evaluation of EU legislation concerning risk assessment and preventive measures in occupational safety and health

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• 作者：Toivo Niskanen^a ; ^{toivo.niskanen@stm.fi} ; Paula Naumanen^b ; Maria L. Hirvonen^b
• 关键词：EU ; Directive ; Legislation ; Risk ; Health ; Safety ; Evaluation
• 刊名：Applied Ergonomics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：13_00036870
• 类别：et
• 出版时间：September, 2012
• 卷：43
• 期：5
• 页码：829-842
• 文件大小：261 K

摘要

The European Council Directive 89/391/EC of 12 June 1989 is concerned with the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the occupational safety and health. For example, it deals with risk assessment and preventive measures. The Finnish legislation enacts the risk assessment and prevention measures in a similar way as the EU Directive 89/391/EC. The aim of this study was to examine: 1) the implementation of risk assessment process as a part of OSH management, and 2) the effectiveness of the OSH legislation concerned with risk assessment. The quantitative method involved an online questionnaire. The respondents were employers (N聽=聽1478), workers (N聽=聽1416) and occupational care (OHC) professionals鈥?units (N聽=聽469). Three quarters of the employer respondents and two thirds of the workers and OHC service providers felt that the EU legislative provisions have promoted the engagement of the management. According to the study, improvement is needed in ensuring the cooperation between employers and workers. The combined variables of Risk Assessment Process revealed positive impacts both on Cooperation and Management Measures and on the Concrete Preventive Measures among the employers and the workers. The combined variables of Use of Documents of Risk Assessments highlighted positive impacts on both the Exploiting of Results of Risk Assessments in Planning and Management and on the Exploiting of Results of Risk Assessment in Cooperation and Technology.