European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

Overview

• Role: Collect, analyse and disseminate information for those involved in safety and health at work
• Executive Director: William Cockburn Salazar
• Established in: 1994
• Number of staff: 67
• Location: Bilbao (Spain)
• Website: EU-OSHA

EU-OSHA works to make European workplaces safer, healthier and more productive – for the benefit of businesses, employees and governments. The agency promotes a culture of risk prevention to improve working conditions in Europe.

What it does

• Anticipating change: Foresight projects highlight and study new and emerging OSH risks
• Facts and figures: gathering and disseminating information through the ESENER enterprise survey and OSH overviews on specific topics to identify priorities
• Tools for good OSH management: Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) for small and medium-sized enterprises
• Raising awareness: through 2-year Healthy Workplaces Campaigns across Europe and NAPO films on workplace safety and health
• Networking knowledge: OSHwiki online encyclopaedia of accurate and reliable OSH information
• Strategic networking: partnerships with governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations

Who benefits

Who we aim to support:

• EU & national policy makers
• Firms, especially micro-firms & small firms
• Employees & their representatives
• Employers
• OSH professionals & researchers
• Members of the public in the EU.

Who we work with:

• Focal points & their networks
• Social partners
• National governments
• European institutions, bodies & committees
• EU Parliament - Employment Committee
• EU Commission - DG EMPL, DG GROW
• EASME – Enterprise Europe Network
• The Council of the EU
• Large enterprises & sectoral federations
• Preventive services
• OSH researchers
• Labour inspectors
• International & regional organisations.

Further information

Multiannual strategic programme for 2021 – 2027

Tools & publications

Press room

Monthly e-newsletter

Jobs