EuroSafe

1° European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

WORKPLACE SAFETYbreak out session

Vienna June 2006

Mr. Luciano Marchiori (Head SPISAL ULSS 20 Verona – regional co-ordinator)Mr. Celestino Piz (Head SPISAL ULSS 6 Vicenza)Mr. Claudio Detogni (Head International Relations Office ULSS 20 Verona)

ULSS 20 VERONA

Local Public Social Health Authority 21 ULSS in Veneto Region Coordination SPISALs Catchment area 4,500,000 inh. (Veneto) 2,000,000 workers

SESSION OBJECTIVES

To date successes in Europe How can we:

Take advantage of existing resources/opportunities Overcome barriers to progress

What activities to be undertaken in EU to support movement

Role of international organizations can play

International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)

Centennial Declaration3,000 experts and specialists

Milan - June 11° 2006

Foto Gorzegno

The need for occupational health and safety is as evident as it was 100 yrs ago

270 mil.s occupational accidents360.000 fatalities

Globalization

The process has not succeeded in equalising the conditions of work (but the opposite). Gaps are increasing.

Causes of poor safety:Poverty, inequality, underdevelopment Illiteracy, lack of educationPoor access to health servicesLow social protection

The ICOH wants to call International Organizations…

…to join forces for improvement of the conditions of work, health, safety and well-being at work and to provide basic occupational health services to all working people throughout the world

…and calls for actions

Prevention and control through legal and appropriate means

Development of working conditions Provision of occupational health services Research efforts Adopt occupational health as a basic right

of working people

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND THE EU

It is based on the article 31 of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights:

“every worker has the right to working conditions which respect his or her health,

safety and dignity”

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK IN THE SOCIAL POLICY IN THE UNION

More than 18 directives adopted by the Council and the European Parliament have entered into force since 1992

EUROSAFE VISION

Task Force on workplace safety:

Making the working place a safer place where to work in Europe

ITALIAN REGIONS

VENETO REGION

VENETO REGION (CONT.)

VENETO REGION

“food for thoughts”…

while in the EU 15 area construction sector accounted for 11% of fatal accidents in 2001, in Veneto Region the figure is 40% of all work related fatal accidents registered in 2002, 2003 and 2004

CONCLUSIONS

Despite evident achievements and success in the last years it should be noted that cross-regional differences are often hidden by national or European figures.

Prevention policies and actions need these differencies be taken into account

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

For Additional Information:Claudio Detogni

ULSS 20 - VeronaInternational Relations Office

Tel. +39 045 807 6040

internazionali@ulss20.verona.it