European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Ioannis Basinas, Richard Graveling, Ken Dixon, Peter Ritchie
Developing a data-driven method for assessing and monitoring exposure to dangerous substances in EU workplaces
European Risk Observatory Summary
january 2019
Table of contents
1 Dangerous substances at work
2 Objectives
3 How did we go about meeting our objectives?
4 What were the results of the analysis?
4.1 General overview
4.2 Industries with exposure to dangerous substances
4.3 Exposure to dangerous substances within existing industries
4.4 Are some dangerous substances more important than others?
4.5 Overall validity of the findings
4.6 Outlook for the methodology established
5 Conclusions
6 Annex 1. Example of a ‘Dangerous Substance Data Summary Sheet’
7 Annex 2. List and frequency of appearance of substances with an importance score of ≥6
List of figures and tables
Figure 1: Schematic representation of the project’s working strategy
Figure 2: Flow chart describing the relevant dangerous substance (DSs) and industry identification and selection process
Figure 3: Frequencies of self-reported exposures to different types and forms of dangerous substances by EWCS participants employed in the industries identified by the selection process
Figure 4: Distribution of the 319 dangerous substances included in the final selection list
Figure 5: Word cloud summarising dangerous substances with an importance score of ≥6; the font size reflects the frequency of appearance within industries
Figure 6: Schematic representation of the steps required to establish a platform towards a more permanent surveillance system
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Fonte: osha.europa.eu