The management of the new and emerging musculoskeletal and psychosocial risks by EU-28 enterprises

Source avec lien : Journal of Safety Research, 77, 2021-06-01. 10.1016/j.jsr.2021.03.011

Le cadre stratégique 2014-2020 de l’Union européenne dans le domaine de la santé et de la sécurité au travail s’était fixé comme objectif d’améliorer la prévention des maladies associées aux risques nouveaux et émergents, mais peu d’études existent sur ce sujet. Cette étude exploratoire a effectué une comparaison de la gestion des risques psychosociaux et des troubles musculosquelettiques, nouveaux et émergents, dans les entreprises de 28 pays de l’Union européenne.

Introduction: Although the strategic framework of the European Union in the field of Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020 considers as one of its main challenges to improve the prevention of diseases related to NERs (New and Emerging Risks) (European Commission, 2014) there are still not many studies in the literature related to them. Method: An exploratory study was carried out in order to get a picture of the NERs management in the UE-28 countries. The sample was extracted from the ESENER-2 datasets. ESENER-1 was carried out in 2009 and ESENER- 2 in 2014. This survey explores managers’ and workers representatives’ opinions on health and safety management. It surveyed over 49,000 enterprises in 36 countries. Results: The results obtained confirm that there are significant differences between the EU-28 countries in terms of the identification and the management of NERs. Conclusions NERs are becoming an increasingly studied phenomenon due to the changes that are taking place in the labour market: the percentage of temporary workers is increasing, the demands to the workers due to the globalization of the market are more complex and all this with an aging working force. Pratical A pplications It would be necessary to rethink the management of OHS, so that managers are aware that the combination of musculoskeletal and psychosocial risks should have a global approach in order to reduce accident and disability rates.

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