Expert forecast on emerging physical risks related to occupational safety and health

The Risk Observatory aims at providing an overview of health at work in Europe: a description of the trends and underlying factors, a description of the risk factors; an anticipation of changes in work and their likely consequences on health. By doing so the Observatory intends in particular to draw attention on new and emerging risks and enable to set up preventive action. This report looks into emerging physical risks, i.e. risks which are both new (or changing) and increasing in the workplace.

• Primary Source

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work: Risk Observatory http://riskobservatory.osha.europa.eu/

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work: Press Release, 9.12.05 http://osha.europa.eu/press_room/051202_RO

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