Occupational Safety and Health Strategy 2007- 2012

Arbeitsschutzstrategie 2007 - 2012

The Austrian Occupational Safety and Health Strategy involves all actors of health and safety at work and, essentially, those whose issues touch upon this subject.
Joint planning within the framework of the Occupational Safety and Health Strategy is designed to achieve optimum utilisation of the resources of the individual institutions, promote cooperation and coordinate the individual targets so as to ensure optimum protection of safety and health at work.

Dr Martin Bartenstein, the former Federal Minister of Economics and Labour, commissioned the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board to conceive the national Occupational Safety and Health Strategy 2007 - 2012.

Joint Resolution on the Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2007 - 2012 (pdf-665 kB)

In order to prepare run-up to decisions the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board established the "Occupational Safety and Health Strategy" Expert Committee.
The Expert Committee compiles proposals on subject matters as well as structural suggestions for handling the subjects.
Moreover, it summarises the evaluation of the targets achieved by the working groups and submits proposals for improvement measures to the Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Board.

Subject areas and projects

With respect to the strategy, five subject areas were defined which are covered by five specific working groups. The topics of the subject areas are listed below:

Risk assessment and hazard awareness
Accident prevention
Prevention of work-related and occupational diseases
Instruction and advanced training and information concerning occupational safety and health, improving the activities of prevention experts
Raising awareness of occupational safety and health.

Projects of the working groups:

Guideline - short risk assessment of lifting, holding and carrying (pdf-581 kB). Manual handling Assessment Tables (MAT). Stipulated for testing simplified practices
Summary of all projects (pdf-126 kB) as of end of 2008

Cooperating institutions

The five working groups are composed of representatives of institutions directly or indirectly involved in occupational safety and health, such as ministries, state governments, accident insurance companies, social partners, stakeholder groups, safety engineering and occupational health centres, research centres, universities, regulatory agencies, companies, associations etc.

Foundations for the Austrian Occupational Safety and Health Strategy

All relevant institutions concerned with occupational safety and health are being involved via the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board, Occupational Safety and Health Strategy Expert Committee, and working groups. Further elements of the strategy are:

Occupational Safety and Health Strategy – Annual work planning of the Labour Inspection
Occupational Safety and Health Strategy – Targets defined on an international and EU level
EU Community Strategy – Council resolution
Gender aspects of the Occipational Safety and Health Strategy: Fact Sheets 42 and 43 of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Abridged reports and detailed information

Abridged reports on the occopational Safety and Health strategy:

Brochure: Summary (pdf-532 kB)
and
various essentials: Poster (pdf-348 kB), Folder (pdf-158 kB), Presentation (pdf-796 kB).

Detailed information on the Occupational Safety and Health Strategy

Kontakt: VII2@bmask.gv.at
Letzte Änderung am: 19.11.2009