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#1 Posted : 28 November 2006 17:30:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paulo Dinis
hi european fellows,

Just whanted to ask, if in your part of Europe the same happens.
"Is European Health and Safety in Public Sector a joke ?"
Question directly asked to european comission :
http://1plombierpolonais1pute1juge.eu/

This is a serious issue.

Paulo Dinis

Portugal


Candidate for a Master program in Brasil

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#2 Posted : 28 November 2006 18:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By Merv Newman
Ladies, Gentlemen, work your way through the French and get to my comments below.

"assurer la sécurité et la santé des travailleurs dans tous les aspects liés au travail, notamment sur base des principes généraux de prévention énumérés, sans charges financières pour les travailleurs;

évaluer les risques professionnels, y compris dans le choix des équipements et dans l'aménagement des lieux de travail, et mettre en place les services de protection et de prévention;

tenir une liste et établir des rapports concernant les accidents de travail;
organiser les premiers secours, la lutte contre l'incendie, l'évacuation des travailleurs et prendre les mesures en cas de danger grave et immédiat;

informer les travailleurs, les consulter et permettre leur participation dans le cadre de toutes les questions touchant à la sécurité et à la santé au travail;

assurer que chaque travailleur reçoive une formation suffisante et adéquate à la sécurité et à la santé durant le temps de travail.

Elle établit aussi les obligations des travailleurs"



I have a certain tendancy to feel that the person who who wrote this is somehow disaffected. All european nations where I have worked, especially the UK, have adressed each and every one of these points and is doing their best to apply them. Each nation has it's own priorities, interpretations and speeds of application.

But, collectively and individually we are getting there.

The Polish plumber coming to England will have to be "corgied" if he wants to work on gas installations. In France he will have to be authorised by the Chambre des Metiers. In germany it will be the arbietskraftsomething or other. (or is that a cheese ?)

Portugal ? I have no idea. They do their own thing at their own speed.

To be honest, I can't see this thread getting many responses. Why do I bother ? Just because the European picture is important to our end of the business.

Right. quisch is cooked. I'm off to dinner. Beaujolais. (I know they are from different ends of the country but the "weights" are right)

Merv
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#3 Posted : 29 November 2006 13:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ron Hunter
I waded thru' the multilingual stuff (I did German at school) and was sorry to see this towards the end:

"The new Swedish government has decided to terminate the National Swedish Institute for Working Life as from July 1 2007"

Now that is sad news. That Institute is responsible for much of the knowledge in the public domain about the vibration characteristics of tools and processes, amongst other issues.
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#4 Posted : 29 November 2006 14:07:00(UTC)
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Posted By Merv Newman
Ron, not to worry, there is also a pretty good French one ; Institute Nationale de Recherche Sécurité, INRS


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