Campaign on Healthy Workplaces

Web-Press Release

Risk Assessment Tools Database

COTANCE has partnered the 2008-2009 campaign on Healthy Workplaces launched by the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/partners/Cotance).

Europe’s leather industry is already a global leader in sectoral workplace safety having regard to official data in EU member States and International organisations, but there is always room for improvement. In support of tanneries wanting to enhance their occupational and health credentials, COTANCE is pleased to disseminate the tools on risk assessment provided by EU-OSHA.

The Agency has developed a risk assessment tools database with tools from all over Europe. The database is regularly updated. The most common risk assessment tools are checklists, which are a useful tool to help identify hazards. Other kinds of risk assessment tools include: guides, guidance documents, handbooks, brochures, questionnaires, and 'interactive tools' (free interactive software, including downloadable applications which are usually sector-specific). These tools can be either generic or branch/risk-specific.

The database is intuitive and user friendly and can be accessed in all Community languages. It does not, however, contain tools specific to the tanning industry. Operators are invited to search for risk-related tools and to get inspiration from tools that had been developed for a number of pilot sectors.

Risk Assessment Tools Database