Danish Surveillance system of progress in Action programme for a clean working environment 2005

1. Danish Surveillance system of progress in Action programme for a clean working environment 2005 National Working Environment Authority

2. Background • Governmental Action programme in 1995 • Development of a model for monitoring the advances • selection of existing data sources • pointing out the need of new investigations • Goal: to describe a complex matter by a variety of indicators Danish Surveillance system

3. The Seven Visions Reduction or avoidance of: • Accidents at work • Exposure to cancerogenic and neurotoxic substances • Heavy lifting and repetitive work • Psychosocial stressors • Indoor climate problems • Noise and: • General improving the working conditions for children and young people Danish Surveillance system

4. Contents of Surveillance System • Health • Exposure • Preventive activities • in companies • among the working environment professionals Danish Surveillance system

5. National Working Environment Council Sector-specific working environment councils National Working Environment Authority Danish Surveillance system of progress in Action programme Existing data sources on exposure and health New study of preventive activities in companies 2001 and 2003 Data from administrative systems on activities, campaigns, inspections, etc. NWEA’s databases of reported accidents, occup. disease and products Workplace panels interviews of A & B repr. observations by w.e. profs vision 1 NBII’s databases of recognised accidents and diseases Workplace 1 Workplace 2 Workplace 400 NIPH’s database of workaccidents treated in first aid units vision 2 Workplace 1 Workplace 2 Workplace 400 NIOH’s survey of the working conditions vision 7 Workplace 1 Workplace 2 Workplace 400 NWEA: National Working Environment Authority NBII: National Board of Industrial Injuries NIPH: National Institute of Public Health NIOH: National Institute of Occupational Health Observations at 10% of the interviewed workplaces Danish Surveillance system

6. Preventive activities in companies • Panel of workplaces within each of the selected topics • Workplaces picked within industrial sectors where the problems in focus occur most frequently Danish Surveillance system

7. PA in companies - Design • 400 workplaces in each of the visions are interviewed by telephone • 10% of the interviews are followed up by observations in order to validate the information • Each workplace is represented by a manager and a safety representative Danish Surveillance system

8. PA in companies - Results • Work place assessment (size, branches) • Environmental education (size, branches) • Organization of the working environment (size, branches) Danish Surveillance system

9. PA in companies - Results Organisation of working environment in branches (%) Not Not sat. Part.sat Sat. Bet. law Construction 10 26 36 23 7 Office & adm. 3 8 24 58 8 Edu & res. 0 18 23 50 9 Danish Surveillance system

10. Preventive activities among OSH professionals • Limited data on administrative campaigns and activities carried out by Sector Working Environment Councils • No data on activities among OSH professionals • Result: ongoing development of a new method to gather this information Danish Surveillance system

11. Reported accidents pr. 1.000 employees 1979-2000 Danish Surveillance system

12. Self-reported psychosocial exposure 1990-2000 (%) Danish Surveillance system

13. Final remarks • Package of indicators necessary to show a valid tendency • Makes priority setting possible Danish Surveillance system