Workplace risk assessment not broad-based enough - survey

Musculo-skeletal disorders, once a subject of special attention at the European Commission, remain one of the key occupational risks. This is among the findings of the second edition of the Europe-wide survey of enterprises, ESENER-2, carried out by EU-OSHA and presented to the European Parliament on 23 June. Carried out at nearly 50,000 workplaces in 36 countries (including the EU28), the survey shows that the risk factor most frequently reported is having to deal with difficult customers, patients, pupils, etc…