Occupational safety and health panel provides current information
Occupational safety and health panel provides current information
Assessment of occupational safety and health activities at the workplace
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Acting in an occupational safety and health role
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Multi-organization workplaces
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What new issues or phenomena/challenges that effect the occupational safety and health activities of your workplace do you see ahead?
No answers were collected for this question in 2023.The occupational safety and health panel is a survey that is targeted at the occupational safety and health personnel and focuses on topics of current interest related to work life. It provides information about the phenomena, demands and trends visible at workplaces to support everyday work.
Description
The purpose of the survey is to support the occupational safety and health personnel’s work: the results give tips on the matters to which attention should be paid at workplaces. The survey also provides information about the status of current topics related to work life at Finnish workplaces.A short electronic survey is sent once a year to a sample extracted from the occupational safety and health personnel register. The survey focuses on occupational safety and health activities and topical matters related to workplace activities and well-being at work at each particular moment.
The occupational safety and health panel is carried out in co-operation by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the Centre for Occupational Safety.
What the indicators describe
The indicators describe occupational safety officers’ or occupational safety representatives’ own assessment of the development of occupational safety and health activities in different areas. The results of the occupational safety and health panel can also be compared between employees in the public and private sectors. The data consists of surveys carried out at the end of the year as follows:| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers | 597 | 545 | 521 | 572 | 533 |
| Occupational safety manager | 33 % | 35% | 29% | 35% | 41% |
| Occupational safety representatives | 65 % | 64% | 70% | 64% | 57% |
| Private employers | 67 % | 71% | 78% | 66% | 59% |
| Public or other employers | 32 % | 28% | 21% | 33% | 41% |
The data is updated annually.
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Occupational safety and health and psychosocial factors
Psychosocial stress factors are identified, but their management is perceived as challenging.
Occupational safety and health and work outside the workplace
More than half of the workplaces have agreed on basic rules regarding work outside the workplace
Differences and similarities in occupational safety management between digital and non-digital work outside the workplace
In work outside the workplace, regular communications is a key means of supporting the staff's safety and well-being at work
Occupational safety and health and climate change
According to the 2021 Occupational Safety and Health Panel, approximately every second workplace has recognized the effects of climate change at the workplace, but they have not been dealt with from the point of view of occupational safety
Impact of climate change on occupational safety has not yet been widely identified
Approximately every second workplace has recognized the effects of climate change at the workplace, but they have not been dealt with from the point of view of occupational safety
Occupational safety and health activities during the COVID-19 situation
The occupational safety and health panel provides information about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the workplace and how successfully the situation has been managed.
Great differences in the involvement of occupational safety and health in managing the COVID-19 situation
Key factors for managing the situation include communication, remaining vigilant and caring. These are some of the findings included in the open-ended answers of the Occupational safety and health panel targeted to occupational safety officers and representatives.