Activities of Sylvana RAPTI related to 2011/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Health and safety at work (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the mid-term review of the European strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work PDF (270 KB) DOC (163 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that OHS policies, at European and national level, should be made consistent with other public policies: health, employment, industry, public procurement, environment, transport, education and energy;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls, when public contracts are awarded, for safety levels and accident prevention practices to be taken more fully into account;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the next European strategy to set more measurable goals, together with binding timetables and a periodic evaluation; hopes to see the objective of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO, become binding as a minimum obligation of the Member State;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that a genuinely effective accident prevention policy has to start at the planning stage so as to ensure that the greater safety resulting from innovation will extend to both the product and the entire production process; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to support and encourage research in this field;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that further research is needed in order to determine the health effects of given occupations, including in the long term, in order – wherever possible – to avert cases in which the onset of disease occurs after the end of working life;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the unequal application across the EU of the Framework Agreement on Work-related Stress and calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal on work-related stress, especially since the new phenomenon of suicide cases caused by the over demanding targets of enterprises that can not be reached by employees, mainly in high ranking or managerial posts;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that there should be incentives for a more affective application of the rules on Health and Safety at work, especially with regard more vulnerable grous (women, disabled, temporary workers etc.);
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines the importance of cooperation between the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work and the special Committees of the European Commission, such as the the Senior Labour Inpectors Committee and the Advisory Committee for Health and Safety at Work for delivering better results and submitting proposals;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to compile and supply statistics showing the extent of the reduction in accident rates brought about by research focusing on prevention with its starting point at the planning stage;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that all workers need specific health and safety training, in particular temporary and part-time workers and those contracted out;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers corporate social responsibility to be an important and effective way of bringing about safer working conditions and a better working environment and therefore believes that it should be encouraged, possibly going beyond voluntary application;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that company-level risk assessment should be carried out at regular intervals and gradually adjusted to take account of new circumstances and emerging risks;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to revise the Framework Directive 89/391/EEC in order to ensure that adequate sanctions are applied against employers in the event of blacklisting of workers who endevour to improve the health and safety at their workplace. These sanctions must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, and in cases aggravated by a serious violation of fundamental rights must include criminal liability for those directly responsible and any legal persons by whom they are engaged;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that greater attention should be brought to bear specifically with a view to making jobs accessible to, and safe for, workers with disabilities;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for an impact assessment of the potential risks from nanotechnologies in the workplace and calls for legislative actions to ensure that nano-materials are fully covered by the Europaen OHS regulation;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to use all scientific elements and propose legislation on new potentially harmful substances and risk factors, including work organisation;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Believes that Member States can be supported in research on new risks and introducing new practices contributing in more effectively applying security rules, through the 7h Framework Programme on Research and Innovation;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates its call for recommendation 2003/670 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases to be transformed into a directive, and calls on the inclusion of asbestos related diseases into such a directive;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Believes that research into the health and safety of the following occupations needs to be carried out immediately: - hairdressers and how the chemicals they work with effect the health of the hairdressers and of their unborn children; - working time for pilots - workers in and around airports in regards to particle pollution and how this exposure make them more at risk of getting certain diseases such as cancer - baggage handlers in airports in regards to how heavy lifting effects their health - bus drivers performing mobile road transport activities on routes shorter than 50 km since these bus drivers are exempt from the rules in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and to what extent this effects the road safety and the health and safety of the bus drivers;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Calls on the Commission, if new studies or science prove that certain occupations have high health and safety risks, to immediately take the appropriate measures to protect the safety and health of the workers;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Considers that rehabilitation and reinstatement after illness or an accident are essential and should therefore be encouraged;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is alarmed at the persistent number of cancers associated with the exercise of an occupation ; regrets that a large number of workers are still exposed to the dangers of asbestos , reiterates its call for an Commission initiative on asbestos including organising a hearing on how to tackle the huge OHS problems related to existing asbestos in buildings and other constructions such as ships, trains and machinery; also calls on Member States to draw up national action plans on phasing out asbestos, including obligations to map asbestos in buildings and provide for the safe removal of asbestos;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Reiterates its call upon the Commission to avoid compromising the level of protection achieved in the European OHS directives when examining the possibilities to simplify the legislation;