Occupational Safety
Occupational safety is a way of influencing the physical, mental and social work environment at workplaces. Safety management is the goal-oriented and systematic realisation of occupational safety under the principle of continuous development. Occupational safety is based on risk assessment, accident prevention, a proactive approach, learning and co-operation. The goal is a safe, healthy and productive workplace and employees’ well-being at work.
Occupational safety and health panel provides current information
The survey provides information about the phenomena, demands and trends of workplaces related to occupational safety and health.
Occupational safety and health and psychosocial factors
Psychosocial stress factors are identified, but their management is perceived as challenging.
The number of occupational disease cases started to rise in 2020
The number of recognized occupational disease cases in the working-age population started to increase with COVID-19 infections. Noise-induced hearing loss remains the most commonly recognized occupational disease in the working-age population. Occupational diseases are recognized especially in manufacturing, construction and agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Recognized occupational diseases in the working-age population
Which different factors contribute to the frequency of different occupational diseases? How are these diseases spread geographically? FIOH's statistics provide interesting insight into the matter.
FINJEM (Finnish job-exposure matrix) – occupational exposure agent matrix 1945–2015
The matrix includes occupation-specific estimates about the number of exposed persons and their exposure levels. Estimates spanning various periods are presented for work-related chemical and physical exposure agents in the matrix
The task of occupational safety and health enforcement is to ensure that working in Finland is healthy, safe and fair
Occupational safety and health measures are carried out by the Occupational Safety and Health Divisions of Regional State Administrative Agencies and the work is coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Occupational safety and health enforcement data
The material compiled from the occupational safety and health authority's enforcement data system Vera contains information about the occupational safety and health inspections carried out in Finland in 2017-2022 and matters inspected during them.
Workplace accidents
Workplace accidents 2014 - 2021
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 work outside the workplace
More than half of the workplaces have agreed on basic rules regarding work outside the workplace
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 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
Exposure to high concentrations of dust and heavy metals and other chemical factors in many industrial and productional workplaces 2016-2019
The air quality sampling and biomonitoring performed by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in 2016-2019 revealed high concentrations of dust and certain heavy metals in large and medium-sized industrial and productional workplaces.
Work environment exposure measurements
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health is investigating employees’ exposure by using biomonitoring and by measuring the impurities in the air of Finnish workplaces.
The number of workers exposed to carcinogens has increased during years 2010–2019
The increase is mainly due to the increased numbers of employees in the mining industry in Northern Finland. The number of people exposed to asbestos almost tripled during the review period.
Occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances
Learn more about the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health’s ASA register data during years 2010-2019.
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.
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.
Customer violence burdens the young in particular in the municipal sector
Customer violence burdens the young in particular in the municipal sector
Occupational accidents - the vision of zero accidents
Occupational accidents - the vision of zero accidents