Health and safety

The requirement to provide eye care to employees in the European Union who work regularly with display screen equipment is subject to EU law and local country regulations arising from the Directive …

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Below is a brief summary of the most important EU rules in the area of health and safety at work …

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EU legislation protects workers against the harmful effects/dangers of: Exposure to vinyl chloride monomer (78/610/EEC); Chemical, physical and biological agents (general 80/1107/EEC and 96/94/EC ; chemical agents 98/24/EC and 2000/39/EC ; biological agents 90/679/EEC 2000/54/EC and amendments); Physical agents — vibration (2002/44/EC); Physical agents — electromagnetic fields (2004/40/EC); Metallic lead poisoning (82/605/EEC); Explosive atmospheres in mines (82/130/EEC and 1999/92/EC ); Exposure to asbestos (83/477/EEC); Noise at work (86/188/EEC); Excessive working hours: road transport (Regulations 3820/85 and 3821/85); Exposure to 2-Naphthylamine and its salts, 4-aminobiphenyl and its salts, benzidine and its salts and 4-nitrodiphenyl (88/364/EEC); Excessive manual handling of loads (90/269/EEC); The prolonged use of display screen equipment (90/270/EEC); Ionizing radiation (90/641/Euratom and 96/29/Euratom); Carcinogens (90/394/EEC and 1999/38/EC); Excessive working hours: Seafarers (1999/95/EC); Excessive working hours (93/104/EC amended by 300L0034, young people 94/33/EC), In 2014, the European Union’s Council of Ministers adopted measures to protect workers from exposure to dangerous chemicals in the workplace …

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