1990: THE ESAW PROJECT

Health and safety at work, especially preventing accidents at work in the EU, are one of the most important areas of action of the European Union. 

The European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW) project was launched in 1990, to collect data on accidents at work in all of the European Community countries. The analysis of ESAW data is useful for writing new regulations and laws to protect the health and safety of workers.  

The active population at that time in Spain was over fifteen million and the occupied population was over twelve million people, the unemployment rate was 19.4%, affecting especially women and young people.  

The total working days lost as a result of accidents at work were 16.5 million days in Spain in 1989: 43% were from industry, 29% from services, 19% from construction and 8% from the farming sector.

Following the European Community indications, Spain made a distinction between accidents with work absence and without work absence in 1990. 

Maybe you think this is not an important piece of news, but these type of projects help a lot to construct a better Europe. For example the use of helmets at construction sites was regulated in Spain in 1992, following the EU indications.

Source: Del Pino, S.L.

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Sources:

-http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/5926181/KS-RA-12-102-EN.PDF/56cd35ba-1e8a-4af3-9f9a-b3c47611ff1c

-http://www.seguridadypromociondelasalud.com/n116/articulo1En.html