Germany : Germany: work accidents fell by more than 20 % in 2005

Less and less employees are wounded or fall sick at work and companies are taking more and more prevention measures to improve the safety and health of their personnel: such are the main conclusions of the report entitled "Safety and Health at work in 2005", adopted on December 13th by the German government. (Réf. 061257)
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Each year, the federal government presents a study on safety and health in the workplace, which is based on the annual reports of insurance companies and the Länder authorities in charge of health. Every four years, this governmental report (including this one) presents moreover some detailed information on the evolution of work accidents and occupational diseases, their costs and the measures taken in favour of safety and health.

Retreat of work accidents. Containing 258 pages, the new report t

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