Research at the member institutes

Below is presented a selection of studies and research projects on safety and health at work from the PEROSH members.

CIOP:
National Programme ”Improvement of safety and working conditions”, Phase I: 2008 – 2010.
Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute
The strategic objective of the Programme is to develop and implement innovative organisational and technical solutions, focused at improvement of human resources, new products, technologies, management methods and systems, aimed at significant reduction of occupational accidents and diseases in Poland as well as related economic and social losses.

The Programme specific objectives are as follows:

to meet OSH requirements of EU directives,
to protect the workers in high risk and sectors of great social importance,
to develop and implement OSH management methods,
to obtain new knowledge on the causes and effects of occupational accidents and on the cost-effectiveness of preventive actions,
to raise the level of safety culture among the employers and employees by education and information.

The Programme is composed of two parts: Part A: tasks related to services for the State, including 136 tasks in 8 thematic groups and Part B: research and development projects - 75 research projects in 5 groups.
More info: Mariola Borowska

FIOH:
"Brainbeat" -Estimating Brain Load from the EEG
The research group at the Brain and Work Research Centre of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health has developed an index, based on two-channel electroencephalography (EEG) that can be used as a measure for objective overall brain load estimation.

IFA:

Measurement of isomeric nitrotoluenes by means of silica gel tubes and GC/ECD - Ref: BGIA2075
The measurement method of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for quantitative assessment of nitrotoluenes was to be revised, since the method parameters and validation previously available were incomplete. The revised method will be employed as a standard measurement method in the BGMG hazardous substances measurement system of the accident insurance institutions, and published in the BGIA Folder.
Risk assessment of tasks involving styrene - Ref: BGIA3105
The objective of this project was to develop practical recommendations for risk assessment and for suitable concepts for protective measures geared above all to the needs of smaller and medium-sized enterprises.
Database of mental stresses - Ref: BGIA1099
The database seeks to improve further the capacity of the accident insurance institutions to provide information on the subject of mental stresses at work.
Investigation of the risks of monomer emissions during the application of reactive PUR-hotmelts in consideration of the ordinance on hazardous substances and the TRGS 430 - Ref: FF-FP0254
Aims were to detect and identify polymeric isocyanates at workplaces, to validate alternative analytical methods for isocyanates and to define safe PUR-workplaces.
Development of a Finite Elemente Tool to evaluate/validate the stability of osteosynthetic treatments - Ref: FF-FR0117
The goal of this research project was to create a tool that helps surgeons predicting the most stable treatment option for fractures. This Finete Element (FE) tool offers an opportunity to assess mechanical stability for preoperative planning.

Search for more research projects in the German database on Research (using the reference n°)

VÚBP:

Verification of the Spread Model of Hazardous Events Demonstration and Impact
The project concerns design of software that models an emergency range (such as explosions, leakages of dangerous materials and fires) and determines the scope of emergency planning or an area of necessary evacuation.
More information: Alena Horáčková

Risk of Stress and its Prevention
This booklet is one of the outputs of the project “Stress in the workplace - Prevention possibilities“ (10/2008 – 10/2009). The project responds to the current need of dealing with the above problems in relation to Czech chairmanship of the EU Council in 2009 and the following commitments. The content of the project is consistent with the intermediate EUPAN programme for the years 2008 and 2009.
More information: Alena Horáčková

Essentials of Applied Ergonomics
This designated risk prevention officers handbook rounds up the latest findings both in the research and international experience in workplace ergonomics.
The paper comprehensively analyses individual elements in work system, assesses, contextualises them within the present legal framework and proposes practical recommendations to discard shortcomings in the workplaces. The publication aims at implementation of the ergonomic principles pertaining to a workplace, pointing out its essential elements – work table, seat or aids and to point out the factors that principally affect working conditions (e.g. microclimatic, lighting, mental load, etc.).
More information: Alena Horáčková