GREECE:European Union Occupational Safety and Health system
GOOD PRACTICE
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
3. LINKS
Practical applications of legislation, solutions to OSH problems, collection of similar data from enterprises and other material which is successfully applied in the field of occupational safety and health at national level are presented in this section.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
The entire legislative framework of provisions and good practice rules in our country is constituted by:
2. MODELS OF GOOD PRACTICE - SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS - the national legislation (EL), the older as well as the recent one, which is based on the EU Directives and
- the guidelines (EL), for the correct implementation of legislative provisions and for other specific issues
2.1 The following models of good practice from Greece have been submitted to the EU-OSHA within the framework of the annual "European Week for Safety and Health at Work"campaigns.
A. Successful prevention of risks from occupational noise (European Week 2007)
A. Successful prevention of risks from occupational noise (European Week 2007)
B. Successful prevention of risks from occupational noise (European Week 2006)
- FAOS Partnership
FAOS – Building awareness for a life-time - DEMCON DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS
Training of young workers in health and safety standards of demolition
C. Successful prevention of risks from occupational noise (European Week 2005)
- IXOPAREMVASI "NOISE CONTROL HELLAS"
Hearing protection from military rifle shooting noise
D. Successful prevention of risks during construction (European Week 2004)
- EGNATIA ODOS S.A.
Ensuring effective health and safety management in Egnatia motorway design and construction - HELLENIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE - RESTORATION SERVICE FOR THE ACROPOLIS MONUMENTS (Y.S.M.A.) & HELLENIC INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (EL.IN.Y.A.E.)
Health and Safety at the restoration works of the Acropolis monuments - ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT «ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS»
Managing safely “one-off projects” in the Athens International Airport – Health & Safety Plans - TERNA S.A. & BIOSAFETY S.A.
Implementation of an occupational health and safety system during upgrading a stadium for the “Athens 2004” Olympic Games
E. Successful prevention of risks from dangerous substances at work (European Week 2003)
- INTRAMET S.A.
Modified galvanizing process
F. Managing stress & health-related psychosocial risks at work (European Week 2002)
- OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS 2004 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Managing stress and health-related psychosocial risks
G. Work related accident prevention (European Week 2001)
- KINOPRAXIA GEFYRA S.A.
Procedures for the control of temporary works
H. Preventing musculoskeletal disorders (European Week 2000 )
2.2 Models of Good Practice for the SMEs (EU-OSHA SMEs Funding Schemes)
The EU-funded schemes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on promoting the development and exchange of effective good practice examples that reduce safety and health risks in the SMEs sector. Activities included training, information campaigns and the development of effective health and safety practices, focusing on priority hazards and high-risk sectors.
The EU-funded schemes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on promoting the development and exchange of effective good practice examples that reduce safety and health risks in the SMEs sector. Activities included training, information campaigns and the development of effective health and safety practices, focusing on priority hazards and high-risk sectors.
A. Models of Good Practice through the SMEs Funding Scheme 2003 – 2004
- Models from Greece
- HELLENIC INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (EL.IN.Y.A.E.)
A training package for safety engineers in SMEs
- HELLENIC INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (EL.IN.Y.A.E.)
B. Models of Good Practice through the SMEs Funding Scheme 2002 – 2003
- Models from Greece
- HELLENIC MINISTRY OF LABOUR & SOCIAL AFFAIRS
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF WORKING CONDITIONS & HEALTH
Dealing safely with asbestos - KEK «DIASTASI» (Vocational Training Center)
Promoting health and safety in aquaculture - HELLENIC INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (EL.IN.Y.A.E)
Safer use of dangerous chemicals
- MACEDONIAN NATURAL GAS S.A.
Natural gas: providing help on safety issues - KEK «TECHNIKI EKPEDEFTIKI» (Vocational Training Center)
Accident prevention in shipbuilding and repair - HELLENIC MINISTRY OF LABOUR & SOCIAL AFFAIRS
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF WORKING CONDITIONS & HEALTH
Information is power
2.3 Models of good practice from Greece on workplace health promotion (WHP) - European Network of Workplace Health Promotion, ENWHP
2.4 Project for recording practical solutions on the substitution of dangerous chemical substances, the musculoskeletal problems in the work and stress at work.
The project was undertaken by K.Y.A.E., as the National Focal Point of the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work, in collaboration with ELINYAE, in the framework of a European program financed by the European Agency EU-OSHA.
The project was undertaken by K.Y.A.E., as the National Focal Point of the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work, in collaboration with ELINYAE, in the framework of a European program financed by the European Agency EU-OSHA.
- Program outcomes (EL)
3. LINKS
- Web pages of the EU-OSHA site for Good Practice
- Guidelines on the collection, evaluation and dissemination of good practice information on the internet
- Guide sheet for good practice data collection, evaluation and dissemination

