9 Amendments of Ole CHRISTENSEN related to 2011/2147(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that OHS policies, at European and national level, should be made consistent with other public policies: health, employment, industry, public procurement, environment, transport, education and energy;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the next European strategy to set more measurable goals, together with binding timetables and a periodic evaluation; hopes to see the objective of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO, become binding as a minimum obligation of the Member State;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for an impact assessment of the potential risks from nanotechnologies in the workplace and calls for legislative actions to ensure that nano-materials are fully covered by the Europaen OHS regulation;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to use all scientific elements and propose legislation on new potentially harmful substances and risk factors, including work organisation;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates its call for recommendation 2003/670 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases to be transformed into a directive, and calls on the inclusion of asbestos related diseases into such a directive;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Believes that research into the health and safety of the following occupations needs to be carried out immediately: - hairdressers and how the chemicals they work with effect the health of the hairdressers and of their unborn children; - working time for pilots - workers in and around airports in regards to particle pollution and how this exposure make them more at risk of getting certain diseases such as cancer - baggage handlers in airports in regards to how heavy lifting effects their health - bus drivers performing mobile road transport activities on routes shorter than 50 km since these bus drivers are exempt from the rules in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 and to what extent this effects the road safety and the health and safety of the bus drivers;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Calls on the Commission, if new studies or science prove that certain occupations have high health and safety risks, to immediately take the appropriate measures to protect the safety and health of the workers;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is alarmed at the persistent number of cancers associated with the exercise of an occupation ; regrets that a large number of workers are still exposed to the dangers of asbestos , reiterates its call for an Commission initiative on asbestos including organising a hearing on how to tackle the huge OHS problems related to existing asbestos in buildings and other constructions such as ships, trains and machinery; also calls on Member States to draw up national action plans on phasing out asbestos, including obligations to map asbestos in buildings and provide for the safe removal of asbestos;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Reiterates its call upon the Commission to avoid compromising the level of protection achieved in the European OHS directives when examining the possibilities to simplify the legislation;