WOMEN HEALTH & SAFETY
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIEWOMEN not only suffer more work health and safety problems than men, workplaces are actually designed to fit the average male worker, rather than the average employee - regardless of gender - a European Union (EU) report has claimed. Written by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EASHW), it concludes that female workers suffer more from work related stress, infectious diseases, upper limb disorders, skin diseases, asthma and allergies, while men suffer more from accidents, back pain and hearing loss. Examples of ...
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