Publications
Guidelines and information materials developed by Arbejdstilsynet, the Danish Working Environment Authority.
The external document structure of the Danish Working Environment Authority (WEA) distinguishes between documents of a legal nature and documents of an informative nature. Documents of informative nature include WEA sector guides, workplace risk assessment checklists and other types of information material.
WEA sector guides
36 sector guides describing the most important working environment problems of individual sectors, along with the work processes causing these problems.
Workplace risk assessment checklists
The Danish Working Environment Authority has developed 85 sector specific risk assessment checklists targeting enterprises with less than 10 employees.
Four of the workplace assessment checklist are available in English at Workplacedenmark.dk. The checklists addresses the industries: Cleaning, Kitchen, Building and construction and Agriculture, forestry and horticulture.
Risk assessment in the workplace - workplacedenmark.dk
Risk assessment in office workplaces - BFA Kontor
Danish workplace assessment checklists - APV in Danish - Arbejdsmiljø i Danmark
Psychosocial working environment (PWE)
Theoretical and empirical background for the guidance tool - pdf
Experience, results and challenges - inspection on PWE - pdf
Actors in the field of health and safety at work - pdf
Other types of information material
A strategy for the working environment efforts up to 2020 - pdf
Working with Computers - how to ensure proper set-up and varied postures - BAR Kontor
Pamphlets in other languages
The Danish Working Environment Authority (WEA) has published a number of pamphlets in other languages: English, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish.
The subjects covered are among others safety in the building and construction industry, inspection and recognition of qualifications. Follow the link below to see an overview.
Pamphlets in other languages published by the WEA - workplacedenmark.dk