Workplace Health and Safety Basics Course (EU) 2026
This course is for workers, new supervisors and small business owners anywhere in the European Union. It explains the EU's basic safety and health law, what employers and workers must do, how to carry out a simple risk assessment, common hazards, and how to report accidents and near misses. Each topic has a short lesson and an untimed quiz, followed by a timed 30-question final assessment; score 80% or more to earn a Certificate of Completion.
Mabilis na sagot
Ang libreng kursong ito ay may mga 150 minutong aralin, 6 quiz sa paksa na walang limitasyon sa oras (100 tanong lahat) at isang final assessment na may oras na may 30 tanong na pinili nang random. Kumuha ng 80% o higit pa sa final assessment para ma-download ang sertipiko ng pagkumpleto (pribado, hindi accredited). Sinuri laban sa mga opisyal na sanggunian noong Oktubre 13, 2026.
Ang matututunan mo
- Explain why safety and health at work matters and how EU directives become national law
- Describe the employer's main duties under the Framework Directive 89/391/EEC
- Describe your own duties as a worker and your rights when there is serious danger
- Carry out a simple risk assessment in steps and put risks in order of priority
- Recognise common hazards such as slips and trips, screen work, noise and chemicals, and read EU safety signs
- Report accidents and near misses so that the workplace can learn from them
Kumuha ng 80% o higit pa para ma-download ang iyong sertipiko.
Ang iyong study plan
Basahin ang bawat aralin, sagutan ang quiz nito (walang limitasyon sa oras, may paliwanag), saka ang final assessment na may oras. Bagong halo ng mga tanong ang pinipili sa bawat pagkakataon. Naka-save ang iyong progreso sa browser na ito.
- Basahin ang mga aralin6 aralin, mga 150 min
- Quiz sa paksa 1: Why OSH matters and how EU law works15 tanong
- Quiz sa paksa 2: Employer duties: prevention and training17 tanong
- Quiz sa paksa 3: Worker duties and rights16 tanong
- Quiz sa paksa 4: Risk assessment step by step16 tanong
- Quiz sa paksa 5: Common hazards: slips, screens, noise, chemicals and signs20 tanong
- Quiz sa paksa 6: Reporting accidents and near misses16 tanong
- Final exam30 tanong, 35 min · Kumuha ng 80% o higit pa
Quiz sa paksa 1: Why OSH matters and how EU law works
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Tanong 1 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: A. Occupational safety and health
OSH means occupational safety and health: protecting people from harm caused by their work.
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Tanong 2 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. The EU's information agency for safety and health at work
EU-OSHA describes itself as the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health. National authorities enforce the law.
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Tanong 3 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. The Framework Directive 89/391/EEC
Directive 89/391/EEC is the basic safety and health law. The other directives deal with specific topics.
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Tanong 4 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. 12 June 1989
The Framework Directive was adopted on 12 June 1989. Member States had to apply it by 31 December 1992.
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Tanong 5 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. All sectors, public and private, with few exceptions
It covers all sectors of activity, public and private. It does not apply only where certain public service work, such as the armed forces or police, inevitably conflicts with it.
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Tanong 6 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Anyone employed by an employer, including trainees
The directive defines a worker as any person employed by an employer, including trainees and apprentices (domestic servants are excluded).
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Tanong 7 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Transpose it into national law by a set deadline
A directive is binding and obliges Member States to transpose it into national law within a set deadline.
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Tanong 8 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: A. Yes, they are free to adopt stricter rules
EU directives set a common base. Member States may adopt stricter rules, so requirements can vary between countries.
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Tanong 9 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Each country puts directives into its own law and may add stricter rules
Directives are transposed into national law, and countries may go further. This is why you must always check national rules.
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Tanong 10 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. Both apply; the stricter, more specific noise rules prevail
The Framework Directive continues to apply to all areas covered by individual directives. Where an individual directive is more stringent or specific, its provisions prevail.
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Tanong 11 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. Work with display screen equipment
Directive 90/270/EEC covers display screen equipment. It is one of the individual directives based on the Framework Directive.
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Tanong 12 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. 3.3%
EU-OSHA estimates that work-related injuries and diseases cost the equivalent of 3.3% of EU GDP.
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Tanong 13 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. 2.2 euros
EU-OSHA reports studies showing a return of 2.2 euros for every euro invested in OSH.
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Tanong 14 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. Construction
Eurostat reports that close to a quarter (23.0%) of fatal accidents at work in the EU in 2024 were in construction.
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Tanong 15 ng 15
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. All steps taken at all stages of work to prevent or reduce risks
Prevention means all the steps or measures taken or planned at all stages of work to prevent or reduce occupational risks.
Keyboard: 1–4 para sumagot, Enter para sa susunod na tanong.
Ang dapat malaman bago ang pagsusulit
- The OSH Framework Directive 89/391/EEC was adopted on 12 June 1989 and covers all sectors of activity, both public and private.
- Member States must transpose EU directives into national law and are free to adopt stricter rules, so safety requirements can vary between countries.
- Safety, hygiene and health measures at work may in no circumstances involve workers in financial cost.
- Employers must keep a list of accidents that leave a worker unfit for work for more than three working days.
- In 2024 there were 3,367 fatal accidents at work in the EU, and close to a quarter of them were in construction.
- EU-OSHA estimates that work-related injuries and diseases cost the equivalent of 3.3% of EU GDP.
- Under the noise directive, hearing protectors must be used where daily exposure matches or exceeds 85 dB(A), and the limit value of 87 dB(A) must never be exceeded.
Mga madalas itanong
Is this course an official or legally required safety training certificate?
No. If you pass the final assessment you get a PassEveryTest Certificate of Completion, which shows you finished this general awareness course. It is not an accredited qualification or a legally required training certificate, and it does not replace the training your employer must give you for your own job and workplace.
Does EU law apply the same way in every country?
EU directives set common minimum rules, but each Member State puts them into its own national law and may add stricter rules. Always check your national law and your employer's procedures.
How does the final assessment work?
It has 30 questions drawn at random from the course question bank, with a 35-minute time limit. You need 80% to pass, and each attempt gives you a new mix of questions.
Can I refuse to work if I think it is dangerous?
Under the Framework Directive, if there is serious, imminent and unavoidable danger, you may stop work and go to a place of safety, and you must not be put at a disadvantage for this. For other concerns, tell your employer or safety representative; national law sets the details.
Who pays for my safety training and protective equipment?
Your employer. Safety and health measures may never involve workers in financial cost, training must take place during working hours, and PPE must be provided free of charge.
Accredited ba o opisyal na kinikilala ang sertipiko?
Hindi. Ito ay pribadong sertipiko ng pagkumpleto para lamang sa kaalaman. Hindi ito kinikilala, hindi accredited at hindi inaprubahan ng anumang pamahalaan, ahensyang nagbibigay ng lisensya, regulator o institusyong pang-edukasyon, at hindi nito pinapalitan ang anumang lisensya, sertipikasyon o pagsasanay na hinihingi ng batas.
Mga sanggunian
- EUR-Lex: Council Directive 89/391/EEC (OSH Framework Directive)
- EU-OSHA: Directive 89/391/EEC – OSH Framework Directive
- EU-OSHA: European directives on safety and health at work
- EU-OSHA: EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027
- EU-OSHA: Good OSH is good for business
- EU-OSHA: About EU-OSHA
- Eurostat: Accidents at work statistics
- EU-OSHA OiRA: How to carry out a risk assessment
- EU-OSHA: OiRA – Online interactive Risk Assessment
- EU-OSHA: Directive 89/656/EEC – use of personal protective equipment
- EU-OSHA: Directive 89/654/EEC – workplace requirements
- EU-OSHA: Sector specific and worker related provisions
- EU-OSHA: Provisions on workload, ergonomical and psychosocial risks
- EU-OSHA Factsheet 14: Preventing work-related slips, trips and falls
- OSHwiki: Slips, trips and falls
- EUR-Lex: Council Directive 90/270/EEC (display screen equipment)
- EU-OSHA: Directive 90/270/EEC – display screen equipment
- EUR-Lex: Directive 2003/10/EC (noise)
- EU-OSHA: Directive 2003/10/EC – noise
- EU-OSHA: Dangerous substances
- EU-OSHA: Directive 98/24/EC – risks related to chemical agents at work
- EU-OSHA: CLP – classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
- EU-OSHA: Chemical hazard pictograms leaflet
- OSHwiki: Labelling of chemicals
- ECHA: Understanding CLP
- EUR-Lex: Council Directive 92/58/EEC (safety and/or health signs)
- EU-OSHA: Directive 92/58/EEC – safety and/or health signs
- OSHwiki: Near misses