text: This report paints a mostly**quantitative picture**of the current OSH status in the EU. It uses data from 
  European surveys and statistics that were compiled in the frame of EU-OSHA’s activity ‘EU OSH 
  Information System’ and combines quantitative data with explanatory and analytical descriptions. The 
  report covers trends that reach back between 10 and 25 years — depending on data availability and 
  methodological issues. It also takes into account relevant context factors, be it economy, workforce and 
  demography, industrial relations or technological developments. 
  
  The report covers as many indicators, trends and context developments as possible. Short overviews 
  and summaries form the character and shape of this report, not detailed descriptions. This is slightly 
  compensated by extensive referencing to literature, particularly the OSH Barometer data visualisation 
  tool, reports by EU-OSHA and other EU agencies (e.g. Eurofound), and other EU institutions and 
  international agencies. 