text: All these data are presented online in a visualised mode, the OSH Barometer 1. This data visualisation 
  tool does**not create new data**but**combines major OSH-related and publicly available quantitative**
  **data**with qualitative descriptions and analysis. Many of the indicators and data collections that are used 
  in this report are published in the OSH Barometer. All quantitative indicators are based on available 
  data, that is, they are not based on new research but on existing sources. These sources are dispersed, 
  the info system brings it all together and makes access and overview significantly easier. 
  
  Many of the**key findings of this report are based on previous work conducted by EU-OSHA**; many 
  of these data and research results show obvious and (nearly) unambiguously accepted findings. 
  Sometimes the existing data and findings are weak and ambiguous and allow quite diverging 
  interpretations of the reasons and reality behind such data. For these areas and topics, even a combined 
  analyses of quite different sources can only present hypotheses and no clear evidence; in these cases, 
  the current knowledge is not more than a starting point to clarify open questions and to undertake 
  research, data collection and data analysis efforts. 
  
  This report aims at**contributing to better evidence**as a base for more effective and comprehensive 
  actions. A precise picture can better inform priority choices to be made by the legislators and state 
  institutions, by enterprises, workers and their associations, and by OSH professionals. It can result in 
  the ultimately desired effective protection of all groups of workers, in all sectors, all occupations, all work 
  tasks and all forms of work. 