text: **3 Status of working conditions**
  This chapter on health and safety-related working conditions provides an overview on status and 
  development of working conditions; it is mainly based on the indicators that were**selected for the data**
  **visualisation in the OSH Barometer**. This is a quite limited selection of major data; in surveys and 
  statistics many more indicators on working conditions are provided, particularly at national level. 
  
  Practically all working conditions influence**mental health**, that is, they involve**psychosocial risks**, and 
  all also involve**‘physical risks’**, including safety aspects of these risks. Mental health risks are 
  illustrated in the OSH Barometer by datasets on time pressure, poor communication, dealing with difficult 
  clients, discrimination and harassment, and similar.**Physical risks**include datasets on accidents at 
  work, exposures to chemical and biological substances, exposure to noise, vibrations, high or low 
  temperatures, and working tasks with ergonomic risks, like carrying, lifting heavy loads or work in tiring 
  or painful positions; and also permanent physical inactivity, mainly sitting or long standing. 2 
  
  The figure below shows the percentage of enterprises reporting OSH risks ‘present in the establishment’, 
  compared between 2014 and 2019 (ESENER) and covering mental and physical risks.3 