29. June 2023.
Falls from heights are considered one of the most common causes of work-related injuries worldwide, including in Croatia.
In most countries, there are laws, regulations and guidelines to protect workers from falling from a height, including the obligation to wear personal protective equipment, apply safety measures and train to work at heights.
In the amended Ordinance on the inspection and testing of work equipment, which complies with the European Directive, the employer is obliged to ensure that the work equipment available to workers is correct, suitable and adapted for work and that it does not endanger their safety and health during work.
15. May 2023.
Taking into account the fact that an apartment, house or other space in which the worker performs small-risk tasks for the employer is not an object intended for work, but a residential building or an object of other purpose, regardless of whether it is an occasional, predominant or permanent performance of these tasks, according to the provision of Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, item 3 In accordance with Article 10 of the Ordinance on Safety at Work for Places of Work (Official Gazette, No. 105/20), the obligations from the said Ordinance will apply to the extent that it is possible to insure them in relation to the basic purpose of housing and in accordance with the nature of the work and the size of the risk for the jobs performed by the worker in that space for the employer.
15. February 2023.
