The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) Republic of Ireland (ROI)

Introduction

The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) Republic of Ireland (ROI) comprised of four surveillance schemes collecting data on work-related illness (WRI) in the Republic of Ireland through occupational physicians, chest physicians, dermatologists, and general practitioners. These physicians voluntarily reported WRI cases online to the University of Manchester.

An annual summary report was produced, showing the number of cases voluntarily reported in a given year, along with a compiled report starting from 2005. The report provided useful information on the types of WRIs, causal agents, and the industry sectors in which they occur. It also enabled comparisons of cases between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) provided financial support to THOR ROI from 2005 to 2022. Summary and full reports are available below.

Workers’ exposure survey on cancer risk factors in Europe

The survey aims to better identify the cancer risk factors responsible for most of the exposures, providing an accurate and comprehensive overview that can contribute to preventive measures, awareness-raising and policy-making, ultimately helping in the fight against occupational cancer. The survey was conducted by local interviewers in Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Hungary and Finland between September 2022 and February 2023 using CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview), completing 24,402 valid interviews in total, with 2,500 respondents in Ireland.

EU-OSHA dataset links:

• https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/occupational-cancer-risk-factors-europe-first-findings-workers-exposure-survey
• https://osha.europa.eu/en/oshnews/workers-exposure-survey-dataset-now-available-research