This accessibility statement applies to the website Tyosuojelu.fi of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland, and it has been drawn up on 7 September 2020 and updated on 30 December 2025. The statement is based on the observations of the application provider and the external expert party that implemented the accessibility testing as well as the self-assessment on accessibility by the administrators of the website.

Tyosuojelu.fi website

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aims to ensure the accessibility of its digital services in accordance with the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019). The starting point of its technical implementation and visual design is level AA of the WCAG 2.1 guidelines. An accessibility testing was carried out on the website by an external expert last in November 2025.

Non-accessible content and correcting it

Not all parts of the website are accessible, however, and the deficiencies found include:

• All forms and other attachments (pdf, doc etc.) are not completely accessible. The requirements of the legislation apply to files published from 23 September 2018.
• There are some images on content pages without alternative text descriptions. Some of the diagrams have been implemented as images, and alternative text descriptions have not been provided for all such content.
• There are occasional deficiencies in the use of the text heading levels. Not all headings have been programmatically determined as headings, and in some content, the heading levels do not match the structure of the content.
• Some tables are missing the heading to describe the content.
• In the menu structure, the menu titles of the lowest level items are not fully descriptive.
• The social medial links in the footer open in a new tab without assistive device users having the possibility to be informed in advance of how the links work.
• In the main menu, the accessible names for opening and closing the menu are in Finnish regardless of the page language.
• In some of the Swedish and English pages, the text "Opens in New Window" for external links is in Finnish, and the text is missing from some individual links.
• Not all non-Finnish pages have a programmatic language attribute that is correct for the language.
• The main landmark for the main content area of subpages is set too low, so the main heading and introductory section are not included in the main content area.
• The page focus order differs from the visual layout of the elements: the front page link is the last of the focusable elements of the banner, even though it is the first one from the left in the visual layout.
• On the blog page, filtering content by a variable such as year gives the screen reader an incorrect error of “Filter selections cleared”.
• The information about online forms’ mandatory fields is not communicated to screen reader users who cannot utilise the visual context.
• There are accessibility deficiencies in the embedded captchas of online forms, especially with regard to keyboard focus.
• Embedded Spotify features have accessibility shortcomings, especially in the presentation of keyboard focus.

The reason for the failure to comply with the requirements is the unreasonable burden caused by the large amount of content. The administrators of Tyosuojelu.fi are constantly working to correct the accessibility deficiencies found in the service. The issues identified in the accessibility assessment are being addressed. The resources taken up by the agency reform will impact the timetable for rectifying shortcomings. The goal is to correct deficiencies by the end of December 2027.

Material produced by other parties

The administrators of the Tyosuojelu.fi website are not responsible for the accessibility of materials produced by third parties. Such content includes, for example, the web forms for the preliminary notifications on asbestos demolitions and construction created by the KEHA Centre and linked to the service as well as the documents produced by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health as a part of the website, such as market surveillance decisions. The service providers are responsible for the accessibility of such content.

Feedback on accessibility

If you have discovered a deficiency in the accessibility of the Tyosuojelu.fi website, you can report it by e-mail at the address [email protected] or with the website’s feedback form. The website administrators will do their best to correct the deficiencies and respond to the feedback of those who gave their contact information as soon as possible, or within two weeks of the contact at the latest.

If you are not satisfied with the response to your feedback, you can file an accessibility complaint with or submit a request for information to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, which monitors accessibility. You can find more detailed information on the following page: User rights. Saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi website.

Contact information of the supervisory authority:
Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
Digital Accessibility Supervision Unit
www.webaccessibility.fi
saavutettavuus(at)traficom.fi
telephone switchboard 029 534 5000