Health and safety foundations

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Patent buy-outs are controlled by the wealthy donor (a foundation or government) rather than the country wherein the potential patient resides. One collective action problem is avoided, but the target country lacks control over one important element of the health and safety of its citizens. Unless a global mechanism is created to buy out all global pharmaceutical IP for low- and medium-income populations, then the target countries will be dependent upon continued foreign charity. 

IHF = Industrial Health Foundation NCI = National Cancer Institute NCRR = National Center for Research Resources NIEHS = National Institute of Environmental Health and Science, NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture... 

In a Communication to the Council and European Parliament on Consumer Health and Food Safety [COM(97) 183 Fin of 30 April 1997], the European Commission emphasised that high-quality scientific committees are an essential foundation for consumer health and safety in this area. 

Walters, D.R. (ed.) (1996). The Identification and Assessment of Occupational Health and Safety Strategies in Europe. Dublin European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, vol. 1 The National Situations, 220p. 

There are other engineering factors that affect the fire and explosion hazard, e.g., engineering standards of the structural steel and foundations, process equipment, heat exchangers, feeding system, fan and blowers, storage vessels, electrical equipment, instruments, and fire protection and safety equipment. Considerable assistance in design also can be obtained from relevant codes of practice. The responsibility for safe operation rests with the manufacturers of equipment and products as required by national law (e.g.. Factories Act and Health and Safety at Work Act in the United Kingdom). 

The primary theory used to explain the causes of industrial accidents is that mistakes by workers are responsible for virtually all accidents. This is the foundation on which health and safety programs have been based for decades. Therefore, the ultimate goal of corporate safety programs and local union safety committees is generally, the same, to have zero worker injuries. Safety attention focuses on finding ways to get unsafe workers to change their ways. (p. 2)... 

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 2002. Health and Safety Laboratory, Human Factors Group. Safety Culture A Review of the Literature . HSL/2002/25. Healthcare Foundation 2013. Safety Culture What is It and How Do We Monitor and Measure It Event Report. Available at http //www.health.oig.uk/ publications/safety-culture-what-is-it-and-how-do-we-monitor-and-measure-it/ (last accessed on 11 July 2013). 

Although BOEM s jurisdiction starts beyond state waters (on the OCS), an effective SMS should cover all activities and operations for all project phases and for all facilities, even if those activities occur outside of BOEM s jurisdiction. A lessee s policies and procedures documenting worker health and safety for offshore wind farms do not begin 3 nautical miles offshore, and neither should the lessee s SMS. The SMS exists to define an organization s health and safety policies and the responsibilities of key personnel, to identify hazards that can lead to incidents for all phases of a project, to determine the risk associated with each hazard, and to identify appropriate precautions to decrease the likelihood of incidents and mitigate any that occur. An SMS provides the foundation... 

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