Health at work

Many substances in a variety of forms can have adverse effects on the health of employees. Having an understanding of the substances and the forms that present hazards to health can take you half-way in eliminating or reducing the risks. 

The effects of some of the more common forms of substances are considered in this chapter. 

I said, Look, you ve got problems. .. They pooh-poohed me and in fact they labelled me a trouble-maker... They didn t listen. I was just a young man, a flying doctor... I d only just come out from England and they thought, who s this jumped-up fellow That was the attitude. 

Development history of occupational health Contribution of key historic figures 

The early Egyptians recognized the value of veils as a form of respiratory protection when mining cirmabar (red mercury oxide) for cosmetics. There are also records of the effects of the sun felt by workers in King Solomon s mines in Arabia. 

Prior to the nineteenth century the key historic figrrres who contributed to the development of occupational health were Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) and Theophrastus Bombastus van Hohenheim Paracelsus (1493-1541). 

Both observed miners and their diseases. Agricola wrote a book Of Things Metallic and Paracelsus made the basic observation of toxicology - the study of poisons - which 

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Robens. Safety and Health at Work, Report of the Robens Committee, HMSO 1972... 

Protecting your health at work (good health is good business). Revised 4/1993... 

Ybu must report certain types of accidents and ill health at work, using Form 2508 or Form 2508A - see the Reporting of Injuries. Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations fRIDDORl 1995. 

Although this may be a simple process in principle, it is not necessarily so in practice. Nor is it necessarily only a function of management. Labor activities, government regulations, and social pressures demand that employees as well as employers become involved in the health and safety of the workplace. Labor unions require assurance of health at work... 

Good Practice for Dangerous Substances, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA), 2005. 

Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers... 

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Priorities and Strategies in Occupational Safety and Health Policy in the Member States of the European Union, OSHA, Bilbao, Spain, 2000, p.15. 

OSHA PB PBB PBT PEC penta-BDE PFOS PNEC POP PPE PPORD PRODUCE European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Persistent and bioaccumulating Polybromobiphenyl(s) Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic Predicted environmental concentration Pentabromodiphenyl ether Perfluorooctane sulfonate Predicted no-effect concentration Persistent organic pollutant Personal protective equipment Process/product-oriented research and development Piloting REACH on downstream use communication in Europe... 

Kannan Krishnan, Ph.D., DABT, FATS Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Health at Work, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada... 

The working conditions conform to those of employees under a collective agreement or of employees who otherwise perform equivalent work It is not to be performed in a workplace involved in a lawful labour dispute The conditions of the offered workplace are in compliance with the statutory provisions governing safety and health at work. 

Since 1998, limit values have been developed and published 1 the National Institute of Safety and Hygiene at Work Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e ffigiene en el Trabqjo - INSHT) as reference values. They are approved by the National Commission of Security and Health at Work Comision Nacional de Seguridady Salud en el Trabcyo). 

In 1972 die Committee of Inquiry on Safety and Health at Work - the Robens Committee - produced a report which heralded a si fic t change of approach in British health and safety regulation (Robens 1972). It recommended the introduction of measures that would ... 

The transposition of the Framework Directive. Following a delay of three years after the official deadline for implementation of Directive 89/391/EEC, Germany finally adopted the Law on Safety and Health at Work, which officially transposed the European Framework Directive and subsequently its various individual Directives into German law. This development was praised, in particular by the trade unions, as a long overdue paradigm shift, enabling a fundamental modernisation of the traditional German occupational health and safety system, which until then had focused primarily on the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases by technical measures. 

The officially deadline was 31 December 1992, the German Law on Safety and Health at Work came into force on 21 August 1996. 

The adoption and implementation of the Framework Directive. Measures to implement the Framework Directive provide a regulatory structure within which all aspects of risks to health at work are to be managed. Specific measures addressing chemical risks and the role of OELs are made within this framework, so it is important to be clear about its content be re we examine the nature and application of these measures more specifically. 

Stage 4 Consultation with the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work Stage 5 Adoption of the implementing directive... 

Council resolution of 29 June 1978 on an action programme of the European Community on safety and health at work, O.J. C165,117.1978, p. 1. 

Strengthening international and national policies for health at work and developing necessary policy tools... 

Developing healthy work practices and promoting health at work... 

Sas, K. (2009). OSH in the school curriculum Requirements and activities in the EU member states. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. European Communities. https //osha. europa.eu/en/publications/reportsATE3008521ENC. Accessed 4 April 2014. 

Robens, A. (1972) Safety and Health at Work Report of the Committee 1970-72. Her Majesty s Stationery Office, London. 

ABSTRACT The coal miner s work first of all to ensure the safety and health at work, which is one of the most basic premises, is also a manifestation of social progress. Miners protective excellent performance clothing to protect miners in the daily work of health, ensure safety in production. Based on the analysis of the underground environment of coal mining and the future trend, describes in detail the specific requirements of coal mine occupation safety of miners protective clothing, so as to meet the requirements of modern coal mine production safety, build a solid and reliable safety for coal mine workers. 

Kaijalainen, A. (2007). A statistieal portrait of health and safety in the construction industry. Eurostat, European agency for safety and health at work, http //osha.europa.eu/publications/maga-zine/7/index 2.htm. 

Somavia, J. (2005). Decent work, safe work. Programme on safety and health at work and the Environment (SafeWork), International Labour Organization (ILO). 

McKinnon, R.C. 1995. Safety and Health at Work An Introduction (unpublished work). 

McKinnon is the author of Cause, Effect and Control of Accidental Loss (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FF, 2000) and Changing Safety s Paradigms (Government Institutes, Fanham, MD, 2007). His latest book, Safety Management, Near Miss Identification, Recognition and Investigation, was published by CRC Press in 2012. He also wrote the unpublished book Safety and Health at Work An Introduction. ... 

Abril Sanchez, Cristina, and others. "Guide for the integration of management systems for quality, environment and safety and health at work." Confemetal Foundation. Madrid 2010. 

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