Occupational Safety and Health at the Workplace

it was realized that there was a need to prepare an even more generalized framework directive outlining fundamental principles of occupational safety and covering all possible risks at workplaces. Therefore, in 1989, the 

An overview of the content of the framework directives as well as their most important individual directives dealing with chemicals is given below. 

First European Framework Directive 80/1107/EEC on Chemical, Physical, 

The aim of this first fundamental framework EU directive 80/1107/EEC - today no longer in force - was the protection of workers against risks to their health and safety arising from exposure to chemical, physical, and biological agents. It included measures for the prevention of such risks as far as they are considered to be harmful. The risk of radiation and air and sea transport is outside the scope of the directive. Basic principles are the avoidance of exposure to agents or keeping it to as low a level as is reasonably practicable. 

Basic measures, which typically - among others - are  

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I 6 Occupational Safety and Health at the Workplace Basically, there are ... 

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