Second edition
Fundamental principles of occupational health and safety, 2nd edition, is a practical guide to developing effective occupational safety and health (OSH) policies and programmes based on the provisions defined in the "core" ILO standards and instruments concerning OSH. It focuses on the key topics essential to promoting and managing national and enterprise OSH systems and presents a concise overview of the issues involved, together with specific guidelines for policy design, implementation and management at both national and enterprise levels. The operational aspects of meeting health and safety requirements are also covered, with detailed sections on legislation and enforcement, occupational health surveillance, and preventive and protective measures, as well as health education and training.
This second edition has been fully revised and updated. It introduces new ILO instruments promoting OSH and new chemical safety information tools, and addresses OSH in the context of globalization and HIV/AIDS and the world of work. The annexes have also been revised to include checklists for preparing national OSH profiles and enterprise policies, selected excerpts from OSH instruments and up-to-date information sources.
This book will be useful for legislators and labour inspectors, those involved in policy-making (governments, and employers' and workers' organizations) and those within enterprises who are concerned with the practical implementation of measures to promote and protect the safety and health of workers (managers, supervisors, workers' representatives), as well as academic institutions.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
PART I OVERVIEW
1. Occupational hazards and risks: The problems and the ILO response
An unacceptable situation
Major OSH instruments
2. Key principles in occupational safety and health
Core OSH principles
Rights and duties
PART II NATIONAL FRAMEWORK DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
3. General framework for occupational safety and health
4. National policy on occupational safety and health
General aims and principles
Policy formulation and review
Policy instruments
5. National system for occupational safety and health
6. National programmes for occupational safety and health
A national profile on occupational safety and health
7. Occupational safety and health policy within the enterprise
General framework
Employers' responsibilities
Workers' duties and rights
Safety and health committees
8. Management of occupational safety and health
Management commitment and resources
Workers' participation
Training
Organizational aspects
Performance measures
The OSH management cycle
PART III OPERATIONAL MEASURES
9. Legislation, enforcement and collective agreements
Labour inspection
Collective bargaining
10. Occupational health surveillance
Surveillance of the working environment
Surveillance of workers' health
11. Occupational health services
General considerations
Organization
Functions
Primary health care approach
First aid
Curative health services and rehabilitation
Special occupational health needs
Cooperation and coordination
Research
12. HIV/AIDS and the world of work
Principles
Health services and HIV/AIDS
Capacity building
Treatment, care and support
ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS
13. Preventive and protective measures
General considerations
Engineering control and housekeeping
Substitution
Work practices and organizational methods
Personal protective equipment
Technological change
Protection of the general environment
14. Health promotion, education and training
Promotion of occupational safety and health
Training and information at the national level
Training and information at the enterprise level
Training methods and materials
International chemical hazard communication tools
Annexes
I Glossary
II Relevant ILO OSH instruments - Ratifications and status
III Excerpts from major OSH international labour standards
IV Model outline for the preparation of a national profile on OSH
V A checklist for planning and implementing a workplace policy on HIV/AIDS
VI Hierarchy of controls applied to risk of blood-borne pathogen exposure
VII Hazard categories defined in the Globally Harmonized System for the
Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
VIII The ILO's Programme on Safety, Health and the Environment (SafeWork)
IX Selected sources of reliable OSH information
X Bibliography
Index
