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Occupational Health resources
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Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture
06 January 2012
This manual presents practical solutions for improvements in agricultural work and rural life from an ergonomics point of view. The checkpoints it lists are intended to be used as a means to improve existing working and living conditions, for better safety, health and efficiency in agricultural and rural settings.
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30th International Congress on Occupational Health
15 December 2011
The 30th Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) will bring together occupational health researchers and practitioners from all over the world to share and learn from each other the most current advances in the field of occupational health. The theme of the congress is "Occupational health for all: From research to practice" and is based on the belief that all workers require health protection to prevent any occupational disease or injury as part of their human and labor rights.
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ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA
08 December 2011
The conference will focus on the application of international tools on occupational safety and health (OSH) strategic approach at national and enterprise levels. Good practice in construction and health sectors, which face high and emerging risks to occupational accidents and diseases, will be highlighted. Under the theme "Promoting a preventative safety and health culture: International instruments, national strategies and good practices", the conference will offer an excellent forum to share the experience of different stakeholders and learn how to put it in practice at each level.
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EFICATT, Medical Prevention of Occupational Risks of Infection
06 December 2011
Presentation delivered by Ms Marie-Cécile Bayeux-Dunglas, Medical Advisor at INRS Paris, at the ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA.
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Prevention of Risks Linked to Physical Activity in the Health and Social Sectors (PRAP 2S): The implementation of PRAP 2S in vocational schools in France
06 December 2011
Presentation delivered by Ms Claudine Berjont, teacher in the Toulouse school district, at the ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA.
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Good Practices at the National Level Protecting the Occupational Health of Health Workers
06 December 2011
Presentation delivered by Ms Susan Wilburn from the World Health Organization (WHO) at the ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA.
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Workers' Health: Global Plan of Action
06 December 2011
Presentation delivered by Ms Susan Wilburn, Worlld Health Organization (WHO), at the ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA.
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Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses: ILO Standard Digital Images (ILO 2011-D) in DICOM Format
17 November 2011
This revised (2011) edition of the "Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses" extends the applicability of the ILO scheme to classifications of results from digital radiographic images of the chest. The ILO Standard Digital Images (ILO 2011-D) have been prepared for this purpose.
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Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses, revised edition 2011
17 November 2011
This revised (2011) edition of the Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses extends the applicability of the Classification to digital radiographic images of the chest, as described in a new chapter 6 (page 14). Chapters 1 through 5 are identical to those that appeared in the preceding (2000) edition of the Guidelines. That text remains applicable as written for classifying conventional film-screen radiographs and the associated sets of ILO standard radiographs remain available from the ILO.
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ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconises
17 November 2011
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Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases
08 November 2011
The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment-injury institutions to improve the coverage and management of occupational accidents and diseases and to promote prevention as a means to occupational safety and health.
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SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies
11 October 2011
The overall objective of this course is to develop knowledge and skills that will lead to the integration of the psychosocial and health promotion issues into a comprehensive enterprise policy and establish a framework for preventative action. This course will be held in French.
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XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - ILO Introductory Report: Global Trends and Challenges on Occupational Safety and Health
12 September 2011
This Introductory Report concerns some of the achievements and challenges of the last three years since the adoption of the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work at the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work for building a preventative safety and health culture. How to meet these challenges will be the subject of much discussion and debate at the Congress itself, which it is hoped will be another significant landmark in the history of promoting a preventative safety and health culture across the world.
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Istanbul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work
11 September 2011
Ministers of Labour, having met in Istanbul, Turkey, on the occasion of the Summit of the Ministers of Labour for a Preventative Culture hosted by the Minister of Labour and Social Security of Turkey, held on the 11 of September 2011 prior to the opening of the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, issued the following declaration.
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Great East Japan Earthquake
08 June 2011
This resource provides an outline of damage and suffering due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and related accident, measures and activities related to employment and workplace taken by Japanese constituents in response to the earthquake, information notes on government, employers and workers' job-related response activities, as well as a list of related links.
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Acute mental care policy in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Japan, 2011
08 June 2011
The earthquake that struck Tohoku, Japan, on March 11th 2011, was the worst massive earthquake in the last two decades in this country, following those happened in Kobe in 1995 and in Niigata in 2006. The comprehensive picture of Japanese mental health care after the Tohoku earthquakes will be reported soon elsewhere, here some of the general principles of post-disaster mental health care are presented. These basic principles are also outlined in the Guidelines for Local Mental Health Care Activities after a Disaster in more detail. Although the guidelines were prepared prior to the Tohoku earthquakes, the following will introduce the basic principles of mental health care activities that can be applicable to the Tohoku relief effort.
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World Bank – Good Practice Note on Asbestos
05 May 2011
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Chemical Exposure Limits
16 February 2011
Recommended or mandatory occupational exposure limits (OELs) have been developed in many countries for airborne exposure to gases, vapours and particulates. The most widely used limits, called threshold limit values (TLVs), are those issued in the United States of America by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).
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Training Workshop on Prevention of Pneumoconioses (using the ILO 2011 Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses)
14 February 2011
This training workshop, which is jointly organized by the ILO Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) and the National Institute of Health in Peru (NIS-CENSOPAS), aims to upgrade the skills of occupational physicians, chest doctors, radiologists, and pulmonologists for the effective use of the ILO 2011 International Classification of Radiographs for early detection and health surveillance of pneumoconiosis. In addition to its advanced training program, the workshop includes the national test for certification of X-ray readings for pneumoconiosis developed by NIH-CENSOPAS.