Based on the principle that Decent Work must be Safe Work, SafeWork aims to create worldwide awareness of the dimensions and consequences of work-related accidents and diseases; to place occupational safety and health (OSH) on the international and national agendas; and to provide support to the national efforts for the improvement of national OSH systems and programmes in line with relevant international labour standards.
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Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork)
What's new
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Libreville: Sub-regional workshop on the evaluation and consolidation of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training programmes for Workers' Organizations in Francophone Africa.
16 December 2011
The ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) and the Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) have held a sub-regional workshop on the evaluation and consolidation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) training programmes for workers' organizations in francophone Africa.
Highlights
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Publication
Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture
06 January 2012The 100 checkpoints presented are examples of practical ergonomic interventions that can be achieved at low or no cost in agricultural and rural settings. Practical examples are provided in the illustrations attached to each checkpoint.
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Publication
Stress prevention at work checkpoints: Practical improvements for stress prevention in the workplace
06 January 2012This manual aims at reviewing workplace stress issues. It includes easy-to-apply checkpoints for identifying stressors in working life and mitigating their harmful effects. Many of its illustrations are a guide to auditing good safety and health practices.
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Occupational health for all: From research to practice
Event
30th International Congress on Occupational Health
18 - 23 March 2012, Cancun, MexicoThe Congress 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.
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Publication
Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses, revised edition 2011
17 November 2011This is the latest version of a well-established publication designed to standardize classification methods and facilitate international comparisons of pneumoconiosis statistics and research reports. This revised edition of the Guidelines supplements the preceding 2000 edition with an entirely new chapter.
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Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work
The Declaration calls for a preventative safety and health culture, which gives the right to a safe and healthy environment and which is respected at all national levels.
