Assessment, elimination and substantial reduction of occupational risks
This report features cases from a variety of workplaces that demonstrate how a risk
assessment process has led to a risk being identified and successfully eliminated or
substantially reduced. The main aim of the report is to illustrate how risk elimination
or risk reduction at source can be achieved at workplace level.
:
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
:
07.10.2009
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Chapters in this Publication
Table of contents
Foreword
Executive summary
1. Introduction
1.1. The aim of this report
1.2. Methodology
1.3. General considerations for risk elimination/risk reduction
1.3.1 Risk elimination
1.3.2 Substantial risk reduction
2. Short description of cases
3. Case studies — ergonomics and design
3.1. Roadworkers — reduction of physical strain
3.2. Snapshot case: training project manager — training in an ‘Ergonomic approach to work situations’
3.3. Betterlift — introducing a semi-automatic exhaust manipulator to reduce a high absenteeism rate
3.4. Pleasure boats — improved load handling during shaft assembly operations
3.5. Snapshot case: Layout work areas — improving the layout of work areas
3.6. Inkjet — elimination of risks arising from repetitive upper limb movements
3.7. Snapshot case — Stehlust statt Sitzfrust (standing’s great, sitting’s a grind)
3.8. Using pneumatic screwdrivers — elimination of risks arising from hand-arm vibration exposure
4. Case studies — accident prevention
4.1. HPD-railroad — eliminating accident risk on the Finnish railway
4.2. Noaccident — radical reduction in accidents in a metallic packaging company
4.3. Needlestick — how to prevent needlestick injuries eff ectively
5. Case studies — dust, chemical and biological risks
5.1. Dental laboratory — capturing pollutants at source
5.2. Vaccination — programme of TBE vaccination by an accident insurance company
5.3. Nocodust — reduction of risks arising from exposure of workers to high dust levels in coal mines
5.4. Snapshot case: brake cleaning — brake cleaning by hot water washer
5.5. Nowodust — elimination of risks arising from exposure to chemical substances and reduction of exposure to wood dust and noise in the timber industry
6. Case studies — work organisation, psychosocial load
6.1. Holistic RA — holistic risk assessment
6.2. Rotowork — job rotation of cleaning tasks in a medical laboratory
6.3. Stress in hospitals — assessment of psychosocial and physical risks
7. Case studies — noise, electricity and climate
7.1. Snapshot case: cement mill — installation of a roller-type cement mill with low noise emission
7.2. Welders EMF — reduction of welders’ exposure to magnetic fields from induction heaters used in power stations
7.3. Snapshot case: noise insulation — noise insulation of a press and a palette stacking machine
7.4. Glue EMF — electromagnetic field control, for example in glue drying devices
7.5. Snapshot case: temperature 40/28 — reduction of temperature by installing water coolers in a building
8. Conclusions
8.1. Basic success factors
8.2. Additional ‘super’ success factors
9. Success factors in the form of an action list for employers
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This e-fact provides information on the hazards associated with maintenance of fishing vessels and summarises the essential principles to assure safe and effective maintenance operations on board fishing vessels and contains some recommendations for preventive measures to control the risks during those operations.
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