New and emerging OSH risks — 'Towards a sustainable working life'
English
Description
The website provides 13 PowerPoint presentations, presented during a seminar on new and emerging risks at workplaces held in 2009 in Brussels.
The seminar was held as part of the project 'New OSH ERA: New and Emerging Risks in Occupational Safety and Health — Anticipating and dealing with change in the workplace through coordination of OSH risk research', funded as part of the ERA-NET scheme under the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.
Other data
Provider
Provider name (English)
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Provider name (Original)
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Type of provider
Tasks covered
Not applicable
Biological hazard
Not applicable
Hazard - physical state
Aerosols
Dusts
Nanoparticles (airborne liquids/solids including smoke or mist)
Vapours
Hazard - health effects
Other
Exposure route
Other
Substance Description
Nanoparticles, solvents, flame spray zin, aluminium, iron, titanium, titanium dioxide (TiO2), carbon black, welding fumes, diesel exhaust
CAS Number
7440-66-6
7440-32-6
7439-89-6
13463-67-7
1333-86-4
7631-86-9, 112926-00-8
EC number
231-175-3
231-142-3
231-096-4
236-675-5
215-609-9
231-545-4
Prevention measures
Level 1. Elimination of hazards
Level 1. Substitution
Level 2. Technical measures, e.g. local exhaust ventilation
Level 2. Reducing / minimising the risk by organisational measures, e.g. reducing the number of workers exposed
Level 3. Reducing / minimising the risk by personal measures (PPE)
Training / guidance
Hygiene measures
Purpose of the material
Awareness raising
General information
Report
Target group
Occupational health physician
OSH consultant
Policy makers
Researchers
Safety officers
Workers representatives