The publication provides an overview about possible occupational hazards in dry cleaning, including hazardous chemicals, and required safety measures for protection. The dry cleaning activities expose workers amongst others to peroxides, organic solvents ond other hazardous chemicals.
The publication provides an overview about possible occupational hazards in the wood industry, including hazardous chemicals, and required safety protection measures for protection. The operations of the production process of timber processing and furniture manufacturing processing may expose workers to several hazardous substances, such as wood dust (in preparation, machining, assembly, among other operations) and organic solvents.
The publication provides an overview about possible occupational hazards in the industrial cleaning sector, including hazardous chemicals, and required safety measures for protection. The cleaning activities may expose workers to disinfectants, acids and bases as well as other chemicals.
The three page leaflet informs about the hazard classes, pictograms and transition period of the new classification systems according to the GHS
The guidance provides general information and good practice examples of minimising dust exposure from a very wide range of applications. These include technical solutions as well as improvements to work organisation or else simple (but often hard to achieve) changes in approach to cleaning activities.
The booklet also contains reports on the workshops conducted as part of the project, and at which the researchers initiated discussions between manufacturers and users of woodworking machines.
The poster explains the main rules for students regarding laboratory safety using images and short text. It covers topics like chemical storage, PPE, breaks or spills, not eating etc.
The guidance, prepared by the Drug, tobacco and alcohol control department, presents information about prevalence of smoking tobacco among workers, related health effects, issues related to passive smoking, electronic cigarettes, nicotine addiction, the smoking cessation process and how companies can contribute to smoking prevention.
The 14-page brochure explains all important aspects of respiratory personal protective equipment. It describes the different types and classifications of respirators (full masks, half masks etc.) and explains how to select them for a specific task, including detailed risk assessment
The 29 page brochure gives an overview of health and safety aspects in motor vehicle repair workshops, including mechanic repair work, lacquering or welding etc. The guidelines give a good overview about chemicals occurring in car repair companies, and has a separate chapter about asbestos.
The material issued by the State Labour Inspectorate is based on the UK HSE recommendations „Health and Safety in motor vehicle repair and associated industries”.