This year’s shortlisted films are:
The workshop held in Brussels on May 18 th 2017 built on EU-OSHA’s review of existing alert and sentinel approaches for the detection of work-related diseases. The workshop gathered system’s owners and users, researchers and actors in the disease...
The six-page cartoon strip draws attention to the risks of flour dust (which is the primary cause of occupational asthma in France) and provides simple solutions to reduce flour dust exposure.
The video explains the system of classification and labelling of chemicals based on the UN GHS. Hazard categories and classes are explained, labelling rules provided and hazard pictograms explained. Also the EU legal background is provided.
The Piedmont Region has provided an update to the application model for the risk assessment of chemical agents, in line with Title IX, Chapter I, of Legislative Decree 81/08.
The guidelines are aimed at defining a technical-operational standard of reference for monitoring environmental exposures to biological agents at the national level. They also aim to define the criteria for assessing samples and interpreting results. The final aim is to develop a homogeneous database of biological agents in workplaces. The guidelines are meant to be for internal use at the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL).
The aim of this document is to provide an initial source of information for those who come into contact with carcinogens and mutagens in the professional environment. It helps readers to recognise the risks and to deal with them correctly by providing information on the classification and labelling of carcinogens and mutagens. It contains summaries dedicated to the main agents used in the workplace and an illustration of the measures to be taken to control and minimise the risk of exposure.
The video shows a young baker explaining in a funny way that bakers may get flour allergies, which show as red eyes and a running nose and potentially also asthma. He shows that flour dust in the air can be prevented by properly handling flour and that hygiene measures, like cleaning the nostrils, can reduce the risk of allergies and asthma.