DEMETER (Documents pour l’Évaluation Médicale des produits Toxiques vis-à-vis de la Reproduction)
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The aim of the database is to provide help, particularly to occupational physicians, in the evaluation of reprotoxic risks of chemicals at work. It contains factsheets for about 160 substances; these give advice for physicians on risk assessments in relation to exposure timing (before conception, during pregnancy and during breastfeeding) and to gender. The guides are compiled by a toxicologist expert group.

SEIRICH – Évaluer le risqué chimique
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SEIRICH is an interactive tool for use by both experts and non-experts to ensure prevantion of chemical risks at workplaces. The methodology is in line with a national agreement on the prevention of chemical risk, and it involves numerous partners. The methodology includes several steps implemented as functionalities:

Fiches d'aide au repérage (FAR) et à la substitution (FAS) des produits cancérogènes
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The factsheets, which are compiled by occupational safety and health (OSH) and technology experts, are continually updated. They help companies to identify and replace carcinogens. There are 55 FAR sheets (as of July 2022); these give an overview of the different processes and sectors involved in identifying carcinogens. There are 38 FAS sheets (as of July 2022); these propose substitution options for carcinogens in a given work process.

Czynniki chemiczne – obowiązki pracodawcy
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The brochure explains the employers' obligations regarding risk assessment and prevention measures at the workplace, with regard to chemical agents. It also explains where data can be found and how to interpret it. It includes a section on risk assessment and what measures can be implemented to protect the worker from chemical risks. It also discusses warehousing and storing chemicals. Hazard pictograms and H statements are explained. 

Lista kontrolna dla stacji paliw i autogazu – bezpieczeństwo i higiena pracy, ochrona przeciwpożarowa, ochrona środowiska
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The checklist includes several sections with questions addressing legal requirements on the safety of installations handling fuels, obligations on workers' health and other relevant issues. The checklist has been developed for owners of petrol stations by the State Labour Inspectorate, the Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and the State Fire Service. The checklist can be downloaded.

Risk assessment in the use of dangerous substances
Visual resources

The power point slides explain the content of a European campaign on risk assessment in the use of dangerous substances at workplaces.
The presentation include 8 campaing posters shown on the first slides that aim to raise awarenes on risks from the use of chemicals in car repair shops, wood works or during cleaning. The prentation also introduces to a number of brochures produced to suppport risk assessment and the implementation of prevention measures.
The original campaign materials are not available anymore.

Schädlingsbekämpfung - Gefahrstoffe
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The website provides access to several information sources on the safe use of pesticides. Among the linked resources there are guidance documents on workplace risk assessments in pest control and skin protection. Furthermore, documents describing practices for occupational medical prevention, organisation of the workplace or the use of hazardous chemicals in pest control are provided.

Prace opryskiwaczem ciągnikowym
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This short illustrated guide presents rules for working safely with plant protection products. It is part of a collection of 12 safety work cards in agriculture that contain the most important information on how to safely use commonly used machines in agriculture. The guide is complemented by basic checklists, recommendations and good practices for machine operation.

OCENA RYZYKA CHEMICZNEGO W MAŁYCH PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWACH POLIGRAFICZNYCH
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This guide aims to support employers in small enterprises in the assessment of chemical risks at workplaces. It is based on a control banding approach, where hazard and rough exposure information is combined to derive prevention approaches to protect workers. The hazard assessment is based on the classification system prior to the CLP regulation, i.e. using R-phrases. In plants that use a significant number of chemical substances and preparations, the guide may be of only limited use.

International data sheets on occupations (HDO)
EU & international information

These data sheets list, in a standard format, the different hazards to which a worker, in the normal course of work, may be exposed. They provide information on several measures for the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. These data sheets are a source of information (rather than advice) for occupational physicians and nurses, safety engineers, hygienists, education and information specialists, inspectors, employer representatives, worker representatives, safety officers and other competent persons.
A typical data sheet comprises four pages: