This report presents a comprehensive global overview of legal paint controls, merging the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) data and additional analysis. It is a comprehensive legal analysis of 128 countries conducted by legal researchers based on 29 legal indicators...
Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances
A number of tools and guidance documents have been developed by Member States, European institutions, business associations, social partners and other actors to help enterprises to carry out comprehensive and effective risk assessments. These tools represent a broad variety of approaches to managing dangerous substance effectively. Often they cover specific work operations, such as filling and pumping liquids or welding processes. Other sources give a comprehensive overview of a certain group of substances, such as sensitisers, or they highlight typical risks in certain sectors.
Moreover, in addition to supporting high-quality risk assessment, most of these tools include good practical solutions, explaining how to reduce risks in common work situations involving exposure to dangerous substances. There are also tools to support specific actors, such as labour inspectors, small and medium-sized enterprises, and workers’ representatives, among many others. So it’s well worth exploring the site to find out about the help that is on offer.
Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances
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This practical guide provides an overview of the use of mercury in gold mining and discusses ways to minimise use and contact with mercury.
Provider: United Nations Environment Programme
Country: International
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Environmental and occupational health hazards associated with artisanal and small-scale gold mining
Description
Millions of people in the developing world depend on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) for their livelihoods. The present document is part of a World Health Organization (WHO) technical series on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and health developed in response to World Health...
Provider: World Health Organization
Country: International
Description
This short and illustrated guide contains key messages about risks from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) (incl. mercury and dust exposure) and gives short and easily understandable guidance on how to protect oneself. It is addressed to occupational safety workers in ASGM and can also be...
Provider: Artisanal Gold Council
Country: International
Description
This summary report attempts to shed new light on and to highlight the impact of the informal mining sector on the lives of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This report outlines the place of women in Congolese society. It was found that women and girls in mining areas are...
Provider: Partnership Africa Canada
Country: International
Description
The short video demonstrates correct hand disinfection procedures. It highlights that hand disinfection takes only 30 seconds. Over 30 seconds of music by Treehouse, several healthcare staff are seen disinfecting their hands.
Provider: Deutsche Gesellschaft Krankenhaushygiene DGKH, Krankenhaushygiene, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Berufsverband der deutschen Chirurgen e.V. (BDC)
Country: Germany
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The poster demonstrates how to safely handle gas cylinders, with each demonstrating the dark side (unsafe handling) and the bright side (safe handling). This poster reminds workers to secure gas cylinders when work is interrupted.
The poster is one in a series of five posters produced by the...
Provider: Berufsgenossenschaft für Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie - BG RCI
Country: Germany
Description
Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, risk serious injury and even death from working in small-scale gold mines in Tanzania.
This report, based on over 200 interviews, examines child labour and exposure to mercury in small-scale gold mines in Tanzania, Africa’s fourth-largest...
Provider: Human Rights Watch
Country: International
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The booklet provides a number of tips to help avoiding skin problems in daily life. It also indicates what occupations have particularly high risks of developing skin problems.
The brochure describes hand eczema as a frequent occupational disease that affects younger people in particular. Jobs with...
Provider: Arbejdsmiljøweb - hjemmeside for Branche Fællesskabet for Arbejdsmiljø for Velfærd og Offentlig administration
Country: Denmark
Description
The document is aimed at policy maker and provides guidance on how to implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury in the artisanal and small scale gold mining sector. This mainly covers how to develop a national action plan, plan and implement measures and involve the relevant stakeholders. The...
Provider: United Nations Environment Programme
Country: International