Chemical Safety at Work - Do you know the chemicals you use?
Many different chemicals are used at workplaces, and work processes can release a variety of harmful substances that are hazardous to the health that the risks posed. Chemicals may be harmful to health or the environment or...See more
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.
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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Finnish
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Statutory Accident Insurance
Germany
German
MS information
Through the portal 'Safe skin. Skin protection at the workplace', several films are available, the aim of which is to inform and train workers on how to protect their skin, especially their hands, when working with dangerous substances. The films cover general topics regarding skin...See more
Statutory accident insurance association for wood- and metalworking — BGHW
Germany
German
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The film is about the risks to your skin when you are working with metal, as well as the function of your skin and measures you can take to protect your hands. About 95% of all work-related skin diseases in metalworking concern the hands. Different protective gloves and protective...See more
Statutory accident insurance for the wood and metal sector
Germany
German
Visual resources
The educational film shows the risk of fire at workplaces in the metal- and woodworking sectors. It provides instructions on how to prevent fires and how to fight against fires: safe storage, follow smoking bans, preventing the risk of fire from electricity, not blocking fire-...See more
Saint Vinzenz Hospital Haseluenne
Germany
German
Visual resources
Germs are mainly transmitted by the hands. To increase the knowledge about this issue, Saint Vinzenz Hospital Haseleunne has launched an in-house campaign. The poster is one of a series that is displayed in the hospital. It shows a person cleaning the floor of a hospital. She is...See more
Cooperation Centre Hamburg IFE GmbH
Germany
German
Visual resources
The idea behind this use of video is to focus on welding metal parts and exposure to welding fumes. It uses PIMEX (Picture Mix Exposure), which involves videoing and taking exposure measurements while a person is undertaking a task. The worker can observe his or her work in the...See more
Statutory accident insurance association for energy, textile, electricity and printing media — BG ETEM
Germany
German
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The statutory accident insurance association for energy, textile, electricity and printing media (BG ETEM) provides learning modules on various topics in several sectors. The aim of these learning modules is to provide sector-specific knowledge on occupational safety and health (OSH...See more
German statutory accident insurance association for the construction sector — BG BAU
Germany
German
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What are the dangers of cleaning products used in the cleaning of buildings? The Hazardous Substances Information System of the German statutory accident insurance association for the construction sector (BG BAU) (known as GISBAU) uses the software WINGIS to provide descriptions of...See more
German Statutory Accident Insurance for Health and Welfare Services — BGW
Germany
German
Visual resources
How is your skin? This infographic provides important information about skin protection. The infographic highlights the following issues: how to protect your hands (e.g. with skin protection and skin care application, protective gloves), how to prevent risks such as risks owing to...See more
German Statutory Accident Insurance for Health and Welfare Services — BGW
Germany
German
MS information
The German Statutory Accident Insurance for Health and Welfare Services (BGW) offers skin protection and hand hygiene plans for workers working in 25 different sectors. They outline how workers can protect, clean and take care of their hands at work. The skin protection plans...See more