The video was produced by the Swiss television network RTS1. It is used by the Swiss Federal Coordination Commission for Health and Safety (EKAS) for the prevention in agriculture campaign entitled 'Angels of the farms'. The video is an interview with a farmer's wife, who describes...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.
This poster entitled 'Be careful with livestock! 10 commandments' depicts, in a comic-style drawing, a dangerous situation when working with livestock. It depicts the biological risks associated with livestock as 10 'commandments' and briefly describes safe working practices.See more
The page references to other specific subpages that are chemical specific and contain information about exposure route and health effects. See more
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
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
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
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
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
The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) has developed practical guidance to improve the safety and health of employees in the workplace and to meet legal requirements. This guidance document deals with the opening of containers...See more
This page provides information for employees on using biological monitoring in relation to chemical exposure. It contains the following sections: What does your employer have to do?, How can chemicals enter your body?, How can the amount of chemicals absorbed into your body be...See more