Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances

Los Estados miembros, las instituciones europeas, las asociaciones empresariales, los interlocutores sociales y otros agentes han desarrollado una serie de herramientas y directrices para ayudar a las empresas a llevar a cabo evaluaciones de riesgos exhaustivas y efectivas. Estas herramientas representan un amplio abanico de métodos para gestionar con eficacia las sustancias peligrosas. A menudo cubren operaciones de trabajo específicas, tales como llenar y bombear líquidos o procesos de soldadura. Otras fuentes ofrecen una visión global de un cierto grupo de sustancias, como los sensibilizadores, o resaltan los riesgos típicos de determinados sectores.

Aparte, además de dar apoyo a la evaluación de riesgos de alta calidad, la mayoría de estas herramientas incluyen buenas prácticas, que explican cómo reducir los riesgos en situaciones de trabajo comunes, incluida la exposición a sustancias peligrosas. Así mismo, existen también herramientas para dar apoyo a actores específicos, tales como inspectores de trabajo, pequeñas y medianas empresas y representantes de los trabajadores, entre muchos otros. Vale la pena explorar este sitio para conocer la ayuda que se ofrece.

Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances

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This website section provides access to ECHA’s databases. These include the database on registered substances, the classification and labelling inventory, information bases on biocides and regulated under other legislation, including the CAD and CMD. Furthermore, information on planned regulatory...

Provider: European Chemicals Agency
Country: EU
Description

This film introduces the changes that have been made to harmonise the signs (pictograms) used in the transport of dangerous goods and the signs used for the product classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of chemicals. The existing seven pictograms are to be replaced with nine. Napo is...

Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU
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The film shows a worker not listen to the fire safety instructions and not knowing how to behave as a fire starts at his workplace. The fim shows that it is important that workers are aware of all possible escape routes and emergency procedures.


The Napo series of films are produced using...

Provider: https://osha.europa.eu
Country: EU
Description

This film aims to raise awareness of the dangers of exposing the skin to harmful (and sometimes not so harmful) substances, the situations in which such exposures occur and what can be done to prevent risks, protect the skin and prevent damage. Napo discovers many different situations in which...

Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU
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This Napo film is about issues related to tobacco smoke in workplaces. Exposure to tobacco smoke is bad for both smokers’ and non-smokers’ health. It can cause serious problems such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. It can cause death due to cancer, coronary heart disease or stroke. Yet...

Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU
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The film aims to raise awareness of risks from working with chemicals in confined spaces. Napo is shown lacquering a tank from the inside with a coating that is classified as toxic and exposive, without any inhalation protection. As he starts feeling dizzy and cannot read the coating label, he...

Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU
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The website provides the presentations of a workshop held in 2012 on the interactions and potential synergies between occupational safety and health (OSH) regulatory practices and REACH. The presentations include aspects on how REACH supporets OSH legislation, using registration information...

Provider: European Chemicals Agency
Country: EU
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The poster provides warning messages on the dangers posed by asbestos still present in European buildings. It calls the EU to act.









Provider: European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW)
Country: EU
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This factsheet introduces the process of eliminating or substituting dangerous substances, which are at the top of the European control hierarchy. It gives hints on how to identify chemicals to eliminate or substitute and briefly outlines the process of identifying alternatives. Links are provided...

Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU