The video raises awareness about chemical risks, depicting a migrant worker ignoring hazards and not using personal protection equipment such as safety gloves. In the video, two of the employer's obligations are highlighted: (1) chemical risk assessment and (2) assessment of the risk arising from...
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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Chemical risks
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Provider: INAIL - Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro
Country: Italy
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The video presents types of personal protective equipment for biological risks. It describes why protective equipment is necessary and how to properly wear it.
Provider: Università di Genova
Country: Italy
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Hand hygiene
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This short film was made for the International Day of Hand Hygiene organised by the World Health Organization in 2011 to raise awareness of the protection measures needed by medical personnel, as well as by volunteers, family, etc. The video shows bad working practice, namely different situations in...
Provider: Società Italiana Multidisciplinare per la Prevenzione delle Infezioni nelle Organizzazioni Sanitarie (SIMPIOS)
Country: Italy
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... Safety at home!
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The poster shows an unsafe situation in a household: dangerous liquids stored in bottles intended for food products. A man is filling a bottle intended for food products with a dangerous substance.
Provider: Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (BG RCI)
Country: Germany
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The website provides a summary report and the presentations of a Workshop held in March 2009 on reprotoxic substances and endocrine disrupters at the workplace.
In the presentations, findings of a report by EU-OSHA were presented and discussed and complemented with inputs from various exports of...
Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU
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The aims of the guidance document are (1) to assist in the assessment of the risk of hepatitis B and C and HIV infection to healthcare workers and (2) to provide efficient prevention measures for and information on pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, with particular emphasis on jobs at high risk.
Provider: Országos Epidemiológiai Központ (OEK)
Country: Hungary
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Workers working in an automotive workshop are exposed to many dangerous substances. The 'Hazardous Substances Check' helps automotive workshops to carry out a risk assessment and to decide on the protective measurements required, depending on the potential hazard. The 'Hazardous Substances Check'...
Provider: Amt für Arbeitsschutz Hamburg
Country: Germany
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The Nano-Portal 'Safe Handling of Nanomaterials' is the result of a project supported by German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) and aims to further the knowledge about occupational safety and health in the fields of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. The portal focuses on:
- the awareness of experts...
Provider: Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV)
Country: Germany
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The factsheet explains what respiratory sensitisers are, provides information on the workplaces where they may occur and introduce prevention measures at all levels of the control hierarchy. The factsheet was developed for the 2003 European Week for Safety and Health at Work as part of a series of...
Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU
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For the 2003 European Week for Safety and Health at Work, EU-OSHA produced a series of factsheets containing information on occupational safety and health specifically in relation to dangerous substances. This factsheet contains information on skin sensitisers as well as preventive measures in...
Provider: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Country: EU