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 OSHA were presented and discussed and complemented with inputs from various exports of...
Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances
Ett antal verktyg och vägledningar har utarbetats av medlemsstater, EU-institutioner, näringslivsorganisationer, arbetsmarknadens parter och andra aktörer för att hjälpa företag att genomföra heltäckande och effektiva riskbedömningar. Här går det att hitta många olika metoder för att hantera farliga ämnen på ett effektivt sätt. Många av dessa verktyg inriktas på särskilda arbetsuppgifter, exempelvis att fylla på eller pumpa vätskor eller att svetsa. Andra ger en omfattande översikt över en viss grupp ämnen, till exempel sensibiliserande ämnen, eller lyfter fram vanliga risker inom vissa sektorer.
De flesta av verktygen bidrar inte enbart till god riskbedömning, utan omfattar även goda förslag på praktiska lösningar. I dessa praktiskt inriktade avsnitt förklaras hur riskerna kan minskas i vanliga arbetssituationer som medför exponering för farliga ämnen. Det finns också verktyg till stöd för särskilda aktörer, till exempel yrkesinspektörer, små och medelstora företag, arbetstagarrepresentanter och många andra. Det är alltså väl värt att utforska webbplatsen för att ta reda på vilken hjälp som finns att få!
Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances
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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.
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'...
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...
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...
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...
This factsheet summarises a European Risk Observatory report on young workers, which aims to provide a review of the hazards that young workers are exposed to at work. It does this by analysing statistics and studies, and selected case studies of prevention. Many of the sectors and occupations that...
This factsheet outlines the risks of workers in educational establishments, including in laboratories.
This short factsheet provides an overview of the basic risk management related to dangerous substances at the workplace. It briefly describes legal obligations and outlines the process of risk assessment and implementation of preventive measures.
Workplace safety depends on risk awareness. Employers and workers need to know the dangerous substances that exist in the workplace and how to deal with them. This factsheet offers hints for successful communication in the workplace about dangerous substances, including the use of safety data sheets...