ILO standards-related activities in the area of occupational safety and health

Kitap : ILO standards-related activities in the area of occupational safety and health

Dil : İngilizce

Bölüm : Sağlık-Güvenlik-Çevre

Yayın Yeri : Geneva

ISBN : 92-2-112883-0

ISSN : 0074-6681

Yayın Tarihi : 2003

Yayıncı : International Labour Office (ILO)

Tür : Rapor

Kitap No : 4083

İÇİNDEKİLER


Contents
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED IN THE REPORT. INTRODUCTION............................................................
CHAPTER I. Occupational safety and health standards and other instruments
Occupational safety and health: A matter for urgent global action.....................
ILO action through standards and other instruments .........................................
Standards......................................................................................................
Other instruments.........................................................................................
Relevant standards and other instruments....................................................
Occupational safety and health standards and other instruments over time Preliminary conclusions.......................................................................................
CHAPTER II. The place of occupational safety and health in ILO activities
Core responsibilities for occupational safety and health.............................................
The Safe Work programme....................................................................................
Sectoral activities..................................................................................................
Extension of social protection......................................................................................
Labour inspection.................................................................................................
Well-being at work...............................................................................................
HIV/AIDS........................................... .............................
Social security, insurance and welfare........................................................ .........
Other ILO areas of action with significant occupational safety and health content
Child labour..........................................................................................................
Occupational safety and health and small and medium-sized enterprises............
Poverty alleviation................................................................................................
Older workers.......................................................................................................
Gender equality......................................................................................................
Occupational safety and health and the informal economy...................................
The role of employers and workers.......................................................................
Occupational safety and health and multinational enterprises..............................
International collaboration............................................................................................
Partnerships...........................................................................................................
Areas of collaboration...........................................................................................
Chemical safety..............................................................................................
Other areas of collaboration...........................................................................
Assessment.............................................................................................. .............
Issues...............................................................................................................
Preliminary conclusions...........................................................................

CHAPTER III. Occupational safety and health at global, national and workplace levels
The global context................................................................................................
The world of work and the environment.......................................................
Demographic factors and employment dynamics.........................................
The information and telecommunications revolution....................................
National-level concerns........................................................................................
Regulation......................................................................................................
Economic aspects..........................................................................................
Occupational safety and health strategies......................................................
Workplace concerns..............................................................................................
Workplace safety cultures..............................................................................
New enterprise structures..............................................................................
Preliminary conclusions........................................................................................
CHAPTER IV. Impact, coherence and relevance
The impact of standards and other instruments..................................................
Measuring impact.................................. .....................................................
Ratification and supervision........................................................................
Ratification levels, intention to ratify and obstacles to ratification......
Supervision...........................................................................................
Best practices in national law and practice..................................................
Standards and other instruments used as a model or as guidance...............
Conventions and Recommendations....................................................
Codes of practice..................................................................................
Current standards: A coherent global model?.....................................................
Overlaps.......................................................................................................
Differences...................................................................................................
Need for rationalization...............................................................................
Comprehensive standards............................................................................
Comprehensive status of the Occupational Safety
and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)..............................................
Instruments adopted subsequent to the adoption of the Occupational
Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)...................................
Current standards: A relevant response to national concerns?...........................
The need for revision and possible lacunae.................................................
Chemicals............................................................................................
Mechanical hazards..............................................................................
Biological hazards...............................................................................
Ergonomics/maximum weight..............................................................
Psychosocial hazards...........................................................................
Preliminary conclusions.....................................................................................
CHAPTER V. Transforming rules into reality
Promotion of standards..................................................................
Survey proposals for promotion.............................................
Technical cooperation relating to occupational safety and health
Core activities and partnerships......................................
Assessment of approaches......................................................
Promotion and response to needs..........................................
Possible areas for further improvement..................................
Survey responses....................................................................
Current developments in methodology..................................................
Resources................................................................................................
Knowledge management and information exchange............................................
Barriers and improvements............................................................................
Survey responses...........................................................................................
Current ILO action.........................................................................................
The International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre.
Training in occupational safety and health.............................................
Research.........................................................................................................
Preliminary conclusions........................................................................................
CONCLUSIONS....................................................................................................
Global, national and workplace occupational safety and health concerns. Impact, coherence and relevance...............................................................
SELECTED POINTS FOR DISCUSSION FOR A PLAN OF ACTION ,
ANNEXES.
I. Relevant ILO instruments - Ratifications and status....................
II. Summary of replies to the survey.................................................
III. Survey responses from employers' and workers' organizations
IV. Relevant ILO instruments - Statistics.........................................
V. ILO global network of multidisciplinary advisory teams.............
VI. Key ILO knowledge bases on occupational safety and health..
VII. International collaboration.........................................................