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Titolo: | Safety and health in agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : ILO code of practice / / International Labour Office |
Pubblicazione: | Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.11 |
363.11/963 | |
Soggetto topico: | Agriculture - Safety measures |
Agriculture - Health aspects | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Back to Contents; Acknowledgements; List of participants; Introduction; 1. Objectives and scope; 1.1. Objectives; 1.2. Scope; 2. The characteristics of OSH in agriculture; 2.1. Employment and OSH; 2.2. Addressing the challenges; 3. ?Developing a national framework for OSH in agriculture; 3.1. National policy, systems and programmes for OSH; 3.2. Competent authority; 3.3. Labour inspectorates; 3.4. Employers; 3.5. Workers; 3.6. Manufacturers and suppliers; 3.7. Contractors and labour supply agents; 4. ?Occupational safety and health management systems; 4.1. OSH management systems |
4.2. Hazard identification and risk assessment4.3. Planning and implementation of controls; 4.4. Monitoring, evaluation and improvement; 5. Competence, education and training; 5.1. General; 5.2. Competence of managers and supervisors; 5.3. Competence of workers; 6. Personal protective equipment; 6.1. General provisions; 6.2. Helmets and other head protection; 6.3. Face and eye protection; 6.4. Upper and lower limb protection; 6.5. Respiratory protective equipment (RPE); 6.6. Hearing protection; 6.7. Protection from falls from height; 6.8. Hygiene facilities and decontamination | |
7. Contingency and emergency preparedness7.1. General; 7.2. Escape and rescue; 8. Machinery and work equipment safety; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Tractors and all-terrain vehicles; 8.2.1. Hazard description; 8.2.2. Risk assessment; 8.2.3. Elimination of the hazard; 8.2.4. Engineering controls; 8.2.5. Safe working systems and procedures; 8.3. Other agricultural machinery, equipment and tools; 8.3.1. Hazard description; 8.3.2. Risk assessment; 8.3.3. Elimination of the hazard; 8.3.4. Engineering controls; 8.3.5. Safe working systems and procedures; 8.3.6. The use of PPE (see also Chapter 6) | |
8.4. ?Control of hazards created by stored and other energy sources8.4.1. Hazard description; 8.4.2. Assessment of risk; 8.4.3. Elimination of the hazard; 8.4.4. Engineering controls; 8.4.5. Safe working systems and procedures; 8.4.6. The use of PPE; 9. Ergonomics and the handling of materials; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Hazard description; 9.2.1. Routes of exposure; 9.2.2. Principal health effects; 9.2.3. Special risks to consider; 9.3. Ergonomic control strategies; 9.3.1. General principles; 9.3.2. ?Elimination of ergonomic hazard through engineering controls or substitution | |
9.3.3. ?Control of ergonomic hazards through engineering and administrative minimization of impact9.3.4. ?Minimization of ergonomic hazard through information and training of workers; 9.3.5. ?Minimization of ergonomic hazard through use of PPE; 10. Chemicals; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Hazard description; 10.2.1. Routes of exposure; 10.2.2. Principal health effects; 10.2.3. Risks to special populations; 10.3. Control strategies; 10.3.1. General principles; 10.3.2. Elimination/substitution; 10.3.3. Engineering and administrative controls; 10.3.4. Information and training | |
10.3.5. Personal protection | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This code of practice is intended to raise awareness of the hazards and risks associated with agriculture and promote their effective management and control; to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases and improve the working environment in practice; to encourage governments, employers, workers and other stakeholders to cooperate to prevent accidents and diseases; and to promote more positive attitudes and behaviour towards occupational safety and health in agriculture throughout the sector. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Safety and health in agriculture |
ISBN: | 92-2-124971-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779082103321 |
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