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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.: 9910457267303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II