Portuguese strategy for occupational safety and health 2008-2012 for public administration : priorites for action, progress in the implementation of the proposed measures and their impact on occupational safety outcomes

Apresentação realizada no OH&S Forum 2011 - International Forum on Occupational Health and Safety: Policies, profiles and services, na Finlândia de, 20 a 22 Junho de 2011.

Occupational safety and health practices among flower greenhouses workers from Alto Tiete region (Brazil)

In this preliminary study the occupational safety and health practices among flower greenhouses workers were evaluated. The study was carried out in the alto Tiete region, located at the Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Inadequate welfare facilities; poor pesticide storage, use and disposal conditions; use of highly toxic pesticides; lack of adequate data regarding pesticide use; and incorrect use and maintenance of PPE were observed in most of the visited greenhouses. These results suggest that, in greenhouses, workers may be at higher risk of pesticide exposure, due to many factors that can intensify the exposure such as the lack of control on reentry intervals after pesticide application. Specific regulations are needed to ensure better OSH practices on pesticide use and to improve working conditions in greenhouses, in order to deal with the peculiarities of greenhouse working environment. Some of the special requirements for greenhouses workers' protection are the establishment of ventilation criteria for restricted entry interval; clear reentry restrictions; and EPI for workers other than applicators that need to enter the greenhouse before expiring REI interval. Another important way to improve OSH practices among workers includes the distribution of simple guidelines on the dos and don'ts regarding OSH practices in greenhouses and extensively training interventions to change the perception of hazards and the behavior towards risk. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A Resource guide to worker education materials in occupational safety and health.

Title on added title page: A guide to worker education materials in occupational safety and health; resource materials produced or acquired by New Directions Grantees and state programs."

Oversight hearings on the Occupational safety and health act : hearings before the Subcommittee on Manpower, Compensation, and Health and Safety of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session.

Hearings held in Washington, D. C., April 17-Dec. 8, 1975, and in Waterbury, Conn., May 3, 1975.

Occupational safety and health act legislation affecting the United States Postal Service [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, on H. R. 826 ... June 6 and 7, 1979.

Reuse of record except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc.

Occupational safety and health in the United States and Japan : a joint study /

This report resulted from the United States/Japan Joint Study of Occupational Safety and Health.

Compliance operations manual, January 1972: a manual of guidelines for implementing the Occupational safety and health act of 1970.

"Changes and additions will be made to the Manual on a continuing basis as determined necessary by experience gained."

Index to decisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Description based on: Sept. 1979.

Occupational safety and health /

Mode of access: Internet.