Safety and health in agriculture [electronic resource] : ILO code of practice / International Labour Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Safety measures.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Health aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-124971-9

OCLC:

778340041