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Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances
A number of tools and guidance documents have been developed by Member States, European institutions, business associations, social partners and other actors to help enterprises to carry out comprehensive and effective risk assessments. These tools represent a broad variety of approaches to managing dangerous substance effectively. Often they cover specific work operations, such as filling and pumping liquids or welding processes. Other sources give a comprehensive overview of a certain group of substances, such as sensitisers, or they highlight typical risks in certain sectors.
Moreover, in addition to supporting high-quality risk assessment, most of these tools include good practical solutions, explaining how to reduce risks in common work situations involving exposure to dangerous substances. There are also tools to support specific actors, such as labour inspectors, small and medium-sized enterprises, and workers’ representatives, among many others. So it’s well worth exploring the site to find out about the help that is on offer.
Practical tools and guidance on dangerous substances
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The booklet provides a number of tips to help avoiding skin problems in daily life. It also indicates what occupations have particularly high risks of developing skin problems.
The brochure describes hand eczema as a frequent occupational disease that affects younger people in particular. Jobs with...
Provider: Arbejdsmiljøweb - hjemmeside for Branche Fællesskabet for Arbejdsmiljø for Velfærd og Offentlig administration
Country: Denmark
Description
The website includes several sub-sites explaining about the skin, risk factors to the skin, prevention of skin diseases and different measures for skin protection and care. This includes risks of wet work and risks from chemicals.
Provider: GODTARBEJDSMILJØ
Country: Denmark
Description
The poster shows the safe handling of gas cylinders, with each demonstrating the dark side (unsafe handling) and the bright side (safe handling).
The poster is one in a series of five posters produced by the statutory accident insurance association of raw materials and the chemical industry (BG RCI).
Provider: Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (BG RCI)
Country: Germany
Description
This poster reminds workers to secure gas cylinders at all times.The posters show the safe handling of gas cylinders, with each demonstrating the dark side (unsafe handling) and the bright side (safe handling).
The poster is one in a series of five posters produced by the statutory accident insurance...
Provider: Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (BG RCI)
Country: Germany
Description
This poster deals with the right means of transportation for gas cylinders and shows wrong handling (dark side – unsafe handling) and the correct handling (bright side - safe handling)
The poster is one in a series of five posters produced by the statutory accident insurance association of raw...
Provider: Berufsgenossenschaft für Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie - BG RCI
Country: Germany
Description
The video informs about different risks and protection measures that can be used in the horticulture from the use of chemicals, including cleaning agents and pesticides. When working with hazardous substances, an employee of a horticulture company has an accident. It is then shown how a responsible...
Provider: Sozialversicherung für Landwirtschaft, Fortsen und Gartenbau SVLFG
Country: Germany
Description
The video raises awareness about chemical risks, in line with the new CLP (classification, labelling and packaging) regulation. In the humorous animation, Professor Chimico teaches viewers about how to read hazard signs to both identify hazards and use chemicals safely.
Provider: INRS - Institut national de recherche et de sécurité
Country: France
Title
If I knew
Description
The music video 'If I knew', which won the 2015 National Institute of Research and Security (INRS) film contest, was created by second-year spray painting apprentices (CAP Carrosserie Peinture, Bordeaux). It addresses the risks of spray painting and gives advice on the use of safety equipment, all...
Provider: INRS - Institut national de recherche et de sécurité
Country: France
Description
In this amusing comedy sketch, three burglars plan to break into a safe in the basement of a Paris bank. The most experienced gang member suspects that there is asbestos in the fireproof insulation of the safe and adresses the issue and the dangers. He makes the gang implement the minimum protective...
Provider: INRS - Institut national de recherche et de sécurité
Country: France