IFCS Occupational
Health and Safety
Programme Area B: Harmonization of Classification
and Labelling of Chemicals
The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for
the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals has taken due consideration
of chemicals in the workplace. In its implementation, however, there
are areas that require emphasis and attention to specific needs with
respect to workplaces. More details about
Programme Area B.
| This initial listing of selected resources has been compiled
by an IFCS Champion Work Group on OSH. It is intended to provide
information and guidance. The mention of specific resources or
their producers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended
by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety in preference
to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. There
are many interlinkages between the recommendations, thus the
resources listed in many cases support several recommendations,
although listed only under one. Unless otherwise indicated,
the resources list are available only in English.
Suggestions of additional resources for listing
on the website may be submitted to the IFCS
Secretariat. Please indicate the programme(s) and
specific recommendation(s) that the resource supports. |
Worldwide Initiatives
Recommended
action items:
Develop
and make available assistance, guidance, tools and other facilities
necessary for the effective implementation of GHS in the workplace.
- Globally
Harmonized System (GHS)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety /Centre canadien
d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail
This site describes the overall goals of the Globally Harmonized
System.
English
version
French
version
- Globally
Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
(GHS)
The document contains harmonized classification criteria and hazard
communication elements. In addition, guidance is included in the
document to assist countries and organizations in the development
of tools for implementation of the GHS. The GHS is designed to
permit self-classification. The provisions for implementation
of the GHS allow the uniform development of national policies,
while remaining flexible enough to accommodate any special requirements
that might have to be met. Furthermore, the GHS is intended to
create user-friendly approach, to facilitate the work of enforcement
bodies and to reduce the administrative burden.
English
Arabic
Chinese
French
Russian
Spanish
-
UNITAR/ILO
Global GHS Capacity Building Programme
UNITAR/ILO are the designated focal point for capacity building
in the UN ECOSOC Subcommittee of Experts on the GHS (SCEGHS).
The UNITAR/ILO programme provides guidance documents, educational,
awareness-raising, resource and training materials regarding the
new System. Relevant topics include development of national GHS
implementation strategies, legislation, situation/gap analyses,
chemical hazards, labelling, safety data sheets (SDSs), as well
as related support measures such as comprehensibility testing.
Some materials are available in several UN languages.
Include
relevant elements of GHS as an integral component of ILO’s Safe
Work Programme.
Establish
roles and responsibilities of employers, employees, chemical suppliers
and governments, in the implementation of the GHS.
Untitled Document
Selected general
references:
CISDOC/CISILO
- The CIS Bibliographic Database
The CIS bibliographic database contains about 65,000 citations of documents
that deal with occupational accidents and diseases as well as ways of preventing
them. The types of documents are: laws and regulations, chemical safety data
sheets, training material, articles from periodical publications, books and
standards. Every record contains a detailed bibliographic description, a full
abstract and indexing descriptors drawn from the CIS Thesaurus. The CISDOC
database is updated on a continuous basis.
English
French
Spanish
Fundamental
principles of occupational health and safety (ILO) 2001 - B.
O. Alli
This practical guide to the development of effective occupational health and
safety policies and programmes focuses on the key topics essential to promoting
health and safety in the workplace. It presents a concise overview of the
issues involved, together with specific guidelines for policy design and implementation
at both national and enterprise levels. The operational aspects of meeting
health and safety requirements are also covered, with detailed sections on
legislation and enforcement, occupational health surveillance, and preventive
and protective measures, as well as health education and training. There is
an explanation of the main concepts in occupational health and demonstrates
how relevant ILO Conventions and Recommendations define workers' rights and
allocate duties and responsibilities to competent authorities, employers and
workers. Examples are given of good practice in the surveillance of workers'
health and of the working environment, occupational health services, and reduction
of the incidence of work-related injuries and diseases. Much practical advice
is given to authorities, employers and workers, along with a glossary, a list
of related publications and an example of a health and safety policy.
IPCS Chemical
Safety Training Modules
The Training Modules on Chemical Safety have been compiled in order to introduce
safe use of chemicals at places of work, to present classification systems
for the labelling and transport of dangerous goods, to allow the reading and
use of chemical safety cards, to give a basic overview of toxicology and to
disseminate information on selected, widely used, hazardous substances. It
contains material usable in handouts, demonstrations and exercises, as well
as slides, colour transparencies and diskettes containing text files and databases.
English
French
Spanish
CIS Occupational
Safety and Health Glossary
ILO - International Occupational Safety and Health Information Center (CIS)
Occupational safety and health is an interdisciplinary field, which uses specialist
terms and expressions from subject areas as diverse as engineering, medicine,
law, the physical sciences and psychology. This glossary includes terms from
all these fields and more. Terms are in five (5) languages: English, German,
French, Spanish and Russian.
English
French
Spanish
|
