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Monday, 28 April 2025

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025; April 28th.



FORUM: "Revolutionizing Health and Safety: The role of AI and Digitalization at work." World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025. The theme will focus on the impacts of digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) on workers' safety and health. This theme will examine various new technologies through an occupational safety and health lens, including: Advanced robots; Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning; Exoskeletons; Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); Internet of Things (IoT); Virtual and Augmented Reality.The campaign will also shed light on new work practices, such as automation of tasks, big data analysis, smart digital systems and workers management through AI. New technologies have also given rise to new types of work, such as digital platform work and remote work/hybrid work/telework, which will be further examined. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #safeday25, #WorldDayofSafetyandHealthatwork, #28April, #SafeWorkingEnvironment, #HealthyWorkingEnvironment. #Rightatwork.




EVENTS: On April 28th from 13:30 to 15:30 PM GMT, The ILO commemorative event will bring together experts and constituents to discuss the implications it has for the world of work, as well as how to practically implement this right in the world of work. Looking at how the digital transformation of work may support safe and healthy working environments and what governments, employers and workers and other stakeholders are already doing to respond to these emerging challenges. Get ready to watch the Livestream!

STATEMENTS: Statement from ILO Director-General on World Day for Safety and Health at work 2025; April 28th.




Today is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

Every worker, every way has the right to a safe and healthy working environment.

This is a fundamental right.

And yet millions of workers around the world continue to die or injured themselves or fall sick because of work.

Too many lose their lives trying to earn a living.

We must change this.

The use of technology for good can help us to make important strides.

Artificial intelligence and digital technologies can help transform the workplace into a safer and healthier space.

Robotics, automation and AI can operate in hazardous environments and take on the most dangerous tasks like operating in extreme temperatures, handling toxic materials, or navigating disaster zones.

They can also ease physical strain, supporting caregivers in hospital, assisting with heavy lifting in construction, and reducing repetitive work in factories.

Smart sensors and digital monitoring can detect risks before accidents happen by checking air quality tracking, fatigue or alerting to unsafe movement and behaviours.

But innovation can also carry significant risks.

The rise of worker surveillance and algorithm management can threaten workers rights, dignity, and well-being.

New technologies can also introduce new risks that are not yet fully understood.

We have a responsibility, irresponsibility to and that understand safety and health risks that come with technological innovation.

We have a responsibility to ensure that technology is used for good.

That is why the digital transition must be human-centred. It must make workplace safer and healthier and more sustainable and inclusive.

On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

I call on governments, employers, workers and innovators to build a future of work that is not only smarter, but also safer and healthier.

ILO Diretor-General.

PUBLICATIONS: Explore the findings of research on the implementation status of various provisions of the fundamental Convention No. 155 and the Convention No. 187.



Wednesday, 27 April 2022

International Girls in ICT Day 2022; April 28th.

 FORUM: "ACCESS & SAFEY" International Girls in ICT Day 2022.

This year and every year, ITU and our partners work together to develop solutions and ideas for lowering barriers to access ICTs and improving safety online for girls and young women.



Under the theme "ACCESS & SAFEY", the celebration of Girls in ICT Day, 28 April 2022 will:

- Encourage girls and young women to pursue STEM education
- Inspire girls and young women to work in STEM careers
- Engage the community and promote collaboration through partnerships



EVENTS: This year and every year, ITU and our partners work together to develop solutions and ideas for lowering barriers to access and improving safety online for girls and young women. Learn more about our Global Dialogue and International Girls in ICT Day 2022 celebrations across the regions.





Announcing the ITU Regional Office for Asia Pacific Girls in ICT Day Thailand 2022 event





The Girls in ICT Global Dialogue will mark this year’s celebration of Girls in ICT Day. It will take place in the framework of the WSIS Forum 2022, as part of Gender Mainstreaming track in which the forum promote and maintain gender equality and women empowerment, and in other side the dialogue will Guarantee the inclusion of women in STEM/ICT.Learn more





For girls and young women to thrive in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, they need safe and reliable access to the internet and digital tools. That’s why, in consultation with youth, we identified “Access and Safety” as our theme for Girls in ICT 2022.

Most often; Students in STEM classes learn and practice skills that prepare them for diverse post-high school education and training opportunities, from apprenticeships and programs. Classes in this cluster introduce student to a variety of interesting careers including:
  • Biologist or microbiologist
  • Chemist
  • Biochemist or biophysicist
  • Mathematician
  • Statistician
  • Engineer: Aerospace, industrial, biotechnology, chemical, marine, materials, civil, petroleum
  • Engineering manager
  • Atmospheric or space scientist
  • Geoscientist or materials scientist
  • Surveying and mapping technician
  • Hydrologist
  • Architect
  • Naval architect
  • Architectural or civil drafter
  • Materials lab and supply technician
  • Quality technician
  • Nuclear equipment operation or monitoring technicians
  • Technical writer
  • Post-secondary education vocational teacher



Wednesday, 27 April 2016

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2016, April 28.

Всемирный день безопасности и здоровья на рабочем месте, 28 апреля.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work, April 28.
世界日安全與健康工作, 4月28日.
Día Mundial de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, 28 de abril.
Journée mondiale pour la sécurité et la santé au travail, 28 Avril.


The Theme for the World Day For Safety and Health at Work 2016 is "Workplace Stress : A collective Challenge "





2016年主题:“工作压力,共同的挑战
Theme 2016 : 'Workplace stress: It’s time to lift the burden'
Tema 2016 : Стрес на робочому місці: настав час зняти тягар.
Tema 2016 :“Estrés en el Trabajo: Un reto colectivo”.
Thème 2016 : «Le stress au travail: un défi collectif».




Statement by Director General, Guy Ryder on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, April 28 2016.

This World Day for Safety and Health  focuses on the toll taken on the health and wellbeing of workers worldwide by stress in their working environment.
 
Target 8 of Goal 8  of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  calls for “safe and secure working environments for all workers” - securing safe workplaces extends beyond the protection of workers’ physical safety to their mental and psychological wellbeing.   
 
Work-related stress affects workers in all professions in developed and developing countries alike. It can gravely harm not only workers’ health but also, and all too often, the wellbeing of their families.
 
Globalization and technological change have transformed work and employment patterns in ways that sometimes contribute to work-related stress. High unemployment levels, particularly in the absence of adequate social protection measures can also have undesirable consequences for the mental health of workers.
 
Enterprises are not spared and they face the consequences of work-related stress on their overall performance with increased absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover, and difficult labour relations.
 
More data and analysis is needed to fully quantify the financial costs of workplace stress but it is already abundantly clear that the burden is considerable. A recent study cited in the ILO report, Workplace stress: a collective challenge , issued for this day, indicates that more than 40 million people are affected by work-related stress within the EU and that the estimated cost of work-related depression is €617 billion a year.
 
While much still needs to be done to reduce stress at work, we can say that in recent years there have been welcome developments in understanding the issue.  Awareness has increased and in most countries policymakers, social partners and professional networks are becoming more involved in the design of legislation, policy, strategies and tools for the assessment and management of work-related stress.
 
It is clear that the protection of workers’ mental health must focus on preventive strategies. Assessing and managing psychosocial risks at their origin will help craft the collective and individual measures needed to improve the quality of working life for women and men.
 
The ILO is committed to work with governments, workers and employers and their organizations around the globe to design and implement effective national, regional and enterprise level policies to prevent and minimise work-related stress.

 
Guy Ryder.
International labour Organization
 
 
'Workplace stress: It’s time to lift the burden' .
 
In recent years, there has been growing attention to the impact of psychosocial risks and work-related stress among researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Work-related stress is now generally acknowledged as global issue affecting all countries, all professions and all workers both in developed and developing countries. In this complex context, the workplace is at the same time an important source of psychosocial risks and the ideal venue to address them in order to protect the health and well-being of workers.
 
 
 
Workplace Stress
 
PUBLICATIONS :
 
WHO report, Preventing Health Workers Series.
 
ILO/WHO Joint Committee Reports on Occupational Health
 
WHO’s work on occupational health is governed by the Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health 2008-2017, endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This year, “Workplace Stress: a collective challenge” is the theme of the campaign of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The report will draw attention to current global trends on work-related stress and its impact.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Occupational Safety and Health : e-labadminOSH DVD 2015
 

Occupational Safety and Health


     

 
 RESOURCES :
 
-  Creating safe and healthy workplaces : Checkpoints app series , OSH phone apps : E-tools: stress, ergonomics, agriculture.
 
 

"Safe Workplace Makes SMEs Productive"

Monday, 27 April 2015

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2015 [ILO] - April 28

 世界日安全與健康工作,4月28日。
 2015年主题:“参与建设保障职业安全与健康的预防文化”

 Всемирный день безопасности и здоровья на рабочем месте, 28 апреля. 


World Day for Safety and Health at Work, April 28.
Theme 2015 :  Join in building a culture of prevention on OSH






The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. It is held on 28 April and has been observed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2003.28 April has also long been associated with the world's trade union movement's commemoration of the victims of occupational accidents and diseases.

Every year some two million men and women lose their lives through accidents and diseases linked to their work. In addition, there are 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases each year, incurring US$ 2.8 trillion in costs for lost working time and expenses for treatment, compensation and rehabilitation. Fatalities, accidents and illness at work are highly preventable and we have an obligation to act.
The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. It is an awareness-raising campaign intended to focus international attention on the magnitude of the problem and on how promoting and creating a safety and health culture can help reduce the number of work-related deaths and injuries.

Each of us is responsible for stopping deaths and injuries on the job. As governments we are responsible for providing the infrastructure — laws and services — necessary to ensure that workers remain employable and that enterprises flourish; this includes the development of a national policy and programme and a system of inspection to enforce compliance with occupational safety and health legislation and policy. As employers we are responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and healthy. As workers we are responsible to work safely and to protect ourselves and not to endanger others, to know our rights and to participate in the implementation of preventive measures.

Emerging risks at work

New and emerging occupational risks may be caused by technical innovation or by social or organizational change, such as:
  • New technologies and production processes, e.g. nanotechnology, biotechnology
  • New working conditions, e.g. higher workloads, work intensification from downsizing, poor conditions associated with migration for work, jobs in the informal economy
  • Emerging forms of employment, e.g. self-employment, outsourcing, temporary contracts
They may be more widely recognized through better scientific understanding, e.g. the effects of ergonomic risks on musculoskeletal disorders.
They may be influenced by changes in perceptions about the importance of certain risk factors, e.g. the effects of psychosocial factors on work-related stress.


 A national occupational safety and health culture is one in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is respected at all levels, where governments, employers and workers actively participate in securing a safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties, and where the highest priority is accorded to the principle of prevention.
Programme

  • Opening: Ms Sandra Polaski - ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy
  • Dr (Ms) Gan Siok Lin - Executive Director, Workplace Safety and Health Institute - Ministry of Manpower Singapore
  • Mr Ulas Yildiz - Legal Advisor, Turkish Confederation of Employers Associations (TISK)
  • Ms Silvana Cappuccio - Senior Officer, Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), Member of the Workers’ Group of ILO Governing Body
  • Mr Hans-Horst Konkolewsky - Secretary General, International Social Security Association (ISSA)
  • Ms Nancy Leppink - Chief of the ILO Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch (LABADMIN/OSH)
  • Launch of the 2015 SafeDay website:

 FORUM : World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO] - 28 April



28 April 2015, 14:30 | Geneva, ILO headquarters, Room XI (R2 South)
Join us to celebrate the World Day for Safety and Health at Work together!

Join in building a Culture of Prevention on OSH


 
 LINKS :

Monday, 28 April 2014

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2014, April 28.


Theme 2014: “Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work“

poster 2014The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. It is held on 28 April and has been observed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2003.
28 April has also for long been associated with the world's trade union movement's commemoration of the victims of occupational accidents and diseases.
As every year, the ILO Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment prepared a report to serve as a background to the theme, a poster and other promotional material for the occasion. This report for the World Day for Safety and Health at Work outlines the current situation concerning occupational diseases and presents proposals for addressing this serious Decent Work deficit.

Why are chemicals important in the workplace and beyond?

Chemicals are key to healthy living and modern convenience. They range from pesticides that improve the extent and quality of food production, to pharmaceuticals that cure illnesses, and cleaning products that help establish hygienic living conditions. Chemicals are also critical in many industrial processes for developing products important to global standards of living. However, governments, employers and workers continue to struggle to address controlling exposure to these chemicals in the workplace, as well as limiting emissions to the environment.

What is a chemical?

  • According to the ILO Convention on safety in the use of chemicals at work, 1990 (No. 170), the term “chemical” refers to chemical elements and compounds and their mixtures, whether natural or synthetic, such as those obtained through production processes.
  • Hazardous chemicals are classified according to the type and degree of their inherent health and physical hazards. The hazardous properties of mixtures composed of two or more chemicals are determined by assessments based on the inherent hazards of their component chemicals.

On World Day, UN labour agency urges greater control of harmful chemicals in the work place

Wold Day for the Safty and Health at Work 2014

 
While chemicals can be useful, necessary steps should be taken to prevent and control potential risks for workers, workplaces, communities and the environment, the United Nations labour agency reported, marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

“Chemicals are essential to life, and their benefits are widespread and well-recognized… What create the dilemma are the risks associated with exposure to these chemicals,” the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said in its report for the occasion.

Chemicals pose a broad range of potential adverse effects, from health hazards such as cancers and physical hazards like flammability, to environmental hazards such as widespread contamination and toxicity to aquatic life, according to the report. Many fires, explosions, and other disasters result from inadequate control of chemicals’ physical hazards.

This year’s theme for the Day, “Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work”, is meant to highlight the benefits achieved through the production and use of chemicals while minimizing workers’ exposure as well as the emission of chemicals into the environment through national and international action.

Nearly 5 million deaths and 86 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) were attributable to environmental exposure and management of selected chemicals in 2004, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). These figures include both occupational and non-occupational exposures, such as indoor smoke from solid fuel use, outdoor air pollution and second-hand smoke.

Given these challenges, “a coherent global response is necessary to coordinate the continuous scientific and technological progress, the growth in chemicals production and changes in the organization of work,” ILO reported.
Among its recommendations, it urged new tools to provide readily available information about chemical hazards and risk, and associated preventive and protective measures.

The agency also highlighted the need for more effective record keeping on effects resulting from exposure to chemicals. For example, efforts to establish a connection between an exposure to chemicals 20 years ago and a case of cancer today have been hampered by lack of information about the effects of chemical exposures.

It also noted that governments and organizations focus on individual chemicals instead of risks from mixtures, which are more common.


Tema 2014: «La seguridad y la salud en el uso de productos químicos en el trabajo».


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Día Mundial de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo, 28 de abril 2014. Organización Internacional del Trabajo
La celebración del Día Mundial de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo consiste en una campaña anual internacional para promover el trabajo seguro, saludable y digno. El 28 de abril es, asimismo, la fecha elegida por el movimiento sindical mundial para rendir homenaje a las víctimas de los accidentes de trabajo y las enfermedades profesionales. Este año se centra en los riesgos para los trabajadores y para el medio ambiente derivados de la producción y el uso de sustancias químicas.
Los productos químicos son esenciales para la vida moderna: fármacos que curan enfermedades, productos de limpieza que mantienen la higiene, los abonos y pesticidas que aumentan y mejoran la producción de alimentos,…. Sin embargo, estas sustancias presentan un amplio rango de efectos potencialmente adversos: riesgos para la salud, como la carcinogenicidad; físicos, como la inflamabilidad; y ambientales, como la contaminación generalizada de acuíferos.
Coordinando los esfuerzos de los gobiernos, empleadores, trabajadores y organizaciones sindicales, se puede lograr una gestión racional de los productos químicos para alcanzar un equilibrio adecuado entre los beneficios de su uso y las medidas de prevención y control de sus posibles efectos adversos para los trabajadores y el medio ambiente.
La Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) ha elaborado un informe en el que examina la situación actual en esta área y hace un llamamiento a todas las partes implicadas a colaborar en el desarrollo e implementación de políticas y estrategias nacionales destinadas a la seguridad y la salud en la producción y el uso de productos químicos en los centros de trabajo. El informe también presenta los elementos claves para el establecimiento de programas a nivel nacional y empresarial que contribuyan a garantizar una gestión racional.
El Día Mundial de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo, establecido por la OIT, se celebra cada 28 de abril desde 2003.

¿Qué es un producto químico?

  • De acuerdo con el Convenio de la OIT sobre la seguridad en la utilización de los productos químicos en el trabajo de 1990 (núm.170), la expresión «productos químicos» designa a los elementos y compuestos químicos, y a sus mezclas, ya sean naturales o sintéticos, tales como los obtenidos a través de los procesos de producción.
  • Los productos químicos peligrosos se clasifican en función del tipo y el grado de los riesgos físicos y los peligros para la salud que entrañan. Las propiedades peligrosas de las mezclas formadas por dos o más productos químicos podrán determinarse evaluando los riesgos que entrañan los productos químicos que las componen. 

Профилактика профессиональных заболеваний

Тема 2014 года — «Охрана труда при использовании химических веществ на рабочих местах»

Международная организация труда (МОТ) отмечает 28 апреля Всемирный день охраны труда в целях содействия предотвращению несчастных случаев и заболеваний на рабочих местах во всем мире. Эта информационно-разъяснительная кампания призвана привлечь внимание общественности к проблемам в области охраны труда и к росту числа травм, заболеваний и смертельных случаев, связанных с трудовой деятельностью. Во всех регионах мира правительства, профсоюзные организации, организации работодателей и специалисты-практики в области охраны труда организуют мероприятия к Всемирному дню. Приглашаем вас отметить этот день вместе с нами и поделиться информацией о проведенных мероприятиях.

Почему химические вещества на рабочих местах играют такую важную роль?

Производство и использование химических веществ на рабочих местах во всем мире представляет одну из наиболее серьезных проблем в программах производственной защиты. Эти вещества стали неотъемлемой частью нашей жизни, и те преимущества, которые они дают, широко известны и неоспоримы. От пестицидов, позволяющих увеличивать масштабы и повышать качество производимых пищевых продуктов, до фармацевтические препаратов, излечивающих болезни, и чистящих средств, помогающих поддерживать надлежащий уровень гигиены в быту, химические вещества являются совершенно необходимым элементом здоровой жизни с современными удобствами. Кроме того, они играют важную роль во многих производственных процессах, в ходе которых создаются продукты, необходимые для поддержания глобальных стандартов жизни. Тем не менее, правительства, работодатели и работники продолжают биться над такой задачей, как контроль за воздействием химических веществ на работников и ограничение выбросов этих веществ в окружающую среду.

Что такое химические вещества?

В соответствии с Конвенцией МОТ 1990 года о безопасности при использовании химических веществ на производстве (№ 170) термин «химические вещества» означает химические элементы и соединения, а также смеси из них — как природные, так и искусственные (например, получаемые в ходе различных производственных процессов). Опасные химические вещества классифицируются по виду и степени представляемой ими опасности для здоровья и физической опасности. Опасные свойства смесей из двух или более химических веществ определяются посредством оценки опасностей, представляемых химическими веществами, входящими в смесь.


Thème 2014 : « La sécurité et la santé dans l’utilisation des produits chimiques au travail »

La Journée mondiale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail a lieu tous les ans, le 28 avril. C’est une campagne internationale destinée à promouvoir un travail sûr, salubre et décent. Cette Journée constitue un outil important pour sensibiliser l’opinion à la façon de rendre le travail sûr et salubre et à la nécessité de donner un plus grand poids politique à la prévention des risques professionnels.

Poster 2014

Les produits chimiques sont essentiels à une vie saine et au confort moderne. Ainsi, les pesticides améliorent le volume et la qualité de la production alimentaire, les produits pharmaceutiques guérissent les maladies, et les produits d’entretien contribuent à l’hygiène des conditions de vie. Les produits chimiques sont aussi au cœur de nombreux procédés industriels pour la fabrication de produits importants pour le niveau de vie mondial.
Toutefois, les gouvernements, les employeurs et les travailleurs continuent de batailler pour régler les problèmes d’exposition aux produits chimiques sur les lieux de travail, ou pour limiter les émissions dans l’environnement.

Qu'est-ce qu'un produit chimique?

  • Selon la convention (n° 170) de l’OIT concernant la sécurité dans l’utilisation des produits chimiques au travail, 1990, le terme de « produit chimique » fait référence à des éléments et des composés chimiques, à leurs mélanges, qu’ils soient naturels ou synthétiques, tels qu’obtenus par des procédés de production.
  • Les produits chimiques dangereux sont classifiés selon le type et le degré de dangers physiques ou sanitaires intrinsèques. Les propriétés dangereuses des mélanges composés de deux produits chimiques ou plus sont définies par des évaluations fondées sur les dangers intrinsèques de leurs composants.

世界工作安全与健康日- 4月28日


2014年主题:作业场所使用化学品的安全与健康

世界工作安全与健康日的是一个旨在推广安全、健康和体面工作的国际年度活动。在每年的4月28日举行。
  4月28日同时也是世界工会运动长期以来用与纪念在职业中因意外和职业病的受害者有关的日子。
  在全球范围内,职业病仍然是与工作相关死亡的首要原因。据国际劳工组织估计, 每年234万件职业死亡案例,其中只有32.1万属于意外事故。其余202万人的死因 是由各类工作相关疾病造成,相当于由此平均每天死亡超过5500人。这种缺乏“体 面工作”的现状是不可接受的。

为何化学品在作业场所和其他地方如此重要?

化学品是健康生活和现代便利的关键。他们包括:提高粮食生产面积和质量的杀虫剂、治愈疾病的药物、帮助建立卫生居住环境的清洁产品。同时,化学品对许 多工业流程至关重要,而这些工业流程生产出的产品对全球生活标准又举足轻重。但是,政府、雇主和工人仍在努力控制作业场所中对化学品的接触,以及限制化学 品的排放。

什么是化学品?

  • 根据国际劳工组织1990年《作业场所安全使用化学品公约》(第170号公约),“化学品”指各类化学元素、化合物和混合物,无论其为天然的或人造的,例如通过生产获得的化学品。
根据化学品固有的安全和卫生方面的危险特性分类,以确定该化学品是否为危险品。包含两种或两种以上化学品的混合物,危害性根据其组成成分的固有危险来决定。
 

موضوع عام 2014: السلامة والصحة في استخدام المواد الكيميائية في العمل

اليوم العالمي للسلامة والصحة في مكان العمل (رابط بالانكليزية) هو حملة دولية سنوية لتعزيز بيئة عمل لائقة وصحية وآمنة. وتدشن الحملة في 28 نيسان/أبريل من كل عام.
و 28 نيسان/أبريل هو اليوم الذي ربطتة الحركة النقابية في العالم بذكرى ضحايا الحوادث والأمراض المهنية.
وفي كل عام، يعد برنامج منظمة العمل الدولية للسلامة والصحة في مكان العمل والبيئة تقريا يقدم معلومات أساسية لموضوع العام، بالإضافة إلى ملصق (ملف بالانكليزية بصيغة الـ PDF ومواد دعائية (رابط بالانكليزية) للمناسبة. ويبرز هذا التقرير الحالة الراهنة في ما يتعلق بالأمراض المهنية، كما يقدم اقتراحات لمعالجة هذا العجز الخطير في توفير العمل اللائق.

أهمية المواد الكيميائية في مكان العمل وغيره من الأماكن

المواد الكيميائية هي المفتاح لحياة صحية ولسهولة الحياة الحديثة. وتشتمل المواد الكيميائية على: المبيدات التي تعمل على تحسين مدى الإنتاج الغذائي ونوعيته، والأدوية، ومنتجات التنظيف التي تساعد على تهيئة الظروف المعيشية الصحية. والمواد الكيميائية ذات أهمية كبيرة لدخولها في كثير من العمليات الصناعية التي تخرج بمنتجات تسهم في تحسين المعايير العالمية للمعيشة. ولم تزل الحكومات وأصحاب العمل والعمال يجدون صعوبات في التعامل مع مخاطر التعرض لهذه المواد الكيميائية في أماكن العمل، و الحد من انبعاثاتها.

ما هي المادة الكيميائية؟

  • وفقا اتفاقية منظمة العمل الدولية بشأن السلامة في استخدام المواد الكيميائية في العمل، 1990 (رقم 170)، يشير مصطلح "الكيميائية" إلى العناصر والمركبات الكيميائية والمخاليط، سواء الطبيعية أو الاصطناعية، مثل تلك التي تم الحصول عليها من خلال عمليات الإنتاج.
  • تصنف المواد الكيميائية الخطرة وفقا لنوع ودرجة المخاطر الصحية والمادية الكامنة. وتحدد الخصائص الخطرة للمخاليط التي تتكون من اثنين أو أكثر من المواد الكيميائية بعد تقييم المخاطر المتأصلة في المواد الكيميائية المكونة لها.

Sunday, 28 April 2013

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2013 theme is: "The Prevention of Occupational Diseases. "


 Health and safety at work: Facts and figures
  • 2.02 million people die each year from work-related diseases.
  • 321,000 people die each year from occupational accidents.
  • 160 million non-fatal work-related diseases per year.
  • 317 million non –fatal occupational accidents per year.
This means that:
  • Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease.
  • Every 15 seconds, 151 workers have a work-related accident.
Deaths and injuries take a particularly heavy toll in developing countries, where a large part of the population is engaged in hazardous activities, such as agriculture, construction, fishing and mining.

ILO Director-General's statement on World Day for Safety and Health at Work


 Worldwide, occupational diseases continue to be the leading cause of work-related deaths. According to ILO estimates, out of 2.34 million occupational fatalities every year, only 321,000 are due to accidents. The remaining 2.02 million deaths are caused by various types of work-related diseases, which correspond to a daily average of more than 5,500 deaths. This is an unacceptable Decent Work deficit.

The inadequate prevention of occupational diseases has profound negative effects not only on workers and their families but also on society at large due to the tremendous costs that it generates; particularly, in terms of loss of productivity and burdening of social security systems.

As every year, the ILO Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment has prepared a report which calls on governments, employers, workers and their organizations to collaborate in the development and implementation of national policies and strategies aimed at preventing occupational and work-related diseases.

 Prevention is more effective and less costly than treatment and rehabilitation. All countries can take concrete steps now to improve their capacity for preventing occupational diseases.

Sources : 

Partners :
 Newsletter :
°African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
°Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety

°Barents Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety