Books: occupational safety and health

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• A handbook on HIV/AIDS for labour and factory inspectors - Buy now
  13 June 2005 - Comprises practical information for group discussions in training seminars or as a reference document for inspectors, including information on the "ILO code of practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work".
• A promotional framework for occupational safety and health. Report 93 IV (1) - Buy now
  29 July 2004 - Gives an overview on national occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes and systems as well as on ways of promoting a safety culture. Includes the questionnaire requesting member States to provide their views concerning the scope and content of the possible OSH instrument. Lists relevant ILO Conventions and Recommendations.
• Alcohol and drug problems at work. The shift to prevention - Buy now
  11 February 2003 - Provides background information and a framework for the development and implementation of a prevention-oriented approach to workplace alcohol and drug problems.
• Accident prevention on board ship at sea and in port (2nd edition). Code of practice - Buy now
  10 October 1996 - This code of practice aims at improving safety at sea by providing guidelines to evaluate the special risks of bulk cargoes such as oil, gas and chemicals and the hazards relating to roll-on/roll-off vessels, ferries and container ships.
• Alcohol and drugs. Programmes of assistance for workers (Conditions of work digest 1/87) - Buy now
  20 May 1987 - Reviews policies and guidelines developed by governments, employers organisations and trade unions, and describes current employee assistance programmes in 15 countries. Lists institutions which can provide information and assistance in setting up such programmes, and includes guidelines for their establishment.

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• Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments - Buy now
  09 September 2008 - Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; Seafarers' Identity Documents (Revised) Convention, 2003; Work in Fishing Convention and Recommendation, 2007. This essential new reference source presents the full text of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, along with a collection of related standards, including the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. ...

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• Ergonomic checkpoints: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions - Buy now
  24 February 1999 - Comprises checklists for an ergonomic evaluation of workplace safety and health conditions. Includes practical solutions for safety and health problems discovered through a checklist survey. Intended for use in small enterprises.
• Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety, 4th edition - Buy now
  31 July 1998 - The set of four volumes

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• Fundamental principles of occupational health and safety. Second edition - Buy now
  01 September 2008 - Fully revised and updated, this second edition introduces new ILO instruments promoting occupational safety and health (OSH) and new chemical safety information tools, and addresses OSH in the context of globalization and HIV/AIDS and the world of work. ...

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• Guidelines for port State control officers carrying out inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 - Buy now
  12 February 2009 - The guidelines contained in this book are an important international resource for implementing port State responsibilities under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC). They were adopted by the ILO in September 2008 together with Guidelines for flag State inspections under the MLC, 2006.
• Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses (Edition 2000) (OSH 22) - Buy now
  23 January 2003 - Presents guidelines for classifying chest radiographs of persons with pneumoconioses. Includes a set of 22 standard radiographs illustrating the type of opacity, profusion, pleural abnormalities and depicting the features described.
• Guidelines on occupational safety and health management systems. (ILO-OSH 2001) - Buy now
  06 December 2001 -

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• HIV/AIDS and the world of work. Report 98 IV (1) - Buy now
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• HIV/AIDS and the world of work. Report 98 IV (1) (Arabic) - Buy now
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• HIV/AIDS and the world of work. Report 98 IV (1) (Chinese) - Buy now
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• HIV/AIDS and the world of work. Report 98 IV (1) (Russian) - Buy now
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• HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response - Buy now
  21 July 2004 - Presents estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the labour force and working age population in fifty countries. Outlines policy measures, including workplace-based prevention and antiretroviral therapy.
• Healthy beginnings: Guidance on safe maternity at work - Buy now
  06 May 2004 - Based on the ILO Maternity Protection Convention (2000, No. 183) and the Maternity Protection Recommendation (No. 191) that supports it. ...
• Helping small businesses prevent substance abuse - Buy now
  25 September 2003 - Examines the prevalence and consequences of drug and alcohol abuse and presents guidelines for establishing a substance abuse prevention programme for small and medium sized enterprises.
• HIV/AIDS and the world of work. ILO code of practice - Buy now
  23 April 2002 - Establishes key principles and provides practical guidance to governments, employers' and workers' organizations, and other stakeholders in the formulation of policies and programmes at national and enterprise levels to combat HIV/AIDS. ...