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Catalogue of ILO Publications on Occupational Safety and Health:

Labour Administration and Inspection


Conventions and Recommendations

C. 81 and R. 81:

Labour Inspection, 1947, plus Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947

R. 82:

Labour Inspection (Mining and Transport), 1947

C. 129 and R. 133

Labour Inspection (Agriculture), 1969

 


Guides and manuals

Inspection services: safety and health. (Training materials series, TM 1:2. ), Harare, Zimbabwe. 1992 . 19pp. Free publication available only from ARLAC.

International labour standards concerned with labour inspection: Main provisions. Geneva, 1990. 163pp. ISBN92-2-106753-X. SFR22. 50. Translation: French, Spanish, Portuguese.

Introduction manual (guidelines) for labour offices (PartII). Guidelines for labour inspectors in labour ministries. Kathmandu, Nepal, 1991. 144pp. (ILO-NEP/89/ 004. ) Free publication available only from ILO ROAP.

Labour administration: Profile on Malaysia. ILO/ROAP, Bangkok, Thailand. 1989. 145pp. ISBN92-2-107028-X. SFR20.

Labour administration: Profile on Fiji. This ILO publication reviews the organizational and manpower structure, role and functions, and budget of the labour administration system in Fiji. Includes topics such as factory inspection, training service, minimum wages, vocational training service, etc. Geneva, 1990. 75pp. ISBN92-2-107606-7. US$6.

Labour inspection and the adoption of a policy on child labour: Training guide. (Document No. 36. ) Provides guidelines on how to conduct a training and action programme intended to train labour inspectors and to enable them to formulate coherent and concerted national policies on child labour. Geneva, 1994. 182pp. ISBN92-2-109145-7. Translation: French, Turkish. Free publication available only from the ILO Labour Administration Branch.

Labour inspection: A workers'education manual. Geneva, 1986 (revised edition currently in preparation). 100pp. ISBN92-2-105359-8. SFR17. 50. Translation: French, Spanish.

Labour administration training material: Labour inspection skills in the textile industry. The present publication comprises material used in a Regional Training Course on Labour Inspection Skills in the Textile Industry organized by ILO/ROAP at the Central Labour Institute (CLI), Bombay, India, 3-21April, 1989. Geneva, 1990. 288pp. Illus. Annexes. ISBN92-2-107605-9. SFR30; US$12.

Inspection of labour conditions on board ship: Guidelines for procedure. Geneva, 1990. 76pp. ISBN92-2-107096-4. SFR17. 50. Translation: French, Spanish, Portuguese.

Labour inspection in the construction industry. (Document No. 8. ) Geneva, 1989. 69pp. ISBN92-2-106590-5. Free publication available only from the ILO Labour Administration Branch.

Labour inspection skills in the petroleum industry. Labour administration training material. Bangkok, Thailand, 1991. 155pp. ISBN92-2-108142-7. SFR20.

Guidelines on inspection in chemical factories, especially major accident hazard installations. Series No. 2, Geneva, 1992. 107pp. SFR10; minimum order SFR20. Available only from CIS.

Handbook for Joint Occupational Safety and Health Committees in the English-Speaking Caribbean. ISBN92-2-110713-2. Free publication available only from ILO Port-of-Spain.

 


Reports
(including reports of conferences, industrial meetings and meetings of experts)

Chemical safety course for factory inspectors. Combined chemical and physical hazards course. Course report, Harare, Zimbabwe. 1992. Free publication available only from ARLAC.

National workshop on preventive methods used by labour inspection in the construction industry. ILO/FINNIDA Asian-Pacific Regional Programme on Occupational Safety and Health. Workshop report. 9-13November 1992, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 36pp. Free publication available only from the ILO Occupational Safety and Health Branch.

Developing of inspection services: Changing role of factory inspection. (Report 5/94. ) This report is a collection of papers elaborating some of the fundamental tasks of factory inspectors. At the same time, the report manifests the approach of the African Safety and Health Project concerning the factory inspection service. 138pp. Available only from CIS. Contact them for prices.

High-level meeting on safety and health priorities, 29-30July 1991, and Symposium for chief factory inspectors, 31July-2August 1991, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Report 1/92. ) Includes main outcomes of the high-level meeting which was attended by Permanent Secretaries, chief factory inspectors from the project's target countries, observers from employers' and workers'organizations, and ILO officials and experts. ILO ARLAC, Harare, Zimbabwe. 71pp. Available only from CIS. Contact them for prices.

Labour inspection and chemical hazards: A spectral analysis of systems of labour inspection. (Document No. 22. ) Based on questionnaire and interview surveys of labour inspectors in 58 countries, the document examines various techniques employed in checking and prevention. Seeks to demonstrate the most effective methods of intervention and the responses produced in terms of organization and of action programmes. Geneva, 1992. 245pp. ISBN92-2-107652-0. Translation: Spanish. Free publication available only from the ILO Labour Administration Branch.

Labour inspection in the engineering industry. (Labour administration training material, No. 9. ) Proceedings and training material of ILO/ROAP/CLI regional training course on labour inspection skills in the engineering industry, Bombay, 4-22April 1988. ILO/ROAP, Bangkok, Thailand. 1989. 309pp. ISBN92-2-107258-4. SFR27. 50.

Labour inspection in the petroleum producing industry. (Document No. 38. ) Geneva, 1994. 100pp. ISBN92-2-109387-5. Free publication available only from the ILO Labour Administration Branch.

Labour inspection skills in the textile industry. (Training material series, No. 10. ) Proceedings and training material of ILO/ROAP/CLI regional training course on labour inspection skills in the textile industry, Bombay, 3-21April 1989. ILO/ROAP, Bangkok, Thailand. 1990. 288pp. ISBN92-2-107605-9. SFR30.

Organizing the record keeping and computerized workplace information system (WINFO). (Report 8/94. ) This report gives a general framework for a record keeping system in any factory or labour inspectorate. The report introduces both manual and computerized systems. The computerized system has been thoroughly introduced in Project Report 2/1994. 26pp. Available only from CIS. Contact them for prices.

National seminar on labour inspection in the jute industry, Chittagong, 1989. Report of the Bangladesh Ministry of Labour and Manpower on the national seminar on labour inspection in the jute industry, Bangkok, Thailand. 1989. 34pp. Free publication available only from ILO ROAP.

Residential seminar on self-regulatory approaches in labour inspection, Shatin, Hong Kong. Labour Department, Hong Kong. 1988. 118pp. Translation: Chinese. Free publication available only from ILO ROAP.

 


Working papers, conference papers, briefing and information notes

Factory inspection: Selected technical papers. Presented at three training courses organized at ARLAC, Harare, Zimbabwe (1988-90). Provides coverage of main topics related to labour administration and factory inspection. Thirty-one annexes including various documents concerning the procedure of factory inspection complete this book, making it a comprehensive reference and valuable training material. Geneva, 1991. 145pp. Illus. Bibliographical references. Annexes. ISBN92-2-108065-X. Free publication available only from ARLAC.

 


Other

Computerized workplace information system (WINFO): Instructions. This database is a tool for inspectors and is able to handle information about workplaces, inspections, accidents and their investigations, boilers and pressure vessels, chemical information, electrical safety, etc. In addition, the system will produce all the necessary data for annual reports. Used considerably in industrialized countries, WINFO also takes well into account the needs of the developing world. Simple to install and apply, it requires no special programming skills. The maintenance and updating of the system are easy; there is no copyright for system modifications. 88pp. Available only from CIS. Contact them for prices.

Factories checklist pack. Presents a series of checklists for the identification and control of safety and health hazards in the textile industry. New Delhi, 1994. 39pp. ISBN92-2-109565-7. Free publication (except for postage) available only from ILO New Delhi.
 

 


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Updated by CG. It was approved by JT. Last updated: 23 August 1999