Occupational Safety and Health
ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations
Occupational Safety and Health

  1. Standards
    and other instruments
    • Conventions
    • Recommendations
    • Codes of Practice
    • Guidelines

Events calendar

  1. Courses

Feeds

ILO news RSS
World news RSS

Contact us:

  1. Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch
    Governance and Tripartism Department
    International Labour Office
    4 route des Morillons
    Geneva 22, CH-1211
    Switzerland
    Tel:+41 22 799 6715
    Fax:+41 22 799 6878
ILO home > About the ILO > How the ILO works > Departments and offices > Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational Safety and Health

Report
Strengthening the role of employment injury (EI) schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases
Useful information and experiences, good practices and policy recommendations for a more preventive role of EI schemes.
1
Master in Occupational Safety and Health

3rd edition 
Turin School of Development

A one-year programme in English from the University of Turin, Italy, in partnership with the International Training Centre (ITC) of the ILO.


2
© Maillard J. / ILO 2013
11-12 November, ILO International Training Centre (ITC), Turin, Italy
51st meeting of the CIS network
The main objective of the meeting was to review and modernize the terms and conditions governing the participation of agencies, institutions and organizations in the CIS network.
3
Information system on terminology
Occupational safety and health thesaurus
The thesaurus contains about 15,000 terms and synonyms on occupational safety and health in English, French and Spanish arranged hierarchically by subject.
4
Working paper
Estimating the economic costs of occupational injuries and illnesses in developing countries
Policy and decision makers identify the economic costs of not improving workplace safety and health and learn about the net cost of proposed integrated policies.
5
Training package
Risk assesment and management at the workplace
for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Owners, managers, workers, and service providers can themselves improve workplace OSH conditions for the benefit of all.
6
Prevention of occupational diseases
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
28 April

Worldwide, occupational diseases continue to be the leading cause of work-related deaths. The ILO calls for urgent global action.
8
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational diseases: Silicosis
Silicosis is a fibrotic disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation, retention and pulmonary reaction to crystalline silica.
  1. Respiratory system
9

News

  1. © Hybrid Images/Cultura Creative 2013

    Press release

    ILO meeting: Decent work in the chemical industry

    25 November 2013

  2. Press release

    RMG building safety inspections to start tomorrow after major breakthrough

    21 November 2013

  3. © Farzana Hossen / ANADOLU AGENC 2013

    Working conditions

    ILO report presents a path to sustainable growth in Bangladesh

    18 November 2013

List all »

Events

  1. Distance learning course on occupational safety and health

    9 February - 31 July 2014, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

  2. Occupational safety and health management

    31 March - 11 April 2014, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

  3. SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies

    12 - 23 May 2014, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, Italy

At a glance

  1. Topics

  2. Sectors

  3. Knowledge

  4. Network

e-Newsletter

Send us your email and get our news delivered to your mailbox:

Decent work - Safe work

Since 1919, the ILO has sought to minimize risk in the workplace, as well as promote safe working practices and a culture of prevention. See also: Improving safety and health at work through a Decent Work Agenda

Occupational diseases

Focus on safe green jobs

The Green Jobs Initiative calls for a ‘fair and just transition’
 UN Photo by Edwin G Huffman
Challenges for sustainable development
 UN Photo by Sebastiao Barbosa
The green debate and its social dimension UN Photo by Jackie Curtis
The shades of green in green jobs and the safety dimension ILO Photo by Falise T.
Green jobs and occupational risks ILO Photo by Marcel Crozet
Occupational risks in renewable energies UN Photo by Sebastiao Barbosa
Occupational risks in renewable energies: Solar energy Los Angeles Times Photo by Allen J. Schaben
Occupational risks in renewable energies: Wind energy Inhabitat Photo by Lea Bogdan
Occupational risks in renewable energies: Hydropower ILO Photo by Marcel Crozet
Occupational risks in renewable energies: Bioenergy UN Photo by Ray Witlin
Hazards in waste management and recycling activities ITUC Photo
Shipbreaking as a potential source of green safe jobs ILO Photo by Anis Hassanein
Occupational risks in the greening of traditional sectors UN Photo
Occupational risks in the greening of traditional sectors: Mining and extractive technologies ILO Photo by Marcel Crozet
Occupational risks in the greening of traditional sectors: Agricuture
 The Huffington Post Photo by Kimberly Freeman Brown
Occupational risks in the greening of traditional sectors: Forestry work UN Photo by Pernaca Sudhakaran
Occupational risks in the greening of traditional sectors: Construction and refurbishment UN Photo by Paulo Filgueiras
The special case of nuclear energy UN Photo by Greg Webb
The way ahead: Safe, healthy and decent work in a green economy UN Photo by Eskinder Debebe
© 1996-2013 International Labour Organization (ILO) | Copyright and permissions | Privacy policy | Disclaimer