Workplace Preparedness and Response

Ebola Virus Disease

The present outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the West-African Region is a public health emergency, but also an imminent threat to safety and health at work, especially for health care workers.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting

Creating safe and healthy workplaces for all

Every year, almost 1.3 million people die from a work-related disease in the G20 countries and about 221,000 suffer a fatal occupational accident.

Resource list

Safety and health in the mining sector

Mineworkers face a constantly changing combination of workplace circumstances. In most countries, mining remains one of the most hazardous occupations.

LEGOSH

Global database on occupational safety and health legislation

This high profile knowledge product identifies the main laws governing OSH in the ILO Member States. Its classification structure is based on a comprehensive set of 11 themes, which follow key ILO standards.

Rana Plaza: Never again

Towards a safer garment industry in Bangladesh

One year after the global garment industry's worst-ever industrial accident, the ILO together with the government, employers, trade unions and the international community are working together to make sure it never happens again.

Global manual and action guide for WIND

Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development: Practical approaches for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture