All news: occupational safety and health

Opening speech at 4th China International Forum on Work Safety

By Ms Constance Thomas, Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Maritime sector

Proper ship breaking: a test for globalization and decent work

The last voyage of the ship "Otapan" to a Turkish ship breaking yard last July was a victory for "pre-cleaning" advocates of reducing the human and environmental dangers inherent in ship dismantling and recycling. But does it also lead to decent...

Opening message at the 11th National Occupational Safety and Health Congress

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO SRO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

Kazakhstan’s oil industry accounts for the highest OSH expenditures

Kazakhstan’s oil industry accounts for the highest expenditures on occupational safety and health (OSH), Kazakh Labour and Social Welfare Minister Berdibek Saparbayev told the forum Social Responsibility of Business 2008 held in Almaty on September...

ILO organizes pandemic human influenza preparedness training for Thai SMEs

Training to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect their workers and businesses from future Pandemic Human Influenza is being organized in Thailand.

Microinsurance and OSH: helping to cope with workplace risks

Work-related accidents and diseases take a grim toll every year. Although prevention can help improve occupational safety and health (OSH), microinsurance can also play a complementary role in coping with workplace risks and provide direct benefits...

World Summit on Safety and Health - ILO welcomes new Declaration on promotion of safer workplaces

The International Labour Organization welcomed the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work adopted in Seoul by some 50 high-level decision makers from around the world as a major new blueprint for constructing a global culture of safety and...

Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work

The Declaration on Safety and Health at Work, adopted by the World Summit on Safety and Health in Seoul on June 29, provides a new global reference point for addressing occupational safety and health issues around the world. Download it here.

Prevention pays: safety and health at work saves lives and is good for the economy

Every year in the world more than two million people die and tens of millions more are injured as the fast-changing world economy brings new risks and new dangers to the workplace. Along with the human suffering, work injuries and diseases have...

“We will continue to move forward”: managing risk at work in Kazakhstan

The 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Seoul, Republic of Korea, will unveil best practices and examples in promoting effective occupational safety and health (OSH) systems as one of the key factors in sustainable economic growth...

Extending occupational safety and health to the informal economy - Article for the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

Over 1 billion people, more than 60 percent of Asia’s workforce, are still working in the informal economy, with little or no social protection. Experience shows that workers and small businesses in the informal economy are usually motivated to...

XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - World Summit on Safety and Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 29 June – 2 July 2008

Some 4,000 industry leaders, policy-makers and experts from over 100 countries are to gather in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 29 June to 2 July for the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.

Keynote speech at the Petrochemical and Chemical OHSE Forum

By Ms Constance Thomas, Director, ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Cambodia's World Day for Safety and Health at Work marked with campaign

Cambodia marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2008 with an event focusing on the theme “All Together to Reduce Accidents at Work".

Message by Mr. Juan Somavia on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28 April 2008)

Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work,...

Labour is not a commodity and markets must serve people. Nearly 90 years ago the protection of workers’ lives and health was set out as a key objective in the founding charter of the Organization. Today, rapid technological change and a fast-paced...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2008 - “Superman has fallen”: Managing risk in the work environment

Each year, an estimated 2.2 million people die from work-related accidents and diseases around the world, according to the ILO which says that work related deaths appear to be on the rise. But risks can be eliminated or minimized at source, says a...

28 April 2008: World Day for Safety and Health at Work ─ Worldwide events to mobilize workers, employers and governments on managing risks...

The world of work is to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work this year on 28 April, amid a new call by the International Labour Office (ILO) for managing risks in the work environment to reduce both the human and the economic burdens of...

Belarusian trade unions call on government to observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

The Belarusian union of radioectric industry workers called on the government to officially observe the World Day for Safety and Health at Work in the country.

ILO offers first safety and health training for North West Cambodian workers

Experts from the ILO visit north-western Cambodia to assist at the ILO’s first occupational safety and health training session in that region.