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Document ID (ISN)30627
CIS number 79-210
ISSN - Serial title 0378-5882 - Official Bulletin - Bulletin officiel
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Metal Trades Committee, International Labour Organisation, Genève.
Title Conclusions (No.82) concerning safety, health and working environment in the metal trades.
Original title Conclusions (n°82) concernant la sécurité, l'hygiène et le milieu de travail dans les industries mécaniques. [in French]
Bibliographic information Vol.LXI, Series A, No.1, International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 1978. p.57-60.
Abstract These conclusions, adopted by the ILO Metal Trades Committee at its 10th Session (Geneva, 20-28 Apr. 1977) concern: hazards; research; prevention action; legislation; consultation between governments and employers' and workers' organisations; information for management, supervisors and workers; ratification of the ILO Guarding of Machinery Convention 1963 (No.119) and Recommendation No.118; chemical hazards; worker information; identification, transport, handling and use of harmful substances; the ILO-sponsored international warning system for rapid dissemination of information on occupational hazards; the ILO International Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and the Working Environment (PIACT); statistics; safety and health training; protection of workers against harmful dusts, fumes, gases, fibres, vapours, heat, humidity, noise, vibration, radiation, carcinogens; psychological tension and psychosomatic disorders; plant safety and health services; joint or tripartite consultations; international action.
Descriptors (primary) metalworking industry; ILO
Descriptors (secondary) carcinogens; harmful substances; ergonomics; conditions of work; permissible levels; substitution; information of personnel; plant health services; role of workers' organizations; machinery guarding regulations; directive; safety and health training; hazard identification
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Metalworking industry