| ID (ISN) del documento | 108147 |
| Número CIS |
08-546 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0029-7909 - Occupational Hazards |
| Año |
2008 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Brown G. |
| Título |
International OHS: Through the looking glass of the global economy |
| Información bibliográfica |
Jan. 2008, p.58-61. Illus. |
| Resumen |
In late 2007, a multinational group of occupational safety and health professionals travelled to Mexico to observe working conditions at a giant open-pit copper mine at the request of a trade union. The conditions were found to be poor. Levels of silica dust were particularly high. Dust collectors had been dismantled. The mine was also visited by Mexican labour inspectors who ordered the employer to implement a series of measures. The next step of this international occupational safety and health project will likely include filing a complaint by trade unions in Mexico and the United States. Efforts also are being made to raise funds for a more comprehensive health study of active and retired miners to determine the prevalence of respiratory diseases such as silicosis. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
polvos en suspensión aérea; México; minas de cobre; papel de las organizaciones de trabajadores; inspección de trabajo; trabajos a cielo abierto |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
responsabilidades de los empresarios; Estados Unidos; aspectos legales; sílice; infracción de las normas de seguridad; condiciones de trabajo; límites admisibles; responsabilidad penal; silicosis |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Estados Unidos |
| Tema(s) |
Generalidades sobre prevención
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Aspectos generales
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Mining and quarrying
Criminal liability in OSH
Labour inspection
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