Publications & technical tools
2015
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A practical guide for labour inspectors
Investigation of occupational accidents and diseases
25 February 2015
The guide provides inspectors with information on the importance of, and a suggested methodology for, conducting effective investigations and compiling reports.
2014
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XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014: Global Forum for Prevention
Safety and Health at Work: A Vision for Sustainable Prevention
25 August 2014
The aim of this report is to review what is currently being done to promote sustainable prevention globally and to encourage greater participatory efforts to achieve safer and healthier workplaces.
2013
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Publication
Employment Injury Insurance in the Republic of Moldova: Options for contribution rates
19 December 2013
Employment injury compensation is closely related with occupational safety and health. In order to reduce work accidents and occupational diseases, it is indispensable to create positive synergies between compensation and prevention. One of the crucial questions is how to find a balance between individual liability and collective solidarity with a view to improve the financial protection of all parties and provide incentives for prevention. This report explains key characteristics of the differential rating system and experience rating system, and analyzes the issues associated with their implementation in the Moldovan context.
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Restructuring the Employment Injury Insurance System in Serbia: Further analysis of reform options
19 December 2013
This publication summarizes the current provisions of employment injury benefits in Serbia and provides an overview of the social security benefits against accidents and sicknesses for work-related and general cases. It also presents the analysis with respect to the measures to improve the reporting of work accidents and occupational diseases in Serbia as well as presents the actuarial evaluation of the costs of employment injury benefits and the methods for determining contribution rates.
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Questions and Answers on the prevention of occupational diseases
28 April 2013
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Publication
The Prevention of Occupational Diseases
25 March 2013
The report highlights occupational safety and health (OSH) as an integral part of the promotion of the prevention of occupational diseases.
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National study on the system for recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases in the Republic of Moldova
22 March 2013
The study is based on relevant ILO standards and is mainly aimed at 1) exploring the basic practices and procedures applied at both national and workplace levels; and 2) providing information to promote the application of a coherent and harmonised system for collection, recording and notification of reliable data on the topic, and related statistics at the workplace, at both national and international levels.
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National study on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases in Zambia
22 March 2013
Zambia has a rudimentary national recording and notification system. This report provides information on the coverage, legislation and gaps of this system with a hope that the information will be used to enhance the system.
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Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases in Malawi 2012
22 March 2013
The overall objective of this study was to improve the collection, recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases with the overall goal of preventing occupational accidents and diseases in Malawi. This study was commissioned by the Ministry of Labour (MoL) with support from the ILO through a project on Improving Safety and Health through the Decent Work Agenda funded by the European Union.
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Publication
Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases
02 January 2013
The overall aim of the guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury (EI) schemes. The guide is targeted at a mixed audience of national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).
2012
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Publication
Estimating the economic costs of occupational injuries and illnesses in developing countries: Essential information for decision-makers
12 December 2012
This advocacy report attempts to identify the elements which should be taken into account in determining the cost of occupational accidents and diseases at the national level, with a focus on developing countries. The aim is to help countries identify the economic costs of not improving workplace safety and health – to employers, to workers and to society as a whole – and to inform decision-makers of the net costs of policies presented to them.
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Employment injury protection in Serbia: issues and options
02 May 2012
This report describes the current system in Serbia in light of the principles of employment injury protection and looks at occupational safety and health issues in the context of current economic conditions and challenges.
2011
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Publication
XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - ILO Introductory Report: Global Trends and Challenges on Occupational Safety and Health
12 September 2011
This Introductory Report concerns some of the achievements and challenges of the last three years since the adoption of the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work at the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work for building a preventative safety and health culture. How to meet these challenges will be the subject of much discussion and debate at the Congress itself, which it is hoped will be another significant landmark in the history of promoting a preventative safety and health culture across the world.
2009
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Publication
Achieving the Revitalising Health and Safety targets: Statistical progress report
30 September 2009
The Revitalising Health and Safety strategy statement, launched in June 2000, set three national targets for improving health and safety performance by 2010. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) set out its technical approach to measuring progress against the Revitalising targets in a Statistical Note published in June 2001. Among other things, this said that a report on progress would be prepared each autumn, comparing the latest data with those for the base year (1999 or financial year 1999/2000). This document is the ninth such annual report.
2006
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Publication
Shipbreaking. What can be done?/ Démolition de navires. Comment gérer le problème? - DVD (Bilingual: English, French)
10 October 2006
This DVD contains the documentary "The Shipbreakers" in English and French as well as the text of the ILO's "Safety and health in shipbreaking: Guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey", in English, French, Spanish, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi and Turkish.
2004
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Policy
Occupational safety and health profile in Kenya
01 October 2004
The profile is an inventory of all the tools and resources available in the country to implement and manage occupational safety and health (OSH) and is designed to provide the data necessary for setting national priorities for action aimed at the progressive and continual improvement of workplace safety and health.