Publications & technical tools
2020
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Briefing note
A safe and healthy return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic
21 May 2020
This guidance note aims to assist governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations in developing national policy guidance for a phased and safe return to work, and provide guidelines for workplace-level risk assessments and implementation of preventive and protective measures according to a hierarchy of controls.
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Report for World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020
In the face of a pandemic: Ensuring Safety and Health at Work
28 April 2020
2018
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Publication
Occupational safety and health in public health emergencies: A manual for protecting health workers and responders
26 June 2018
This manual provides an overview of the main OSH risks faced by emergency responders during disease outbreaks and other emergencies, such as natural disasters, chemical incidents, radiological emergencies and emergencies involving conflicts.
2015
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Publication
Recovering from the Ebola Crisis
09 April 2015
The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in parts of West Africa is now the largest, longest, most severe and most complex in the nearly four-decade history of this disease. This report comprises contributions to the national recovery planning processes.
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
10 Keys for gender sensitive OSH practice – Guidelines for gender mainstreaming in occupational safety and health
01 December 2013
Explains how to integrate gender issues into the analyses, formulation and monitoring of policies, programmes and preventive measures in order to reduce inequalities between men and women in occupational safety and health (OSH).
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.
2002
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Publication
New challenges and opportunities for occupational safety and health in a globalized world
01 April 2002
Globalisation of the economy has intensified over the recent years and, together with the development of the new information and telecommunications technology, it is bringing about radical changes in society, comparable to those produced during the industrial revolution. Occupational safety and health (OSH) cannot ignore those changes. And, in this context, the greatest challenge for the countries is the transformation of the difficulties involved in adapting to the new situation into opportunities for the future development of OSH.
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The Economics of Health, Safety and Well-being
Barefoot Economics: Assessing the economic value of developing an healthy work environment
01 February 2002
The objective of this publication is to provide a practical evaluation tool to entrepreneurs and all those actively involved in the decision making within enterprises, to meet this challenge by creating healthier and more productive workplaces. An attempt to present practical tools of a different type is given in this publication.
2001
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Publication
Guidelines on occupational safety and health management systems (ILO-OSH 2001)
06 December 2001
At the onset of the twenty-first century, a heavy human and economic toll is still exacted by work-related injuries, ill health, diseases, incidents and deaths. These Guidelines call for coherent policies to protect workers from occupational hazards and risks while improving productivity. They present practical approaches and tools for assisting organizations, competent national institutions, employers, workers and other social partners in establishing, implementing and improving occupational safety and health management systems, with the aim of reducing work-related injuries, ill health, diseases, incidents and deaths.
1993
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Publication
The use of lasers in the workplace
01 January 1993