This unique database aims to identify OSH requirements set out in the national law using as benchmarks the provisions of the key ILO Convention Nos. 155 (1981), 161 (1985) and 187 (2006). Its development has built on the experience and know-how of various departments within the ILO and from other experts with the sole purpose of providing the world of work with a data platform to support informed policy making decisions with regard to protecting the safety and health of workers.