Assessment, elimination and substantial reduction of occupational risks
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Bilbao
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities - Luxembourg
2009
140 p.
biological risks ; case study ; checklist ; chemicals ; physical risks ; plant safety and health organization ; risk assessment ; occupational risks
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Risk assessment and risk management
English
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978-92-9191-227-8
"This report features cases from a variety of workplaces that demonstrate how a risk assessment process has led to a risk being identified and successfully eliminated or substantially reduced. This case study report aims to illustrate the implementation of the general principles
of prevention at workplace level (especially the first two: 'avoiding risks' and 'combating the risks at source'). The analysis of cases shows that in practice a number of these principles are applied in one single action and that interconnected measures (at different levels) are put in place.
The report discusses a number of different hazards (e.g. physical strains, biological and chemical agents, accidents, electromagnetic fields, dust and noise exposure, work organisation) in a range of sectors (e.g. manufacturing and engineering, forestry, mining, packaging, office work, etc.)"
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