Priority 5.3(a)
High risk industry sectors
Deliverables by 2012
Agriculture
forestry workers in Brazil
petrochemical industry, banana production, floriculture in
Ecuador
exposure to pesticides
lung disease
“ergonomics checkpoints” (for developing countries)
Pesticide risk assessment guidelines
Deliverables by 2012
Transport
international working group for utilization of telemedicine
to reduce health risks of seafarers
new chemical health risks from hazards in transportation
and warehousing of marine cargo … due to globalisation
Road safety toolkits for organizations whose employees
travel abroad within the PAHO region
Promoting Initiatives for Occupational Road Safety
Deliverables by 2012
Construction
Program to reduce musculoskeletal pain
Estimation of work-related physical load and occupational
risk evaluation
Assessment of exposure to carcinogenic compounds,
focusing on plycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Deliverables by 2012
Mining
Improving Mining Safety and Health in Colombian Mines
Multi-sector
Sharing workplace OSH practices through sector-based
global collaborations (NORA)
Enhancement of Occupational Health and Safety in
Mexican Industry
Enhancement of Occupational Health and Safety in
Brazilian Industry
Occupational Health Services of Small Scale Industries
Pesticide risk assessment guidelines
Additional Deliverables
Transport
Evaluate best practices in occupational road safety
Provide info on fumigants and develop toolkits for
workers (in collaboration with agricultural sector)
Construction
DGUV: Combine a reference list, develop an index and
make existing ones accessible, and develop a framework
for how to communicate; Conference in 2011; Closer link
with ISSA
Naphthalene study (IOHA)
Silica construction toolkit (NIOSH)
Additional deliverables by 2012
Agriculture
Latin American Network on Rural Medicine and Health. La
HABana workshop on Agriculture (April 2010).
Mediterranean and Balkan Network on Rural Medicine and
Health. Tirana Congress September 2010. Proceedings.
Progress report on control of biological hazards (zoonoses)
Priority 5.3(b)
Vulnerable Workers
Deliverables by 2012
Young Workers curriculum (English, Spanish) via NIOSH web
site and WHO educational gateway
Project “Child labour – to know so as to act” via ISPESL web
site
Training programs for senior workers ... protection and
promotion of work ability
Training program for Roma waste scavengers in Serbia ...
promote OSH and sustainable income
Information and training for precariously employed women in
agriculture and other sectors ... raise hazard awareness and
suggest solutions
Searchable electronic repository of resources to support
improved OSH of vulnerable worker groups.
Additional deliverables by 2012
Resource Library for all vulnerable workers
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Young Workers and child labour
Older workers
Informal sector
Migrant workers
Disadvantaged ethnic groups
Precariously employed workers
Women workers (e.g. pregnant)
Workers with chronic illnesses, impairments
Containing information, guidance, tools, laws, good
practices, etc
Illustrate and encourage implementation and evaluation
of experiences using tools
Facilitate adaptation of successful tools and practices to
other countries, languages and local situations; also
evaluate efforts
Examples of issues to be addressed
Initiatives to enhance work ability of older workers
Develop and pilot guidance for employers to implement
preventive approaches in workplaces to avoid current
problems of older workers
Carry out cost-benefit studies for use in motivating
employers to above interventions
Promote implementation of above by better marketing
Collect current guidance docs and tools and evidence on
older workers (part of searchable electronic repository)
Integrate vulnerable worker issues into Basic
Occupational Health Services.
Examples of issues to be addressed
Young Workers (14/15 and older) and Child Labour
Address denial of child labour in developed countries
Increase cross-Europe sharing of good practices/tools
Link awareness, motivation, and enforcement (promote
cooperation of health & labor ministries, community
groups, employers and workers’ groups
Feed resource library with all relevant materials
New ILO/WHO Technical Committee on Young Workers
and Child Labour
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Provide leadership; involve experts in CCs and other institutions
Adapt and disseminate school curricula and evaluate impact
Develop and evaluate practical tools for employers etc
Improve evidence base for psychosocial guidance, duration of
work, weights
Priority 5.1
Evaluating OSH
cost-benefits
Deliverables by 2012
ECOSH Consortium workshops and reports
3 EU workshops in 2009 – web--available documents
More workshops and journal articles by 2012
Summary report to the WHO network
Quantification of number of DALYs due to
occupational diseases and cost per DALY avoided
(ISPESL, Italy)
use to identify most effective risk prevention strategies
at workplace level. (journal articles, training)
Additional deliverables by 2012
• A report documenting development of a
conceptual model and framework to
support more effective cost-benefit
analysis of occupational health and wellbeing.
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Work will be coordinated with that of the ECOSH
consortium (existing project)
This work will be conducted by a working group
formed for this purpose.
The framework will be based on an agreed set of OSH
elements ... going beyond dollar costs to include
broader set of values identified as important
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Consideration of different levels of analysis
• International funding bodies (e.g. for projects in high
risk sectors, vulnerable workers, etc)
• National (e.g. related to exposure reduction policies
and standards)
• Company level (both cost savings and benefits gained)
• Individual level (better performance, increased health
and wellbeing, less absenteeism, fewer injuries)
– Formulation of OSH cost-benefit guidelines for
each of the above levels
Priority 5.2
Managing risks from
impacts of globalization
on workers’ health
Deliverables by 2012
Report on OSH status of migrant workers in the
Netherlands
Documentation of BOHS and some impacts of globalisation
in China
BOHS in several provinces of China: status of migrant
workers, OH status. Capacity development.
BOHS in state-owned enterprises, joint ventures and
sole proprietorship corporations in Shanghai
Municipality
Impacts on employment patterns and occupational health
in some South American countries – discussion paper
Additional deliverables by 2012
Summary report describing effects of globalization on
OHS within a multi-level framework enabling
identification of different …
types of problems at different levels (international
down to local)
types of interventions to manage those problems
intervention target groups
potential partners to involve in implementing or
promoting interventions (or to learn from) – e.g.
International agencies and NGOs …
Development Assistance Committee
UN Global Compact Participants; WHO Regional advisors;
HR and Fair Trade NGOs; SCR NGOs
National and Local agencies, NGOs
Examples of issues to be addressed
Global transfers of risk – e.g. via hazardous
technologies; uneven impacts of banning asbestos,
certain pesticides
Migration of health care workers to richer
countries
Impacts on vulnerable worker groups – e.g. migrants,
precariously employed, informal sector, etc.
Impacts on high risk industry sectors – e.g. agriculture,
construction, transport
Relationships with climate change, ‘green’ jobs
Synergies with other GPA
objectives and network projects
Let us know if you have projects addressing
issues related to globalization … email:
david.rees@nioh.nhls.ac.za or
w.macdonald@latrobe.edu.au
We’re may also be looking for your help in
contacting prospective partners to develop
and implement interventions