ILO Convention on Safety in the Use
of Asbestos, 1986, (No.162)
Wiking Husberg, ILO Moscow
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Labour Inspection C.81
Occupational Cancer C.139
Working Environment C.148
Occupational Safety and Health C.155
Occupational Health Services C.161
Asbestos Convention 162
Chemicals Convention 170
Occupational Safety and Health Framework C 187
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A unique and formidable body of definitions, principles, obligations, duties and
rights, as well as technical guidance that reflects the views of labour stakeholders
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION
• International Labour Conference, 1986,
Adoption of:
The Asbestos Convention (No. 162)
The Asbestos Recommendation (No.172)
To date, ratified by 32 countries and widely voluntary
applied
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32 Ratifications of ILO Asbestos C.162
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
Germany
Guatemala
Japan
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Korea
Luxemburg
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Russian Federation
Slovenia
Spain
Serbia
Sweden
Switzerland
Uganda
Uruguay
Zimbabwe
ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
PART I: SCOPE and DEFINITION
• Applications
All activities involving workers’ exposure to
asbestos in the course of work
• Definitions
asbestos, asbestos dust, airborne asbestos dust,
respirable asbestos fibres, esposure to asbestos,
workers and workers’ representatives
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part II: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• National Policies and Regulations
• Prescription of protective, preventive and control
measures
• Review of laws in the light of technological progress
and scientific knowledge
• Responsibilities of employers and workers
• System of inspection for enforcement
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part III: PROTECTIVE and PREVENTIVE
MEASURES
Prevention and control of exposure (Art.9)
• adequate engineering controls, work practices
occupational hygiene
• prescription of special rules and procedures for use of
asbestos or products containing asbestos or certain
work practices
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part III: PROTECTIVE and PREVENTIVE
MEASURES (cont’d)
SPECIAL MEASURES (Art.10)
When necessary to protect the health of workers and
technically practicable:
• replacement of asbestos by other materials
scientifically evaluated as harmless or less harmful
• total or partial prohibition of asbestos or asbestos
containing material in certain work practices
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part III: PROTECTIVE and PREVENTIVE
MEASURES (cont’d)
• Prohibition: crocidolite, spraying all types
• Notification of use of asbestos by employers
• Producers’, Manufactures’ and Suppliers’ responsibilities
for labelling
• Prescription of exposure limits by law
• Measures to prevent or control the release of asbestos
dust into air
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part III: PROTECTIVE and PREVENTIVE
MEASURES (cont’d)
• When protective measures do not bring exposure within
Occupational Exposure Levels, employer will provide
Respiratory Protetcive Equipment and special protective
clothing
• Respiratory Protective Equipment to be used as
supplementary, temporary, emergency or exceptional
measure and not as alternative to technical control
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part III: PROTECTIVE and PREVENTIVE
MEASURES (cont’d)
DEMOLITION or REMOVAL of ASBESTOS
• to be undertaken only by employers or contractors
recongnized by the competent authority as qualified to
carry out such works
CLOTHING and WASHING FACILITIES
• to be provided by the employer, cleaning carried out
under controlled conditions, prohibited to be taken
home
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part III: PROTECTIVE and PREVENTIVE
MEASURES (cont’d)
ASBESTOS WASTE DISPOSAL
• to be disposed by employers without health risks to the
workers concerned, those handling waste or to
populations in the vicinity of the enterprise
• appropriate measures to be taken to prevent pollution
of the general environment
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part IV: SURVEILLANCE OF WORK ENVIRONMENT and WORKERS’
HEALTH
Dust concentrations and exposure monitoring (Art. 20)
Emplyer to measure concentrations of asbestos dust
Employer to monitor workers’ exposure to asbestos dusts
Workers’ rights to have access to exposure records
Workers’ rights to request monitoring of work environment and
appeal to competent authority for results
Workers’ Health Monitoring (Art. 21)
• periodic medical examinations
• development of system of notification of ARD
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ASBESTOS CONVENTION 162
Part V: INFORMATION and EDUCATION
Govt., employers & workers organizations
• should disseminate information and promote education
on health hazards and methods of prevention
Employers
• should establish written policies and procedures for
education, training and re-training
Workers
• should be informed, instructed in preventive measures,
and receive continuing traininig
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Руководство по системам управления охраной
труда МОТ-СУОТ 2001/ILO-OSH 2001
Единственное в мире международное
руководство, регламентирующее
СУОТ на уровне предприятий
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ГОСТ 12.0.230-2007
• IDT – идентичен
МОТ-СУОТ 2001
• Межгосударственны
й стандарт СНГ
• Действует в России
с 1 июля 2009 года
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MOT-СУОТ 2001
4.10.1.Предупредительные и
контролирующие меры
В(а)
порядке
приоритетности:
устранить
опасности/риски
(b) ограничить опасности/риски
(c) минимизация опасности/риска
(d) предоставить средства
индивидуальной защиты
P.1.1
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СЛАЙД 6
13th Session of the Joint ILO/WHO Joint
Committee on Occupational Health, 2003
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ILO Resolution on Asbestos, 2006
“The elimination of the future use of asbestos and the
identification and proper management of asbestos
currently in place are the most effective means to
protect workers from asbestos exposure and to prevent
future asbestos-related diseases and deaths.”
“The Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162), should not
be used to provide a justification for, or endorsement
of, the continued use of asbestos.”
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework
/health/resolution_on_asbestos.pdf
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http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/health/outline_npead.pdf
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2007/WHO_SDE_PHE_07.02_eng.pdf
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National programme for elimination
of asbestos-related diseases (NPEAD) – Outline
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Introduction and purpose
— Health aspects
— Magnitude of the problem
— Economic and social aspects
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Political and legal background
— National legislation
— International commitments
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Strategy for elimination of asbestos-related diseases
— Preventive strategies
— Strategic actions – national, provincial and enterprise levels
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Knowledge management
— information about substitutes
— registry of exposed workers
— capacities and resources
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National programmes for elimination
of asbestos-related diseases - cont'd
• Implementation
— Preparatory phase – building up political commitment
— First phase – reducing exposure to chrysotile
— Second phase – stopping the use of chrysotile asbestos
• Monitoring and evaluation
— outcome
— process
— administration
• National asbestos profile
— first profile
— periodic update
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Fact sheet N°343, July 2010
Asbestos: elimination of asbestosrelated diseases
• by recognizing that the most efficient way to
eliminate asbestos-related diseases is to stop the
use of all types of asbestos;
• by providing information about solutions for replacing
asbestos with safer substitutes and developing
economic and technological mechanisms to stimulate
its replacement;
• by taking measures to prevent exposure to asbestos in
place and during asbestos removal (abatement); and
• by improving early diagnosis, treatment, social and
medical rehabilitation of asbestos-related diseases and
to establish registries of people with past and/or
current exposures to asbestos.
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The ILO position on safety in the
use of asbestos, Sept 2010
4. A Resolution concerning asbestos was
adopted by the International Labour
Conference at its 95th Session in 2006.
Noting that all forms of asbestos,
including chrysotile, are classified as
human carcinogens by the International
Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC),…
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The ILO position on safety in the
use of asbestos, Sept 2010
…The Resolution also underlined that the
ILO Convention on Safety in the Use of
Asbestos, No. 162, should not be
used to provide a justification for,
or endorsement of, the continued
use of asbestos.
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The ILO position on safety in the
use of asbestos, Sept 2010
In light of the instructions of the Governing Body following
the Resolution, the Office has been:
• continuing to encourage member States to ratify and
give effect to Conventions Nos. 162 and 139;
• promoting the elimination of the future use of all
forms of asbestos and asbestos-containing
materials;
• promoting the identification and proper
management of all forms of asbestos currently in
place; and
• encouraging and helping ILO member States to include
measures in their national programmes on
occupational safety and health to protect workers
from exposure to asbestos.
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Премьер-министр Владимир
Путин об охране труда
Особое внимание Владимир Путин обратил на необходимость
увеличения расходов на охрану труда.
«Легче и дешевле вкладывать деньги в
обеспечение безопасности труда, чем в
ликвидацию последствий тех трагедий,
которые могут произойти или происходят в
результате невнимательного отношения к
этим проблемам»
(из выступления на встрече
с представителями профсоюзных
организаций Ленинградской
области 7 октября 2010 г.)
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