Talk:Worker safety and health

Untitled
I am working. Don´t be impatient ;). Good work is a slowly fruit.

does anybody know the EU Directives and What they do?

The Merger
'OSH' and 'Worker Safety' are surely the same thing. If it is deemed necessary to have an Article on OSHA US then thats ok. The present article seems to cover this and has an overall International approach. I like the definitions of "Hazard, Risk and Outcomes". The British also defined "Danger" on the grounds that Danger may be quite obvious to most people but some Hazards may be hidden, such as toxic vapours or fumes. (Legal concepts of - Danger, Hazard & Risk are defined in BS5304: Now PD5304: Safe use of Machinery. Following advances in technology and changing domestic legislation together with the publication of a series of harmonised European Standards BS5304 of 1988 has been replaced by PD5304: 2000 Safe use of machinery. Available from the British Standards Institution.)

In Ireland we have the latest "Safety, health and Welfare at work Act, 2005". That follows from a long line of legislation, starting with the Factory & Workshops Act 1901-1920, Adapted and adopted by Constitution of Ireland Art 50 (Art 73/1922)and used until 1955. See Health and Safety Authority website http://www.hsa.ie/ 2 --Conh 15:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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 * Agree. This topic can come under many names and we shouldn't have an article for each. I will merge next week (5 May 2007) if there are no further comments/votes - Ctbolt 03:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)


 * merged. Ctbolt 07:52, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

EU
European directives come from the European Commission. You already have a reference to the European Agency. I have collected the following from Google search http://osha.europa.eu/OSHA Information Network of the European Agency for Safety and Health at ... Season?s greetings and best wishes for 2007 from the Director and all the Staff of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. http://europe.osha.eu.int/

EU Directives
from http://osha.europa.eu/legislation/index2.stm

European Legislation A number of Directives has been established to protect the health and safety of Europe's workers. This section provides information on and links to websites covering these Directives. In addition information on relevant European Proposals is available. Other texts relative to legislation are also provided.

See, on the above web site, one of the categories below.

Directives

EU-Proposals

Other texts

--Conh 16:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)