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The Global Situation: Occupational Injuries and Diseases

• 250 million occupational accidents

• 335,000 fatal occupational accidents

• 160 million occupational occupational diseases

• 4% of gross national product is lost

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• 250 million occupational accidents

• 335,000 fatal occupational accidents

• 160 million occupational occupational diseases

• 4% of gross national product is lost

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The ILO global annual estimate for all work-related

deaths is

1.2 million workers

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SafeWork: Some Facts

•Small-scale industries have a doubled risk

•Developing countries may have a ten-fold risk

•The risk in hazardous jobs is 100 times higher risk than in average jobs

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SafeWork: Strategy

• Integrating new aspects into occupational safety and health such as drugs and alcohol, stress and HIV-AIDS

• Strengthening knowledge, advocacy and capacity building

• Developing a global technical cooperation programme

• Fostering institutional collaboration, networking and partnerships

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SafeWork: Goals

• Protecting workers in hazardous jobs

• Extending protection• Promoting workers’ health

and well-being• Showing that protection pays

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Means of Action

• ILO Standards– Conventions– Recommendations– Codes of Practice– Guidance documents

• National SafeWork Programmes• Specific activities in occupational safety and

occupational health

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The Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981

• A framework for a national occupational safety and health programme

• The role of government

• The responsibilities of employers

• The duties of workers

• Tripartite advisory mechanisms

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An example of an ILO SafeWork activity that addresses newly emerging occupational health problems

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SOLVE: A Unique Strategy SOLVE: A Unique Strategy to Address the Problemsto Address the Problems

StressStress Alcohol and drugs Alcohol and drugs ViolenceViolence HIV-AIDSHIV-AIDS TobaccoTobacco

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Each of These Health-Related Each of These Health-Related Problems Has Certain Problems Has Certain

SimilaritiesSimilarities They cost the enterprise a great deal of They cost the enterprise a great deal of

moneymoney They impact on productivityThey impact on productivity Their outcomes can have far-reaching effects Their outcomes can have far-reaching effects

beyond the workplacebeyond the workplace They are quite different from the traditional They are quite different from the traditional

workplace safety and health problems and workplace safety and health problems and their management requires unique strategiestheir management requires unique strategies

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Emerging health-related problems health at work

Increased absenteeism

Increased turnover Loss of skills Loss of tacit

knowledgeDecliningmorale

Increasing demandsfor training and

recruitment

Source: UN AIDS

Increased costs

Declining profits

Declining productivity

Insurance costs

Retirement funds

Safety and health

Medical assistance

Counselling

Increased health problems in the community with declining markets

labour pool and suppliers

Stress Violence HIV/AIDS TobaccoAlcohol and drugs

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SOLVE: A Response to the SOLVE: A Response to the ProblemProblem

Develop comprehensive Develop comprehensive policies that will reduce costs policies that will reduce costs and improve productivityand improve productivity

Improve psycho-social Improve psycho-social working conditionsworking conditionsRRelieveRRelieve the burden the burden from the from the workerworker

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SOLVE: The ApproachSOLVE: The Approach

A combined approach A combined approach allows for the development allows for the development and application of and application of strategies (in the five strategies (in the five subject areas) within a subject areas) within a comprehensive comprehensive organizational policy.organizational policy.

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The Comprehensive Enterprise PolicyThe Comprehensive Enterprise Policy

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• Increasing the awareness of the problems faced,

• increasing knowledge

• immediately applying the knowledge learnt….

• Will cause a positive change of attitudes, behaviour and practices

• Will result in increased productivity, decreased losses and a reduction in injury, disease and death

SOLVE: Can It Lead to Positive Change?

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David Gold, PhD

Senior Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Office

International Labour Office

1211 Geneva 22

Switzerland

email: gold@ilo.org