Independent Resources

Occupational Safety & Health (Guidelines, Codes of Practices, etc.)

• Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (543 kb)
  Full document, ILO-OSH (2001)
• Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (92 kb)
  Background & general summary, ILO-OSH (2001)
• Safety and Health in Construction – An ILO code of practice (634 kb)
  ILO (1992)
• Safety in the use of chemicals at work – An ILO code of practice (534 kb)
  ILO (1993)
  
  
• GRI Health and Safety Protocol (Draft) (380 kb)
  For use with the GRI 2002 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, GRI (May 2004)
• Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (32 kb)
  International Labour Conference (20 June 2002)
• Training Guide – Cement & Concrete (126 kb)
  A checklist/ evaluation form for use by supervisors/ foremen, CDC eLCOSH (1994)
• Cement Hazards and Controls: Health Risks and Precautions in using Portland Cement (Taken from Construction Safety Magazine, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 2001)
  CDC eLCOSH
• Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (5th Edition) (11.4 MB)
  National Safety Council (2002)
  
• Recommendation Concerning the List of Occupational Diseases and the Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (ILO Recommendation 194) (31 kb)
  International Labour Conference (20 June 2002)

Road Safety

• The Coming Plague of Road Traffic Injuries: A Preventable Burden for Rich and Poor Countries (37 kb)
  Background article, Global Road Safety (2004)
• World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (1.9 MB)
  WHO (2004)
  
• Global Road Safety Partnership: Annual Report 2004 (542 kb)
  Global Road Safety Partnership (June 2004)

Skin Allergies

• Epidemiological assessment of the occurrence of allergic dermatitis in workers in the construction industry related to the content of Cr(VI) in cement (343 kb)
  National Institute of Occupational Health (May 2003)
• Contact Dermatitis and Allergy - Occupational skin disease in the construction industry (84 kb)
  By M. Bock et al., British Journal of Dermatology (April 2003)

Respiratory Issues

• Final Rule on Air Contaminants Project (extract) – A Toxicologic Review of Selected Chemicals (relating to Portland Cement)
  Comments, OSHA (19 January 1989)
• NIOSH and Respiratory Protection (1.8 MB)
  A report covering the selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective devices available in 1987 (to protect workers against airborne contaminants), National Institute of Occupational Health (1987)
• Respiratory Symptoms and Ventilatory Function in Workers Exposed to Portland Cement Dust (551 kb)
  By Anne Kristin Moller Fell et al., Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Volume 45, Number 9, September 2003)

Initiatives

• SafeWork Global Programme on Safety, Health and the Environment (271 kb)
  ILO InFocus Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (2003)

Statistics

• Table: Fatal occupational injuries by industry (All United States, 1997 to 2002) (49 kb)
  Bureau of Labor Statistics (US)
• Table: Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by industry and case types (2002) (54 kb)
  Bureau of Labor Statistics (US)

Industry-related Resources

• Professor Jean-Paul Escande's Interview “Cement and Health” (English translation) (31 kb)
  Conducted by Syndicat Francais De L'Industrie Cimentiere (SFIC) (March 2003)
• Chromium VI in Cement - The Saga of a Piece of EU Legislation (146 kb)
  By Jean-Marie Chandelle, Chief Executive Of Cembureau, Global Cement and Lime: Environment (July-August 2003)
• Joint approach concerning Health & Safety when working with wet cement preparations (59 kb)
  By CEMBUREAU/BIBM/ERMCO/FIEC (2003)
• Die Bedeutung des Chromates in Zementen und zementhaltigen Zubereitungen (174 kb)
  VDZ Sachstandsbericht (5 January 1999)

Interesting Links

• Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health
  Various CDC links regarding health hazards relating to concrete manufacture

Cement Sector Safety

• http://www.hse.gov.uk/cement/
• http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/sustainability.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/gui_EHSGuidelines2007_CementandLimeMfg/$FILE/Final+-+Cement+and+Lime+Manufacturing.pdf

General Occupational Safety and Health Management

• http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cops/english/download/e000013.pdf 

General Traffic Safety

• http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_Hurricane_Facts/work_xone_traffic_safety.pdf
• http://www.wbcsd.org/web/projects/cement/tf3/summary_en_rev.pdf

Others

• http://www.wbcsd.org/web/projects/cement/tf3/fihAppendices.pdf