The purpose of the assessment is to enable an informed decision to be made by employers about the validity of measures to eliminate or minimise risks from chemicals. The assessment should be carried out by employers or by persons acting on their behalf who have the necessary information, instruction and training and are competent to do so. It should include:
- Assessment of risks
- Appraisal of control measures
- Action programme
As you have decided that your country has high resources to implement an occupational safety and health management scheme, the option proposed is to require risk assessments to be developed adapted to the specific workplace situations.
Also see the Risk assessment element of the Industrial Chemicals Management Scheme.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- IPCS PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS ON RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
- NUMERICAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA (EHCS)
- IPCS HARMONIZATION PROJECT
- WHO: HUMAN DATA INITIATIVE
- WHO: INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT
- OECD: eChemPortal
- WHO/IPCS : Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit
- ILO International Chemical Control Toolkit
- WHO : Healthy workplaces: a WHO global model for action
- ILO/WHO : Principles for the assessment of risks to human health from exposure to chemicals
- ILO CODE OF PRACTICE SAFETY IN THE USE OF CHEMICALS AT WORK [1993]