ILO: Code of practice - Safety and health in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear (2022)
Description:
In October 2021, a meeting of experts adopted the first ILO code of practice on safety and health in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) industries. Based on international labour standards and other sectoral guidelines and tools, the code provides comprehensive and practical advice on how governments, employers, workers and their representatives should work together to eliminate, reduce and control all major hazards and risks. The widespread use of hazardous substances in TCLF manufacturing worldwide requires rigorous controls to prevent serious safety and health risks to workers, employers and to the general public and the environment.
The code contains a chapter focused on hazardous substances. This includes sections on:
- Hazard description
- Risk assessment
- Control strategies
- Transport, storage and disposal of hazardous substances
- Workplace monitoring
- Health surveillance
- Specific hazards, such as silica, other dusts and asbestos
It promotes a preventative safety and health culture in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is respected at all levels, where government, employers and workers actively participate in improving safety and health through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties, and where the principle of prevention is accorded the highest priority. It further promotes OSH management systems as well as cooperation between employers and workers and their representatives.
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