Occupational accidents and diseases

CPWR COVID-19 Construction Clearinghouse

Submitted by btreichel on

The scientific community's understanding of how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads is evolving. This COVID-19 Clearinghouse was established as a central resource for construction employers and workers to find the latest research, guidance documents, training and other resources to help prevent the spread of the disease as construction work continues in some markets and starts up in others.

Regions / Country
Americas
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19

Tags

Document Type

Corona | Tools for small and medium-sized enterprises

Submitted by btreichel on

This website  of the  Special Commission on Prevention presents international examples in 5 languages for small and medium sized enterprises in almost all areas of occupational safety and health. A new topical cluster on Corona has now been set up to support small and medium-sized companies on how to adress the COVID-19 at the workplace.

Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

ISSA Transportation Section: Information on Covid-19 protective measures in transportation in six languages

Submitted by btreichel on

The International Section on Prevention in Transportation, together with its member BG Verkehr, has produced five fact sheets on Covid-19 protective measures for various transportation sectors in six languages.

Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Special Commissionon Prevention: Corona -Information Portal for SMEs

Submitted by btreichel on

The Special Commission on Prevention  has set up a Corona information portal for small and medium-sized enterprises, which features a range of international views and examples: https://safety-work.org/en/topics/corona.html.

The website is available in 5 languages

Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

India: Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 Receives Presidential Assent - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - India

Submitted by btreichel on

In wake of the COVID-19 crisis and nationwide lockdown, India has been grappling with unprecedented challenges that range from maintaining law and order, access to medical facilities, food, social security to availability of medical facilities. The newest hurdle to have joined this bandwagon has been a systematic increase in incidents of attacks and harassment of its nurses, doctors and other medical personnel. Fueled by paranoia and fear in an increasingly trying time, these ill-informed attacks seem to target medical professional who are feared to be carrying and spreading the diseases.

Regions / Country
india
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19

Tags

Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Neues BGHW-Unterweisungsmodul „Corona-Spezial“ — BGHW-Website

Submitted by btreichel on

„Corona-Spezial“ nennt sich ein neues Lern- und Unterweisungsmodul der BGHW. Die Beschäftigten lernen, wie sie sich richtig verhalten, um eine mögliche Ansteckung mit dem Coronavirus zu vermeiden. Das Modul ist Teil des Online-Lernprogramms (WBT) „Sicher arbeiten – Gesundheit schützen“ der BGHW.

„Corona-Spezial“ kann zur betrieblichen Unterweisung eingesetzt werden. In Videosequenzen sowie durch spielerische und interaktive Elemente werden wichtige organisatorische Maßnahmen und Verhaltensregeln erklärt, um Infektionen zu vermeiden.

Regions / Country
germany
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks

Tags

Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type

Pandemic highlights disparities across states, injuries vs. illnesses | National Academy of Social Insurance

Submitted by btreichel on

Published: May 2020
By: Jay Patel, Research Assistant for Income Security Policy

The U.S. workers’ compensation system in its current form is complex, opaque and fragmented. Unlike other social insurance programs, it is wholly administered at the state level, and there is neither federal oversight nor any federal mandate that sets out minimum standards. As a result, there is substantial variation across states in levels of both coverage and benefits. Moreover, compensation differs for job-related injuries versus illnesses.

Regions / Country
United States
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks

Vision Zero Webinars| Fundación Internacional ORP

Submitted by btreichel on

The International ORP Foundation in cooperation with the Vision Zero Business Council has hosted a series of three Vision Zero Webinars. The  webinars have shown how important a participatory approach to safety and health at work really is during the COVID-19 pandemic. The three webinars are available on YouTube:

Webinar 1: Vision Zero in times of Covid-19 (I)

Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type