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CHEMICAL SAFETY TRAINING MODULES
The compilation of this training material package has been made possible with the financing support of the ILO-FINNIDA Project on Training and Information for African and Asian Countries on Occupational Safety and Health. IPCS would like to express its gratitude to the Project.
This project operates within the framework of the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) of the International Labour Office. The CIS has also provided valuable technical and administrative aid in compiling this package.
We would like to thank the Joint Industrial Safety Council of Sweden for granting permission to print and distribute material based on two of its publications:
The Secretariat to the United Nations Committee for Transport of Dangerous Goods has provided materials for relevant sections of the package.
This training material is intended for those who need to widen their general knowledge of chemical safety in the workplace. It could be used by people
A person using this package in a training workshop would benefit if he or she has certain amount of background information in order to understand the world of chemistry, although this is not absolutely essential.
This training material consists of ten independent chapters which cover different areas of managing chemical hazards. The text is designed to be used as background material for sessions and discussions.
Several themes covered by this publication are subject to national legislation which varies from country to country. Legislation is, indeed, the basis on which practical preventive measures can be built. The texts refer to the Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Office and to those of the United Nations, as these have been adopted and approved by a large number of countries. Information about local legislation could be covered in the sessions of workshops.
Chemical substances and their properties, tests to assess their effects on people, animals and the environment, and limits of `acceptable' exposure form a complex information collection, too large to be adapted during a workshop. To serve as a basis for such information, this training material includes data bases on chemicals to be used as reference information. These data bases are available on request from ILO and the IPCS secretariat.
This training material may be freely copied, used, adapted or translated for local educational meetings and workshops (with reference to the source). The chapters can be used independently or linked to other sources, depending on the needs. The text can also be requested on a computer diskette to make reuse and modifications easier where a personal computer is available.
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67/548/EEC Council Directive of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packing and labelling of dangerous substances
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This directive has four adaptations to the technical progress.
2455/92/EEC Council Regulation of 23 July 1992 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals
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87/216/EEC Council Directive of 19 March 1987, amending Directive 82/501/EEC on the major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities
88/610/EEC Council Directive of 24 November 1988, amending Directive 82/501/EEC on the major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities
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ILO, International Labour Organisation, Convention No. 170 Concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, Geneva 1990
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ILO, International Labour Organisation, Major Hazard Control, A Practical Manual, 2nd Ed., Geneva 1990
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Occupational Cancer: Prevention and Control, Occupational Safety and Health Series 39, 2nd Ed., Geneva 1988
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Occupational Safety and Health Series No 64, Safety in the use of Mineral and Synthetic Fibres, Geneva 1989
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Prevention of Major Industrial accidents, Code of Practice, Geneva 1991
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention 174, 1993
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Recommendation 181, 1993
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Recent Developments in the Chemical Industries, Chemical Industries Committee, Eleventh Session, Report I, Geneva 1995
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Recommendation No. 177 Concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, Geneva 1990
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Safety and Health in the use of Agrochemicals: A Guide, Geneva 1991
Institute of Occupational Health, Occupational Chemical Exposure Series, No 16 Chromium, Helsinki 1992 (in Finnish)
Institute of Occupational Health, Occupational Chemical Exposure Series, No 31 Mineral Fibres, Helsinki 1992 (in Finnish)
Institute of Occupational Health, Occupational Chemical Exposure Series, No 32 Nickel, Helsinki 1992 (in Finnish)
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety and CEC, Commission of the European Communities, International Chemical Safety Cards, Benzene ICSC#0015
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety and CEC, Commission of the European Communities, International Chemical Safety Cards, Chlorine ICSC#0126
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety and CEC, Commission of the European Communities, International Chemical Safety Cards, Chromium Trioxide ICSC#1194
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety and CEC, Commission of the European Communities, International Chemical Safety Cards, Lead ICSC#0052
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety and CEC, Commission of the European Communities, International Chemical Safety Cards for halogeneted compounds. Numbers ICSC#0024, ICSC#0027, ICSC#0058, ICSC#0076, ICSC#0079, ICSC#0080, ICSC#0081, ICSC#0250, ICSC#0332, ICSC#0417, ICSC#0441, ICSC#0642, ICSC#0683, WHO, Geneva 1993-1995
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety and CEC, Commission of the European Communities, International Chemical Safety Cards: Nickel ICSC#0062; Nickel Sulphate ICSC#0063; Nickel Carbonyl ICSC#0064; Nickel(II)oxide ICSC#0926; Nickel Carbonate ICSC#0927; Nickel Sulphide ICSC#0928, WHO, Geneva 1993-1995.
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 3 Lead, Geneva 1977
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria 21, Chlorine and Hydrogen Chloride, WHO, Geneva 1982
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 31 Tetrachloroethylene, WHO, Geneva 1984
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 32 Methylene Chloride, WHO, Geneva 1984
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 50 Trichloroethylene, WHO, Geneva 1985
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 61 Chromium, WHO, Geneva 1988
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 62 1,2-Dichloroethane, WHO, Geneva 1987
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 77 Man-made Mineral Fibres, WHO, Geneva 1988
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 108 Nickel, WHO, Geneva 1991
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 113 Fully Halogenated Chlorofluorocarbons, WHO, Geneva 1990
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 126 Partially Halogenated Chlorofluorocarbons (Methane Derivatives), WHO, Geneva 1991
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 128 Chlorobenzenes other than Hexachlorobenzene, WHO, Geneva 1991
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 136 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, WHO, Geneva 1992
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 146 1,3-Dichloropropene, 1,2-Dichloropropane and Mixtures, WHO, Geneva 1993
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 151 Selected Synthetic Organic Fibres, WHO, Geneva 1993
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 163 Chloroform, WHO, Geneva 1994
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Environmental Health Criteria Series, No 165 Inorganic Lead, Geneva 1995
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Chemical Safety, Fundamentals of Applied Toxicology, Training Module No 1, Geneva 1992
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 6 Methylene Chloride, WHO, Geneva 1987
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 55 1,2-Dichloroethane, WHO, Geneva 1987
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 62 Nickel, Nickel Carbonyl and Some Nickel Compounds, WHO, Geneva 1991.
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 76 1,3-Dichloropropene, 1,2-Dichloropropane and Mixtures, WHO, Geneva 1992
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 84 Hexachlorobutadiene, WHO, Geneva 1993
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 86 Methyl Bromide (Bromomethane), WHO, Geneva 1994
IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Health and Safety Guides Series, No 87 Chloroform, WHO, Geneva 1994
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