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Barrier Banding Strategies

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Barrier Banding Strategies

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  1. Barrier Banding; Injury Prevention Management Utilizing Control Banding StrategiesDAVID M. ZALK, MPH, CIHUniversity of CaliforniaLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryEmail; zalk1@llnl.gov Phone; +1 925 422 8904UCRL Pending* Work performed under the auspices of U. S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract W-7405-Eng-48 1

  2. Barrier Banding Strategies • The real numbers • 2.7 billion vs. 300 million workers • Practical Primary Prevention; Injury & Illness • Goal; Advancing simplified, practical risk assessment methods for injury prevention • Focus; Small & Medium-size Enterprises (SME) • Larger enterprises in Developing Countries • Work in a manner to integrate with existing Control Banding strategies with chemicals 2

  3. Control Banding History • 1946; 1st ACGIH TLV DOCUMENT PUBLISHED • Significant Start for “Traditional Approach” to IH • 1970’s; QUALITATIVE & SEMI-QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT APPROACHES DEVELOPED • 1988; COSHH REGULATIONS RELEASED IN UK • 1989; SAFETY RISK CONCEPTS APPLIED TO LABS • (1) Categorizing Hazards with R-Phrases • (2) Estimate Exposures in Labs • (3) Workplace Matrix to Use (1) & (2) for Controls • 1995; SETTING OELs & OCC’L EXPOSURE BANDS (OEBs) FOR PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS • 1999; 1st EDITION OF COSHH ESSENTIALS 3

  4. Control Banding Approach Generic concept used for chemicals 4

  5. COSHH Essentials Approach http://www.coshh-essentials.org.uk 5

  6. Barrier Banding; Risk Levels Example for practical injury prevention management 6

  7. World Health Organisation (WHO) • WHO is an organisation of the United Nations • Represents Ministries of Health Globally • Tripartite organisation • Works in co-operation with ILO • Goal; Health and well-being for people at large • Focus; Occupational Health within the greater Public Health professions • WHO Collaborating Centres on Occupational Health (WHOCC) • NGOs internationally work together as collaborating centres to achieve common goals 7

  8. WHO Collaborating Centres 8

  9. WHOCC Work Plan 2006 - 10 • Drafted; Johannesburg, South Africa Sep. 2005 • Planning meeting held in synch with IOHA 2005 • Planning Committee; Co-chairs, WHO, ILO,& NGOs • Ratified; Stresa, Italy June 2006 • Activity Areas (AA) involving Industrial Hygiene • AA1; Global occupational situation analysis • AA2; Evidence for national policy & action plans • AA3; Practical approaches to identify and reduce occupational risks • AA4; Education, training, and technical materials • AA5; Development/expansion Occ’l Health services • AA6; Resource mobilizing, communication, network 9

  10. OH Work Plan 2006 - 2010 10 PCIH_Intl_ORM_Models_06.ppt

  11. AA3; MSD Prevention • IOHA and IEA; Ergonomics Toolkits Project • ILO Ergonomics Checkpoints Publication (2006) • Joint IOHA/IEA Workshop at IEA 2006 Congress • Development In Line With Control Banding Strategies • Solutions Presentation Comparable to Guidance Sheets • Ergonomics Risk Assessment Approach • Strengthens Control Bases for Combining With Chemicals • Requires Implementation and Validation • IEA to Write Position Paper Toward Cooperation • Three-Phase Approach • Communication • Evaluation • Integration • Goal; Develop and Promote Multidisciplinary Approach 11

  12. AA3; Injury Prevention Management • IOHA and IAPA; Injury Prevention Toolkit Project • Barrier Banding • Focus; implementing barriers to injury outcomes • Addressing Safety Accident Scenarios • Implementing Barriers and Managing Solutions • Simplified Approaches for the Most Common Outcomes • Injury Prevention Toolkits Need Scientific Process • Reducing Occupational Risk for Work-Related Injuries • Practical Approach to Identify and Reduce Safety Risks • Injury Prevention Management Workshop • Comprehensively Addressing Issues, Questions, & Research Within the Safety Profession for Consensus 12

  13. International Models of Practice • IOHA Offering Guidance & Partnerships • IAPA + ??? • History; A Global Progression • Developed and Developing Countries • WHOCC 2006 - 2010 Work Plan • Expanding International Models • OSHH = Practical Primary Prevention • We ALL must work together: • Organizations, disciplines, and professionals 13

  14. Your attention is appreciated! 14

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