Information for manufacturing workers and employers:
WorkSafe Victoria has produced a number of relevant 'Injury Hotspots' for manufacturing, such as hotspots for the meat, airconditioning, metal manufacturing industries, as well as on topics such slips, trips and falls.
WorkSafe Victoria has produced a number of relevant 'Injury Hotspots' for manufacturing, such as hotspots for the meat, airconditioning, metal manufacturing industries, as well as on topics such slips, trips and falls.
Baking
From the HSE: Flour dust in bakeries - Guidance, background and advice on controlling exposure to flour dust.
Metal Fabrication
From the HSE: Flour dust in bakeries - Guidance, background and advice on controlling exposure to flour dust.
Metal Fabrication
From WorkSafe Victoria, safety information for the manufacturing sector, particularly metal fabrication:
A Guide to Safety in the Metal Fabrication Industry (2007). Victoria’s metal fabrication industry consists of nearly 3000 workplaces and employs more than 25,000 people.
Printing Industry
Essential Chemical Controls Package for Printers
- web-based guidance from the ASCC on the control of hazardous
substances for the printing industry. The first such workplace health
guidance package, it was developed by the ASCC in partnership with
unions and industry. The package provides simple step-by-step guidance
to assist printing companies with chemical hazard identification, risk
assessment and control. It has information on preventing and
controlling exposures, and advice on the use of chemicals, equipment,
health surveillance and training within the printing industry.
Machine guarding manual
OSHA has issued
Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Employees from Amputations
[pdf
],
the revised guide that identifies eight mechanical motions and eight
hazardous actions that present possible amputation hazards. The guide
also sets out steps employers can take to reduce these hazards.
Woodworking:
The UK’s Health and Safety Executive has a site on Woodworking: Help and advice on the key risks in woodworking including; dust, machinery, and slips and trips.
From the ASCC (June 2008): Benchmarking of exposures to wood dust and formaldehyde in selected industries in Aust [pdf] This study found 72% of hard wood dust exposure exceeded the exposure standard of 1mb/m3. Some 22% of solid softwoods, 28% of reconstituted woods and 25% of mixed woods exposure exceeded the recommended limit. Gaseous formaldehyde exposure was lower than the standard of 1ppm. Mixed wood and multi-tasking exposures were common and it recommended a review of wood dust exposure standards to reflect this. It recommended a larger study of more companies, and investigating using existing data to model exposures.
From the ASCC (June 2008): Benchmarking of exposures to wood dust and formaldehyde in selected industries in Aust [pdf] This study found 72% of hard wood dust exposure exceeded the exposure standard of 1mb/m3. Some 22% of solid softwoods, 28% of reconstituted woods and 25% of mixed woods exposure exceeded the recommended limit. Gaseous formaldehyde exposure was lower than the standard of 1ppm. Mixed wood and multi-tasking exposures were common and it recommended a review of wood dust exposure standards to reflect this. It recommended a larger study of more companies, and investigating using existing data to model exposures.
Meat industry health and safety guide Guidance notes on health and safety in the meat industry have been published by the British Meat Processors Association.
The guidance notes, which are available free online, have been
developed by a meat trades joint working party involving the union
Usdaw, the Health and Safety Executive and trade associations. The
guidance covers commonly used machinery and equipment such as bowl
choppers, bandsaws, hand knives and mechanical deboning systems. It
also gives advice on risk assessment in the industry and on priority
health and safety topics such as workplace transport, control of
hazardous substances and thermal comfort.
Usdaw publication alert BMPA health and safety guidance notes for the meat industry [pdf]
Usdaw publication alert BMPA health and safety guidance notes for the meat industry [pdf]