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1. REGULATION AND PRACTICE OF HANDLING TRANSPORT CONTAINERS: A PILOT STUDY IN DENMARK Balázs Ádám, Randi Nørgaard and Jørgen Riis Jepsen Centre of Maritime Health and Society University of Southern Denmark
2. REGULATIONS INFLUENCING HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CONTAINER HANDLING IN DENMARK Regulation on international, national and local levels in the areas of OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CHEMICAL SAFETY PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
3. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS Occupational Safety and Health Convention, No. 155 (1981, ILO) Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, No. 164, (1981, ILO) 89/391/EEC Health and safety at work „FrameworkDirective” 89/654 Directive concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace 89/656 Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace 98/24 Directive on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work 2004/37 Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work
4. THE DANISH WORKING ENVIRONMENT ACT FRAMEWORK ACT LAYS DOWN THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS IN RELATIONS TO WORKING ENVIRONMENT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMPLOYER TO ENSURE THAT THE WORKING CONDITIONS ARE SAFE AND SOUND IN ANY WAY A NUMBER OF REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENT THE ACT IN RELATION TO SAFETY OF CONTAINER HANDLING
5. DANISH WORKING ENVIRONMENT REGULATIONS REGULATIONS RELATED TO HANDELING OF CONTAINERS Regulation No. 559 on the performance of work   Regulation No. 1181 on companies´ safety and health work   Regulation No. 1706 on use of personal protective equipment Regulation No. 96 on organization of permanent workplaces Regulation no. 518 on safety signs and other forms of signalling Regulation No. 507 on limit values for substances and materials Regulation No. 908 on measures for prevention of exposure to carcinogenic substances and materials Regulation No. 292 on work with substances and materials (chemical agents)
6. REGULATIONS ON CHEMICAL USE AT WORK SAFETY IN THE USE OF CHEMICALS AT WORK (1993, ILO) The practical recommendations of this code of practice are intended for the use of all those who have a responsibility for safety in the use of chemicals Flow of information from the manufacturers or importers THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS (IMDG) CODE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES IN SHIPS (2008, IMO)
7. DANISH REGULATION ON CHEMICAL SAFETY DANISH CHEMICALS ACT Declaration, sale, classification, packaging, labelling and storage of chemicals INFORMATION SOURCE SEAHEALTH CHEMICALS DATABASE Database of more than 4500 products used on Danish ships
8. PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYTOSANITARYMEASURES (ISPM 15) – regulation of treatment of wood packaging material in international trade (2009, IPPC) MONTEREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER HANDBOOK ON CRITICAL USE NOMINATIONS FOR METHYL BROMIDE EU REQUIREMENTS FOR WOOD PACKING MATERIAL & DUNNAGE DANISH REGULATION NO. 1301 ON IMPORT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS ECT.
9. Associations of international and Danish national regulations relevant to the prevention of chemical exposures from transport containers Occupational health and safety Chemical safety Phytosanitary measures
10. LOCAL INSTRUCTIONS CUSTOMS OFFICE SAFETY INSTRUCTION No. 23 – CONTROL OF CONTAINERS SAFETY INSTRUCTION No. 26 – STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING The safety instructions relate to IMDG CODE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES DANISH DIRECTIVES SEAHEALTH (KNOWLEGDE OF CHEMICALS)
11. LOCAL INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINER LOGISTIC COMPANY GROUP POLICIES follow the vision for conducting business in a safe manner committed to comply with applicable laws and regulations OWN SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS structured easily available no stated relation to national and international regulations
12. LOCAL INSTRUCTIONS IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS CONTAINERS certificate for fumigation labeled as “dangerous goods” ventilation valves in the container are closed SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IN CASE OF SUSPICION ventilation mask – filter gloves
13. PRACTICE OF CONTAINER HANDLING IN DENMARK Structured interviews with managers and safety representatives of Danish container inspecting authorities Container logistic company Interview template Work activity Exposure Health effects Preventive measures Harmonised with the interview template for container treatment.
14. DIRECT CONTACT WITH CONTAINERS INSPECTION Opened on a ramp by the driver Entering the container is frequently needed Unloading is required sometimes, typically the driver or a company does it UNLOADING From ramp Manual Forklift sometimes used
15. KNOWLEDGE OF THE REGULATORY BACKGROUND *Regulations that could be named by interviewees
16. EXPOSURE
17. CHEMICALS AND THEIR HEALTH EFFECTS
18. PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND CON-CERNS OF THEIR USE IN PRACTICE
19. PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND CON-CERNS OF THEIR USE IN PRACTICE
20. CONCLUSIONS Based on the review of the regulation and practice of container handling in Denmark Exposure to harmful chemicals during handling transport containers is likely to be frequent Health effects are rarely seen There is limited knowledge about the related regulations and the local instructions may not give specific practical advice Little information on potentially exposing chemicals Difficulty with the identification of dangerous containers No standard regimes for risk management
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