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Learn about barrier banding and control strategies for injury prevention. Focus on practical risk assessment methods, integrating banding with chemical control, and simplifying safety approaches. Explore the history and importance of control banding in occupational health. Get insights from the World Health Organization on collaborative efforts for global health and well-being. Join workshops and projects aimed at reducing safety risks and promoting multidisciplinary approaches. Discover how to implement barriers and manage solutions effectively. Advance your knowledge in injury prevention management. Your safety is our priority!
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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
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
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
Control Banding Approach Generic concept used for chemicals 4
COSHH Essentials Approach http://www.coshh-essentials.org.uk 5
Barrier Banding; Risk Levels Example for practical injury prevention management 6
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
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
OH Work Plan 2006 - 2010 10 PCIH_Intl_ORM_Models_06.ppt
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
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
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