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Les préoccupations environnementales ont généré une croissance rapide des emplois « verts », mais une évaluation insuffisante des risques posés par ces nouvelles technologies et processus pour la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs. Avec le projet Prévoyance, l'Agence Européenne pour la sécurité et la santé au travail (EU-OSHA) a pour objectif d'identifier les risques nouveaux et émergents de l'économie verte. En effet, les emplois verts sont susceptibles d'engendrer...
Prior research has established that electrical contractors involved in the construction and maintenance of electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) lines are at extremely high risk of electrocution. The result of inadvertent contact with T&D lines often is death or severe injury that involves damage to internal organs, musculoskeletal disorders, neurological damages and severe burns. The Electrical Safety Foundation International has demonstrated that contact with overhead power lines has been the single largest cause of electrical fatalities over the last decade. To reduce this disproportionate...
Énergies nouvelles pour la prévention Pour pallier la raréfaction des ressources fossiles et réduire la pollution, la réglementation a fixé un certain nombre de critères de progression énergétique qui se traduisent par de nouvelles situations de travail dans les secteurs de l'énergie et du bâtiment. Source : http://www.inrs.fr/accueil/header/actualites/emplois-verts.html
Green jobs—good for the environment, good for the economy. But how do we assure that green jobs are also good for workers? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), through the Prevention through Design Program, launched the Going Green: Safe and Healthy Jobs initiative to make sure that green jobs are good for workers by integrating worker safety and health sustainability. Green jobs, which have been defined broadly as jobs that help improve the environment and enhance sustainability, offer opportunities as well as challenges for workers. Examples of green jobs include...
OSHA and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) formed an Alliance Aug. 8 that focuses on preventing worker exposures to electrical, crane and fall hazards in the wind energy industry. During the two-year agreement, the Alliance participants intend to develop materials for workers that address wind energy maintenance and operations hazards. The participants will also hold forums to discuss these hazards that can expose workers to harm and raise awareness among workers and employers of OSHA's rulemaking and enforcement initiatives through sharing information on workplace safety and health...
This report describes the work carried out in Phase 1 of the project ‘Foresight of New and Emerging Risks to Occupational Safety and Health Associated with New Technologies in Green Jobs by 2020' commissioned by the European Risk Observatory (ERO). The aim of Phase 1 is to identify key contextual drivers of change that could contribute to creating new and emerging risks associated with new technologies in green jobs within ten years. This report serves as an interim report to the whole project, which has three phases. Source : https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/reports/green-jobs...
This Best Practice has been developed to provide a summary of current practices for construction and operation of transportation facilities and working platforms that rely on floating ice for structural adequacy. The focus is on advice that provides effective overice operations while ensuring that a standard of care necessary to protect worker safety is the highest priority. The Best Practice covers the basic steps for planning, design, construction, operation and closure of an over-ice project. Source : http://employment.alberta.ca/documents/WHS/WHS-PUB_sh010.pdf
Synthèse des connaissances Le présent rapport a été produit en vue de fournir l'information la plus complète aux directions régionales de santé publique. Les sujets qui y sont abordés ont été identifiés selon les préoccupations ou inquiétudes soulevées par la population en matière de santé lors d‘audiences publiques ou lors de demandes d'informations adressées aux directions de santé publique, ou selon les problématiques potentielles perçues par...
Renewable energy and the green job [r]evolution In 2009 the world is reeling from a collapse of the financial markets. The effects have been large job losses in the UK, USA and other developed nations, volatile stock markets, and millions of ordinary people struggling to pay their bills. Governments around the world responded with massive bail-out and fiscal stimulus packages. The United States alone poured $787 billion into its economy to prop up failing businesses and financial institutions. Source: http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/working-for-the-climate.pdf
HSE Podcast HSE's Taf Powell talks about HSE's contribution to ensuring secure, clean and affordable energy for Britain in the future. Source: http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/09/29/hse-podcast-emerging-energy-technologies/
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) consider renewable energy to be a vital component of the UK's diverse energy mix. The range of sources that this workstream covers include: biofuels; wave; tidal; and wind generation (on and offshore). http://www.hse.gov.uk/eet/renewableenergy.htm
New website - HSE's response to Government plans to introduce alternative (non-nuclear) energy technologies to combat climate change. http://www.hse.gov.uk/eet/index.htm?ebul=hsegen/24-aug-2009&cr=16
“Green commonly refers to environmental values,” says the LHSFNA’s Associate Director of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Walter Jones, “but it also taps concerns about sustainability and lifecycles. In this respect, it encompasses occupational safety and health issues as well.” http://www.lhsfna.org/index.cfm?objectID=BD651672-D56F-E6FA-9DECBF1AD8E29093
This is a horizon scanning short report on the health and safety implications of the growing use of solar energy in the UK. http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/07/27/solar-energy/?rss=Research
This is a horizon scanning short report on the health and safety implications of the growth of marine renewable energy in the UK. http://news.hse.gov.uk/2009/07/27/marine-renewable-energy/?rss=Research