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Health and Safety
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Health and Safety - Global picture
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| In construction at least 108 thousand workers are killed on site every year, that figure represents 30 per cent of all fatal injuries. That is one person dying every five minutes because of bad, and illegal, working conditions. The construction industry has a deservedly notorious reputation as being dirty, difficult and dangerous. Tropical loggers stand a one in ten chance of being killed over a working lifetime. Sawmills are increasingly subcontracted and hazardous, whilst wood working continues to rely on the workers skills to avoid injuries, rather than on any prevention measures. |
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IFBWW action
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| Mobilizing for improvements in working conditions in the building and timber trades has always been a fundamental part of IFBWW's global trade union activity. Notoriously dangerous, the industries in which IFBWW members work continue to destroy people´s lives by exposing them to well known, and often avoidable, hazards. |
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Global OHS Programme
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| Launched in May 2000, the IFBWW Global Programme "Healthy work, Healthy development" aims to assist affiliates with improvements in structure and strategy on occupational health, safety and the environment. |
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Made mineral fibres
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| Although society has benefited enormously from the development of the different types of man-made mineral fibres (MMMF), such as glasswool, rockwool and slagwool, the exposure to concentrations of airborne dust of MMF has raised serious concern about the harmful effects on health. Workers frequently suffer from skin, eye and upper-respiratory-tract irritation. There is also evidence that MMFs can cause lung cancer. |
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Organic solvents
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| Since the mid-1970s, there has been growing concern about the risks resulting from the use of chemical solvents, fillers and preservatives. Organic solvents are used in many industries and trades. |
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Wood dust
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| Modern machine working procedures and ever-increasing working speeds have resulted in a marked increase in the proportion of dust generated. Wood dust is generated by the machine-working of various types of wood during sawing, planing, sanding and drilling. |
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Workers' Memorial Day
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28th APRIL 2005
THE IFBWW SAYS ORGANISE! STRONG UNIONS = SAFE JOBS
Each year on the 28th April trade unions around the world organise events to celebrate International Workers Memorial Day. The purpose is to highlight the preventable nature of workplace accidents and ill health, and to promote campaigns and union organisation to improve health and safety at work. It is also a day to remember all those who have died because of their job. |
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