IMHA-Research self-rated health risk factors at sea - multicenter project/the employers´responsibilities for health and safety for port workers are listed here
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The WHO guidelines include among other issues these[edit | edit source]
- Port employers should make necessary arrangements to provide for:
- regular surveillance of the working environment, in addition to health surveillance as defined by national law and practice;
- adequate and competent supervision of work and working practices.
- If not carrying out the port work themselves, they should cooperate with the bodies and
- persons that are doing so in order to ensure that the prescribed OSH measures are given the appropriate effect.
Questions to be asked[edit | edit source]
- Number of employees on average more or less in each main Port area and total Port workers?
- Number of working hours per year per person on average?
- What was the annual incidence rate of work non-fatal injuries 2000-2010 and fatal incidence rate?
- What is the annual incidence rate of work non-fatal injuries 2011-2017 and fatal incidence?
- Do you have any estimate of the under-reporting of non-fatal and fatal accidents ?
- Do the port authorities and the employers comply with their obligations to offer training, etc. ?
- Are all workers offered safety training regularly ?
- Are all managers, safety council members, office workers, administrative staff, authorities, offered training?
- Do you use an electronic reporting system for accidents, injuries and near miss in the ports?
- What is your definition of severity for obligatory accident report, f.eks 1 day off from work?
- Do the workers get financial compensation for lost work capacity?
- Do you have a mapping of the port working areas and job-types to be used in the reporting system?
- Do you use health questionnaires regularly f.ex on musculoskeletal complaints?
- Are the self-rated health indicators in the questionnaires validated for bias?
- Are workers offered regular medical examinations – results?
- Do the occupational physicians use electronic pt. records?
- Are the occup. physicians familiar with the working processes and the risks?
- Are the injury and health data analysed and used for the port workers and administrators´ risk prevention?
- Are all the updated results available for all staff?
- Do you make objective measurements of hazardous exposures – of diesel particles or grain dust for example - results?
- Are all the reported data available for learning in the training courses?