Health and Safety Regulations

Published by: webmaster 2010-03-16

I am looking for web sites from around the world regarding different country?s health and safety regulations. Here in the US, OSHA does a pretty good job of posting all of their regulations in one place (http://www.osha.gov/index.html) and their web site if pretty searchable and friendly (once you use it a bit). I need to find web sites like that for the EC, individual European countries, Russia, Middle East, Asia / Pacific area, Central and South America. An even better web site would be one that compares individual regulations from country to country (e.g. in the US you must wear hearing protectors above 90dB but in the UK you must wearing them above 85dB, etc.). Thanks in advance for your help. Dan

Great list so far. That was just what I was looking for. The thing that would make it complete are just a few more sites. Is there anything out there for Mexico, Central American, South America, Soviet Block Countries or the Middle East? If I can get something for those I'll be a happy camper. Thanks, Dan

Daniel, Unfortunately, it's tough to find consolidated OSH information for other parts of the world. One possible source is the World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/occupational_health/network/en/directory.pdf I extracted several links from this report that may be helpful: BRAZIL www.fundacentro.gov.br/ CHILE http://www.ispch.cl/ POLAND http://www.immt.gdynia.pl/ EGYPT www.niosh.gov.eg Korea www.kosha.net/english/english.htm I also came across a link for Bahrain: http://www.bah-molsa.com/english/index.asp Hope that helps some. If there's one or two countries that would complete the list for you, let me know, and I'll have a look and post their links as an answer. pafalafa-ga

Hello again, Dan. Thank you for your kind words, and for giving me the opportunity to answer your question. There are a few additional links I would like you to be aware of. The first is the Mexico Labor Department, with oversight for OSH issues: http://www.stps.gob.mx/index2.htm In particular, you'll find the site for the Direcci n General de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo at: http://www.stps.gob.mx/04_sub_prevision/03_dgsht/san_diego/bienvenida/index2.htm An interesting adjunct to the Mexican site is the home of the TriNational Working Group on OSH matters: http://www.naalcosh.org/index_e.htm North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation Note the links to specific OSH topics in the US, Canada, and Mexico on the lower left hand side of the page. Another useful resource -- if you haven't seen it already -- might be the ILO legislative site on OSH texts: http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/protection/safework/cis/legosh/ Legislative texts on OSH Index of Countries, Provinces, Organizations Clicking on a country name takes you to a list of OSH legislation and other resources for that country, and clicking on a resource name brings up a summary document, like this one for Mexico: Federal Regulation on Occupational Safety and Health and on the Working Environment [1997] http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/protection/safework/cis/legosh/mex/lx068782.htm Abstract These new general regulations on OSH came into effect (except for parts of Title II) on 21 Apr. 1997. They cover: I - General OSH measures: definitions; responsibilities of employers and employees; scope and role of Standards issued by the "Secretar a"; research, authorization, evaluation and advisory activities of the "Secretar a". II - Safety requirements in the workplace: buildings and workplaces; fire prevention and protection; equipment, machinery, pressure vessels, steam generators; electrical installations; tools; handling, transportation and storage of materials in general, and of dangerous chemical substances in particular. III - Occupational hygiene: noise and vibration; ionizing and non-ionizing radiation; biological hazards; work in abnormal air pressure; work under abnormal thermal conditions; lighting; ventilation; personal protective equipment; ergonomic considerations; welfare facilities; order and cleanliness. IV - Safety and health organization in the workplace: generalities; safety and health committees; notification of and statistics on occupational accidents and diseases; OSH programmes in the workplace; OSH training; preventive activity in occupational medicine and in OSH. V - Protection of minors and of pregnant and nursing women. VI - Enforcement, inspection and administrative sanctions. Several Regulations, including the "1978 General Regulations on Safety and Health" are abrogated. Hope these links, along with those I provided earlier, fully meet your needs. You needn't do anything to "close" this question. By posting an answer in the answer box, I've effectively closed it myself. However, you can do one or both of the following, if you wish: --Ask for additional information by posting a Request for Clarification (and please feel free to do so if there's anything you need). --Rate this answer anywhere from one to five stars (five is the best). You can also leave a comment along with the rating. I hope you've enjoyed your first Google Answers experience. Hope we'll see you back here again one of these days. pafalafa-ga

Hello Daniel, I'm not aware of any source that presents a side-by-side comparison of all OSH regs for all countries -- indeed, that would be quite an unwieldy chart! However, there is extensive information available on international H&S topics. Your best source is probably the International Labor Organization (ILO). In particular, have a look at these two online resources provided by the ILO: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/legosh.htm Legislative Texts on OSH The Database of Legislative Texts on Occupational Safety and Health (LEGOSH) that we present here consists of references to more than 3500 (as of 2001) laws, regulations and international legal instruments dealing with OSH matters in approximately 140 countries and international organizations. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/encyclo/index.htm The ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety The first has all the laws on a country by country basis, the second has in-depth discussions of particular topics, such as hearing protection devices, and differing standards used around the world. Are these the sorts of resources you're looking for. Please let me know if they meet your needs. Thanks, pafalafa-ga

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Best I can do are these links here, although not every region that you are interested in is represented: http://dmoz.org/Health/Occupational_Health_and_Safety/Government_Agencies/Europe/ http://dmoz.org/Health/Occupational_Health_and_Safety/Government_Agencies/Asia/

Thanks for all the hard work. I would like something for Mexico and I think that would about do it. This is the first time that I've ever asked for anything here. How do I go about closing out the question and telling the "powers that be" that you did a great job?!? Thanks again, Dan

I've seen the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre web site from Geneva, Switzerland. It will list regulations however not actually direct you to the country of origin?s web page. If a web site that compares a bunch of different countries health and safety regulations is not available, then I would require web sites from major countries (see list in first question) where their individual regulations are posted (again like OSHA, see original question). I?ll pull up the things of interest that I require from these individual web pages and put together my own comparrision Thanks again, Dan

For the UK try the following links: http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/ Hope these help Steve http://www.SafetyServicesDirect.com

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This was a very difficult topic that I've been dealing with for years. My researcher did a fantastic job of putting together a bunch of web pages that will aide me in my research. Fabulous job!!!!