Healthy and Safe Working Environment

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 363.11 Occupational and industrial hazards
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 299792
• Chủ đề: 1. LABOR LAW; 2. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; 3. RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT; 4. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT; 5. SAFETY AND HEALTH

Tóm tắt

This note provides guidance to investors and governments on good practice in occupational health and safety policies, programs, procedures and processes, a matter of critical importance given thathalf the world's working population is in agriculture-one of the three most hazardous sectors, with an estimated 170,000 fatalities per year (ILO). To be successful, an agribusiness operationmust rely heavily not only on the skills and competencies of its employees but on their health and wellbeing, requiring an awareness of and adherence to acceptable occupational health and safety standards.