Code of practice on safety and health in the iron and steel industry
- Publisher:
- International Labour Organization, represented by the International Labour Office (ILO)
- Publication date:
- 2005-05-13
Part II. Safe iron- and steel-making operations
- Industry-specific prevention and protection
- Coke ovens and by-product plants
- Iron and steel-making
- Surface preparation
- Iron and steel foundries
- Rolling mills
- Coating lines
- Heat treating
- Internal transport
- Recycling iron and steel
- Competence, education and training
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Contingency and emergency preparedness
- Work organization
- Special protection
- Personal hygiene
Annexes
- Hazard identification, risk assessment and control
- Workers' health surveillance (adapted from the ILO Technical and ethical guidelines for workers' health surveillance, 1998)
- Surveillance of the working environment (according to the Occupational Health Services Recommendation, 1985 (No. 171))
- Establishing an OSH management system (adapted from the ILO Guidelines on occupational safety and health management systems, ILO/OSH 2001)
- Occupational exposure limits for hazardous substances, electric and magnetic fields, optical radiation, heat, noise and vibration
- Additional chemicals used in the iron and steel industry