Code of practice on safety and health in the iron and steel industry

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• Glossary
• Introduction
• General provisions
• Industry characteristics

Part I. National framework

• General duties
• Occupational safety and health management systems; reporting, recording and notification of work-related injuries and diseases, ill health and incidents; occupational health services

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