Model gpa objective X working Compendium

Partner:

Valentina Forastieri, ILO

WHO/HQ: Evelyn Kortum

WHO/PAHO: Marie-Claude Lavoie


Priority 2.3:

Develop toolkits for the assessment and management of global health threats including HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, emphasizing vulnerable groups, in particular migrant workers

Outputs:

Tools, inventory, framework, mapping of use and types of tools, evaluation, and definition of toolkits

Support:

CC: Jadranka Mustajbegovic, Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia

WHO/HQ: Susan Wilburn
GPA Objective 2: Protect and Promote Health at the Workplace

FACILITATING PROJECT (administrative)	GPA 2.1a: Toolkits for chemical risks
Facilitating Project Title	Toolkits and other resources to improve assessment and management of CHEMICAL risks at the workplace.
GPA Objective	Objective 2: to protect and promote health at the workplace.
GPA Action	11. …the assessment and management of health risks at the workplace should be improved by: defining essential interventions for prevention and control of mechanical, physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial risks in the working environment. Such measures include also integrated management of chemicals at the workplace, elimination of second-hand tobacco smoke from all indoor workplaces, improved occupational safety, and health-impact assessment of new technologies, work processes and products at the design stage. 12. …protecting health at the workplace also requires enacting regulations and adopting a basic set of occupational health standards to make certain that all workplaces comply with minimum requirements for health and safety protection, ensuring an appropriate level of enforcement, strengthening workplace health inspection, and building up collaboration between the competent regulatory agencies according to specific national circumstances. 15. …work on creating practical tools for assessment and management of occupational risks, recommending minimum requirements for health protection at the workplace, providing guidance on development of healthy workplaces, and on promoting health at the workplace. …
Priority Area	2.1a: Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and management of OH risks (focus: chemical risks)
Purposes of facilitating project	Thirteen projects included here relate to management of chemicals, national implementation (including translation, adaptation), the International Chemical Control Toolkit (ICCT) and control banding. Two projects are aimed at the development of specific monitoring and risk assessment tools; this Facilitating Project will be particularly useful in coordinating these closely related activities. Projects are grouped into: (1) Projects to assess and manage chemicals; and (2) Analytic diagnostic tools
GPA Manager	Stavroula Leka; Aditya Jain
CC Initiative Leaders and contact information	Dave Zalk and Henri Heussen, IOHA
WHO responsible person	Susan Wilburn
Collaborating centre partners with separate contributing projects	1: Projects to assess and manage chemicals GPA 2.15n Demonstration and evaluation of control banding applications nationally and globally. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA and IOHA. Project Leaders: T.J. Lentz [e-mail], Catherine Beaucham [e-mail], Rick Niemeier [e-mail], Scott Earnest [e-mail], Chris Gjessing [e-mail] , IOHA -Dave Zalk [e-mail] GPA 2.11c Development of the Chemical Control Toolkit (Korean version of web-based chemical hazard information and control measures) by modifying the HSE control banding and ILO tool kit. Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA). Project Leaders: Seong-Kyu Kang ([e-mail]), Byung-Gyu Kim ([e-mail]) GPA 2.11d Implement International Chemical Control Toolkit (ICCT) In Portugal and in Some African Countries not yet identified. Environmental Health Department, National Institute of Health – Porto, Portugal. Project Leader: Joao Paulo Teixeira [e-mail] GPA 2.11e Application and expansion of Control Banding of chemicals and dust on small and middle-scale enterprises (SMEs) in China. National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing. Project Leader: Tao Li [e-mail] GPA 2.13c Risk Management of Chemicals: Chemical Toolkit Pilot-Project Implementation. FUNDACENTRO. Project Leader: Marcela Gerardo Ribeiro, [e-mail] GPA 2.15q Demonstration and evaluation of control banding application in small scale enterprises (SSEs) Department of Occupational Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Project Leader: Zhijun Zhou, [e-mail] GPA 2.11b Sound Chemicals Management for a Healthier Environment in South and Southeast Asia. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, India. Project leaders: Mr. Sankar Sambandam [e-mail], Kalpana Balakrishnan [e-mail]. GPA 2.15p Bakers allergy and asthma - Risk Management Toolkit. Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Project Leader: Mohamed F Jeebhay [e-mail] GPA 2.13a Development of an advanced model for regulatory exposure assessment (Advanced REACH Tool - ART). TNO, Zeist, The Netherlands. Project Leader: Dr Erik Tielemans, [e-mail] GPA2.11q Stoffenmanager 4.5: New and Extended Version. TNO, Gerard Zwetsloot, The Netherlands. Project Leaders: Maikel van Niftrik ([e-mail]); Henri Heussen ([e-mail]) GPA2.11r Stoffenmanager Construction Toolkit. IOHA. Project Leaders: Dave Zalk [e-mail] and Henri Heussen [e-mail] GPA2.11s Stoffenmanager Paint and Printing Ink Manufacturing Industry Toolkit. IOHA. Project Leaders: Dave Zalk [e-mail] and Henri Heussen [e-mail] GPA2.11t Development of Toolkits for Safe Solvent Use in Industry Sectors Involved with Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC) Phaseout. Sri Ramachandra University, India. Project leaders: Sankar Sambandam [e-mail] and Kalpana Balakrishnan [e-mail] See Silica Control Banding Toolkit Projects coded into GPA 1.2: GPA 1.10k, GPA1.10l, GPA1.10i, GPA1.10m See Nanotool Toolkit “Stoffenmanager Nano, version 1.0” coded to GPA 4.21at See two training projects for Control Banding in GPA3.2: Development and dissemination of introductory and advanced level training modules in Control Banding and its toolkits; and Capacity Building in Occupational Hygiene utilizing online capabilities 2: Analytic diagnostic tools GPA 2.11a New challenges and new methods in bio-monitoring. INRS, France. Project leader : Marie-Thérèse Brondeau (Jean-Marie Mur), [e-mail] GPA 2.11f Development of analytical diagnostic tools for occupational isocyanate asthma. Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. Project leader: Lygia T. Budnik, Email: [e-mail]
WHO Regional offices actively involved in this project (name and email)
Summary of the project (max100 words)	The assessment and management of health risks at the workplace should be improved by defining essential interventions for prevention and control of chemical risks in the working environment. Such measures include also integrated management of chemicals at the workplace. Protecting health at the workplace also requires enacting and adopting a basic set of occupational health standards. Development of guidance on best practice OHS standards on chemical risks. The development of an evidence base on the impact and management of chemical risks including identification of new risk factors such as due to introduction of new technologies, processes of globalization, as well as changes in the work organization. Development of training materials and programmes on the assessment and management of chemical risks. CCs contribute to defining common criteria of toolkits, develop inventories, framework documents, mapping of use and types of tools, to assess and manage the identified new as well as existing risks. Advanced toolkits will be implemented and evaluated.
Actual and anticipated deliverables by 2012 from contributing projects	1: Toolkits to improve management of work-related chemical risks GPA 2.15n Development of a construction sector control banding toolkit to address hazards in the construction industry, a collaborative effort involving government agencies from the US (NIOSH, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), the Netherlands (TNO) and the UK (HSE) Continued provision of training and technical assistance through workshops and control-focused solutions for hazardous exposures (primarily silica) in South America Release and dissemination of a training DVD and hazard guidance sheets with control banding solutions for occupational exposures to glutaraldehyde in healthcare settings Control banding principles and solutions applied to the nanotechnology manufacturing industry Control banding approaches and control-focused solutions and guidance to address exposures to electromagnetic fields. Inclusion of control banding strategies into the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) sector goals. GPA 2.11c Web-based chemical hazard information and control measures Developing hazard information and control measures on 30 chemicals GPA 2.11d Implement International Chemical Control Toolkit (ICCT) In Portugal and in some African countries not yet identified. GPA 2.11e Extending training about Control Banding of chemicals GPA 2.13c Training employers, employees and OSH professionals, concerning the reasons to use the ICCT based guidelines and how to use it GPA 2.15q The experiences on control banding to be demonstrated and spread among small scale industrials in China. GPA 2.11b Note: this project was completed in June 2010. Outcomes include a White Book on “Sound Chemical Management for SMEs” prepared and disseminated to major local stakeholders including regulators and industry associations and a GTZ Chemical Management Guide, which was translated in 2 local languages with suitable customization and distributed to 80 local enterprises. GPA 2.15p Recommendations for dust control in low income settings. Training manual, Prototype lid for bakery mixer GPA 2.13a Fully validated and operational ART for inhalation and dermal exposure. Made freely available on the web. Beta version for the ingestion exposure model. GPA2.11q Release of the website based Stoffenmanager 4.5: New and Extended Version GPA2.11r International usage of the Stoffenmanager Construction Toolkit GPA2.11s International usage of the Stoffenmanager Paint and Printing Ink Manufacturing Industry Toolkit GPA2.11t Training Manual for the Toolkits for Safe Solvent Use in Industry Sectors Involved with Carbon Tetrachloride Phaseout 2: Analytic diagnostic tools GPA 2.11a Database on bio-monitoring methods and available laboratories GPA 2.11f Implement the immunological assay for the diagnosis of patient samples. Recommendations for the prevention of occupational asthma based on biomonitoring screening
Critical gaps to be filled by 2012	Organizing an electronic repository for toolkits and organizing a network of experts to work together. Implementation and evaluation of toolkits and sharing of results.
Examples of deliverables desired by 2012	Electronic repository for toolkits; network of experts.
Barriers to success that must be addressed

Area 1: Projects to assess and manage chemicals

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA2.15n Formerly AA3:Ch3
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
CC or NGO Name	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA and IOHA
Project title	Demonstration and evaluation of control banding applications nationally and globally.
Keywords	Control strategies, risk management
Project leader Email address	T.J. Lentz [e-mail] Catherine Beaucham [e-mail] Rick Niemeier [e-mail] Scott Earnest [e-mail] Chris Gjessing [e-mail] IOHA -Dave Zalk [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	HSE (United Kingdom), BauA (Germany), IOHA, WHO, ILO
Other partners	OSHA (United States)
Funding	NIOSH and OSHA
Objective of the project	This project explores the utility and applicability of control focused guidance strategies for addressing workplace exposures in collaboration with national and international partners. This objective is consistent with the Global Implementation Strategy for control banding drafted by the WHO/ILO International Technical Group (2004) and will also support the global harmonization system for classifying and labeling chemicals.
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	- To provide outreach and guidance using control-focused risk management strategies in demonstration projects in U.S. businesses (2006-2007) - To develop hazard control guidance materials consistent with the global harmonization system for classification and control of chemicals (through 2009) - To develop guidance and informational materials for implementing control-focused risk management tools (through 2012) - To assess progress towards goals of the WHO International Technical Group’s Control Banding Implementation Strategy (2004-2009) and to develop and ratify a new 5-year Strategy
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and others where exposures to chemicals and other workplace hazards can be addressed using simplified risk-management toolkits
Summary of the project	To initiate and develop control-focused strategies to meet specific occupational safety and health challenges for SMEs and others, this project will utilize approaches modeled after those developed by the U.K. HSE, the WHO/ILO, and the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. Specific aims include: 1) creating a cadre of safety and health practitioners to develop, implement, and evaluate control banding approaches for addressing exposures to chemicals and other workplace hazards; 2) facilitating research collaborations and exchange of information and resources through international linkages (e.g., memorandums of understanding, coordinated videoconferencing, and developed and developing countries “twinning”); 3) developing print and electronic resources (state-of-the-science critical review document, control guidance primer, NIOSH Web page, CD-ROM) to provide control banding information and resources, and utilizing networks and partnerships for translating and disseminating materials to a broader audience; 4) coordinating and fostering control banding research efforts throughout the Institute and its international partners; and 5) performing demonstration projects with selected industries and SMEs to evaluate the applicability and utility of control-focused approaches.
Dissemination	Accomplished through multiple routes including: NIOSH print publications and Web postings; university studies; workshops and training seminars; professional groups and networks (WHO/ILO International Technical Group on Control Banding; IOHA; memorandum of understanding with NIOSH, OSHA, German BauA, U.K. HSE; Kentucky Safety and Health Network)
Impact: global/regional	Global
Progress on Project	NIOSH Web Topic Page was established to describe Control Banding and disseminate information about this topic (see http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ctrlbanding/ (2005). Demonstration projects on Chemical Risk Management Training Workshop were completed with the Kentucky Safety and Health Network and two member universities (2006). NIOSH funded the University of Connecticut Health Center, to conduct workshops on Control Banding: A Chemical Risk Management Tool for Health and Safety Committees (2006-2007). Continued participation in an international technical group of subject matter experts to collaborate, promote research, and disseminate information about control-focused solutions to hazards in the workplace. (WHO/ILO ITG on CB) NIOSH completed a a comprehensive document characterizing the evolution and state-of-the-science of control banding, entitled Qualitative Risk Characterization and Management of Occupational Hazards: Control Banding (CB), published August 2009 (see http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-152/ ). Updating the Global Implementation Strategy for the WHO International Technical Group on Control Banding for 2009-2014 (completed in early 2009). Development of a construction sector control banding toolkit to address hazards in the construction industry, a collaborative effort involving government agencies from the US (NIOSH, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), the Netherlands (TNO) and the United Kingdom (HSE) (draft in development – September 2009). Provision of training and technical assistance through workshops and control-focused solutions for hazardous exposures (primarily silica) in South America (Chile 2006-2008, and Peru 2008, 2010). Development of a training DVD and hazard guidance sheets with control banding solutions for occupational exposures to glutaraldehyde in healthcare settings (draft under final revision –June 2010). Applying control banding principles to the nanotechnology manufacturing industry (ongoing), expanding to look at the concept of health hazard banding. Exploring a project to develop a control banding approach and control-focused solutions and guidance to address exposures to electromagnetic fields (ongoing). Exploring a strategic partnership with the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) to incorporate health hazard/control banding strategies into a formal plan and practices for controlling workplace occupational exposures to chemicals. Preparing and presenting various educational and technical presentations on Health Hazard/Control Banding including an AIHA Teleweb (February 2010) and a Live and virtual scientific roundtable session at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference (Denver, CO, USA, May 2010). Pursuing discussions with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to determine the importance of control banding strategies in the context of current efforts to set occupational exposure limits.
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project	Developed Status Report for initial 5-year plan (2004-2009) of the ITG on Control Banding Developed a revised 5-year Plan (2009-2014) of the ITG on Control Banding Published a comprehensive document characterizing the evolution and state-of-the-science of control banding, entitled Qualitative Risk Characterization and Management of Occupational Hazards: Control Banding (CB), published August 2009 (see http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-152/ ).
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012	Development of a construction sector control banding toolkit to address hazards in the construction industry, a collaborative effort involving government agencies from the US (NIOSH, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), the Netherlands (TNO) and the United Kingdom (HSE) Continued provision of training and technical assistance through workshops and control-focused solutions for hazardous exposures (primarily silica) in South America Release and dissemination of a training DVD and hazard guidance sheets with control banding solutions for occupational exposures to glutaraldehyde in healthcare settings Control banding principles and solutions applied to the nanotechnology manufacturing industry Control banding approaches and control-focused solutions and guidance to address exposures to electromagnetic fields. Inclusion of control banding strategies and considerations in the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Sector Goals, as well as discussions with OSHA and the AIHA.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	2.11c Existing Project AA3:Ch6
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title	Development of the Chemical Control Toolkit (Korean version of web-based chemical hazard information and control measures) by modifying the HSE control banding and ILO tool kit
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
Responsible CC or NGO Name	Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA)
Project leader	Seong-Kyu Kang ([e-mail]) Byung-Gyu Kim ([e-mail])
Network partners (CC name, country, email)	IOHA, US NIOSH (for intervention) Any WHO-CCs that are interested in chemical control banding
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	WHO western pacific office Dr. Hisashi Ogawa
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Ministry of Labor, Republic of Korea
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
Summary of the project	Chemical Control Tool Kit is being developed via nation-wide survey for the handling, management and actual conditions of harmful chemical substances which have caused occupational disease in the latest 10 years in Korea. - The nation-wide survey is being executed on 6 chemicals per year in 2006 ~ 2010 - Web-based chemical hazard information and control measures are also being developed.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Employers and employees in small and medium sized enterprises, occupational health professionals
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	Small and medium sized enterprise will have an easy path to access to the web-based chemical hazard information and control measures
Indicators of achievement (impact)	Reduction in the (number of/ rate of) occupational diseases caused by harmful chemical substances listed in the Chemical Control Tool Kit
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	A nation-wide survey on total 30 chemicals: 5 years Developing hazard information and control measures on 30 chemicals : 5 years Providing web-based chemical hazard information and control measures: update every year until 2012
Public health impact
Funding source(s)	Public
Dissemination	The ‘Chemical Control Tool Kit’ will be uploaded on the website, allowing anyone in need to access the information at anytime

List of major outcomes already achieved by this project	Web-based hazard information and control measures are completed for 31 chemicals - A user-oriented tool for risk assessment has been provided on KOSHA homepage(www.kosha.net) - Guidance sheets are developed for 31 chemicals and 151 high risk processes - In addition, Hazard information sheets are developed for 716 chemicals   (2 kind of sheets for employees and for managers)
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012	Web-based hazard information and control measures in English will be developed on 35 chemicals by 2012 - Guidance sheets will be developed for 35 chemicals - Chemical hazard information sheets will be developed for 715 chemicals A user-oriented tool for risk assessment will be updated every year by 2012