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Labour standards, safety and health, and risk assessment in the fishing sector
IMH 2006;57(1-4):114-126.
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Vol 57, No 1-4 (2006)
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Submitted: 2013-02-18
Published online: 2010-03-26
Abstract
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has, since its founding, worked
towards the improvement of the working conditions of all people through various means
of action, including the adoption of international labour standards. This paper will
briefly discuss ILO’s standards concerning occupational safety and health, its specific
standards concerning work on board fishing vessels, and its work to develop a new
Convention and Recommendation on Work in the Fishing Sector. It will then cover the
background and debate concerning the provisions in these proposed instruments that
relate to improving occupational safety and health, with a special emphasis on proposed requirements and guidance concerning “risk assessment”. Examples will be provided of
how “risk assessment” has been used in ILO instruments, in regional (European Union)
legislation concerning the fishing sector and in national laws, regulations and practice in
this sector. The objective of the paper is to stimulate debate on how “risk assessment”
of safety and health matters on fishing vessels could be promoted worldwide, taking
into account differing levels of development and the considerable diversity of fishing
operations.
Abstract
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has, since its founding, worked
towards the improvement of the working conditions of all people through various means
of action, including the adoption of international labour standards. This paper will
briefly discuss ILO’s standards concerning occupational safety and health, its specific
standards concerning work on board fishing vessels, and its work to develop a new
Convention and Recommendation on Work in the Fishing Sector. It will then cover the
background and debate concerning the provisions in these proposed instruments that
relate to improving occupational safety and health, with a special emphasis on proposed requirements and guidance concerning “risk assessment”. Examples will be provided of
how “risk assessment” has been used in ILO instruments, in regional (European Union)
legislation concerning the fishing sector and in national laws, regulations and practice in
this sector. The objective of the paper is to stimulate debate on how “risk assessment”
of safety and health matters on fishing vessels could be promoted worldwide, taking
into account differing levels of development and the considerable diversity of fishing
operations.
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IMH 2006;57(1-4):114-126.
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Brandt Wagner
