PROJECTS
Health Risk Assessment
An Occupational Health Risk Assessment (HRA) is a structured and systematic identification and analysis of workplace hazards to assess their potential risks to health, and to determine appropriate control measures to protect the health and wellbeing of workers.
HRA is an important step towards ensuring a ‘Zero Harm’ work policy is adopted to reduce occurring illnesses. This policy is at the core of ICMM’s Health and Safety Work Program.
What is ICMM doing?
ICMM members are committed to ensure their employees’ health and wellbeing and our goal to reach ’Zero Harm' by, among other things, assessing the health risks in the workplace through HRA.
ICMM has produced the document ‘Good Practice Guidance on Occupational Health Risk Assessment’. HRA within the mining and metals sector are especially complex because of the breadth and range of the mining lifecycle. Therefore this guide has been produced to help site practitioners assess and address the risks posed by hazards in the sector and also provide the tools to assess the health and wellbeing of employees and contractors.
A sister publication ‘Good Practice Guidance on Health Impact Assessment’ is currently in production. It will provide a guide for companies to assess the impacts of their operations on the health of local communities alongside environmental and social impacts.
What will our work achieve?
The aim is to embed the ‘Zero Harm’ vision in the daily activities of ICMM members. The key aspects of this vision are:
- Developing a workplace culture which recognises that all occupation-related illnesses are preventable.
- Ensuring that there are no repeat occurrences of occupational diseases in any workplace setting of an organization.
- Companies to set and implement health and safety standards that are simple, consistent and non-negotiable.
PROJECT DETAILS
A Occupational Health Risk Assessment (HRA) is the structured and systematic identification and analysis of workplace hazards to assess their potential risks to health and determine appropriate control measures to protect the health and wellbeing of workers.
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Good Practice Guidance on Health Impact Assessment
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Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Principle 05:
Seek continual improvement of our health and safety performance
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