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VASt programme Programme reinforcing the working conditions policy on dangerous substances Presentation Background, why? Details of the programme Results Discussion 2 Why reinforcing one third of the companies is handling


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Programme reinforcing the working conditions policy on dangerous substances

VASt programme

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Presentation

  • Background, why?
  • Details of the programme
  • Results
  • Discussion
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Why reinforcing

  • one third of the companies is handling

dangerous substances

  • one fourth of the employees is exposed
  • 30,000 different substances are handled
  • estimated 17.000 occupational diseases

and 1850 deaths

  • employers in SMEs take insufficient

responsibility

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Reasons insufficient compliance

  • lack of information in the chain ‘producer,

distributor, end-user’

  • MSDS are too technical, too long and of poor

quality

  • lack of knowledge and skills in SMEs
  • working conditions knowledge

infrastructure is not adequately

  • rganised to support companies
  • insufficient awareness of the risks
  • lack of knowledge on possible

control measures

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Four levels

National REACH VASt programme Company (SME) Sector

Actors involved

  • primary chain players
  • branche/sector
  • rganisations
  • trade unions
  • research institutes
  • ccupational health

services

  • education and training

institutes

  • governmental
  • rganisations
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Branches: develop and execute action plan

  • dangerous substances used in branche
  • reinforcing the position of the sector in

the chain ‘producer, distributor, end-user’

  • reinforcing the working conditions

knowledge infrastructure on dangerous substances tailor-made

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Results sector level

  • High priority sectors
  • 24 action plans
  • 184.000 companies involved
  • about 2 million employees
  • awareness, information, knowlegde
  • easier access for companies
  • more involvement companies
  • Implementation ??
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Results company level

  • Stoffenmanager
  • Pimex
  • AWARE
  • Pilots industrial estates/sites
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Stoffenmanager

  • > 8000 users
  • version 4.0 coming up
  • validated, database 4000 exposure measurements
  • quantitative exposure assessment
  • linked to Pimex films
  • REACH approved
  • Inspectorate approved
  • open source software
  • modules; skin exposure, storage, ATEX, English
  • 10 sector specific versions