occupational safety

• Alternative Labels

  • accident prevention
  • safety at work
  • workplace safety

• Scope Note

  • The protection of workers' lives and physical well-being by eliminating or controlling risks in the working environment or the system of work within which workers operate.

• Broader Concepts

  • 13.04.2 Occupational safety and health
  • 15.06 Safety

• Related Concepts

  • 13.03.1 Working conditions
  • 13.03.3 Quality of working life
  • 13.04.1 Work environment
  • employees responsibility
  • exposure limit
  • hazard
  • occupational accident
  • occupational disease
  • occupational health
  • occupational injury
  • posture
  • protective equipment
  • radiation protection
  • safety committee
  • safety management
  • workplace violence

• Broader Matching Concepts

  • 327
  • Occupational safety and health

• sourceOfScopeNote

  • Heron R. Glossary of labour administration and related terms. ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, ILO, 1999. (Labordoc 99B09/347)

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• Close Matching Concepts

  • Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

• RDF Type

  • Concept