On-line resource kit: construction

Resource list | 03 April 2019
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Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)

Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981

Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167)

Safety and Health in Construction Recommendation, 1988 (No. 175)

ILO Code of Practice: Safety and Health in Construction
The objective of this code is to provide practical guidance on a legal, administrative, technical and educational framework for safety and health in the construction sector.

Conducting Labour Inspections on Construction - A guide for labour inspectors
The objective of this guide is to assist labour inspectors fulfil their inspectorial function by providing information, in a user friendly format on, a suggested methodology for conducting inspections of construction activities; from planning to reporting on the inspection, as well as providing technical information which labour inspectors can supply to employers and workers, so as to ensure “Decent Work”.

Good Practices and challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure projects
Issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on Good Practices and Challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure Projects.

Global Dialogue Forum on Good Practices and Challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure Projects - Final report of the discussion

The role of Worker Representation and Consultation in Managing Health and Safety in the Construction Industry
This paper contributes to the discussion on the importance of workers’ participation and representation for the improvement of safety and health conditions in construction, firstly by presenting a set of definitions, followed by evidence of the effectiveness of worker representation and consultation in health and safety generally and in the construction sector in particular.

Building a preventative safety and health culture in construction, a guide to the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167) and Recommendation (No. 175)

Safety, health and welfare on construction sites: A training manual
This manual, a revised and expanded version of a 1990 edition, will help consider safety, health and welfare conditions on construction sites in and learn about possible solutions to the encountered problems. It has been developed primarily for construction site workers, their representatives and the workers’ immediate supervisors.

Training package in occupational safety and health for the construction industry
This digital training package - ILO Construction Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) - aims to address the shortage of comprehensive construction safety training materials in the public domain.

Occupational safety and health awareness raising material in the construction sector

In order to assist in raising awareness of safe working practices in the construction sector, the Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch (LABADMIN/OSH) has produced a series of awareness raising materials for prevention of work-related accidents and ill health on construction sites.

Other information can also be found here under the construction sector and
Occupational safety and health in the construction sector