| | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) is a research and specialist organization in the sector of occupational health and safety. The available information is structured in thematic pages: Work and life course; Work conditions and safety; Health and work; Industry specific.
The pages on 'Ageing and work' describe the viewpoints of both individuals, enterprises, and the entire society. The challenges and means of individuals and enterprises are closely related. There is an abundance of 'good practices' which encourage us to take action for the improvement of the work environment and the workers' health.
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health collaborates with occupational health services, occupational safety organisations, homes and schools for the benefit of young people.
The Youth and work thematic pages gives information on:
- the transition of young people from school to work life
- how to balance studying, family life and work
- the rights of young employees
- safety at work and occupational health services
- literature and research results on young people and work
The ergonomics website contains data on the subject produced by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in the form of checklists and instructions that are easy to apply to actual situations. The website also contains information on the main sources of information on ergonomics with links to relevant websites outside the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.
The chemical safety website provides information that aims to advance the safe use of chemicals under normal circumstances, notably in the work environment, and to minimize damage in the event of an accident. The information may also be useful to consumers. Key issues in chemical safety are evaluation of the dangerous properties of chemicals before they are adopted at the workplace and assessment of the basic requirements that have to be set for working conditions, workers, methods of protection, and health monitoring to ensure prevention of excessive exposure and associated health effects.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) has as one of its tasks to promote occupational health and safety in construction industry. The majority of the information materials produced are so far only in Finnish. RATS (Rakennusalan Ammattikohtaiset TyöpaikkaSelvitykset) has been designed as a tool for the use of Finnish occupational health professionals in planning and carrying out occupational health care, risk assessments, workplace visits, health examinations and programs to help improve and maintain the work ability of workers in the construction industry.
The CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) database, available through the FIOH-site and constructed with support from the Europe Against Cancer Program of the European Union, provides selected exposure data and documented estimates of the number of exposed workers by country, carcinogen, and industry.
Target Audience: Occupational physicians, occupational hygienists , Safety officers , Employers , Members of the Safety and Health Committee , Employees
Type of information:
| Newsletter/mailing list | Directory, list and links to other sites | | Research reports | Dossiers and reports | | Calendar of activities | Guidelines | | Library Catalogue | Press releases and publications | | Case study | Articles from periodicals and table of contents | | Checklists | Legislation and regulations | | Database | |
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