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Suitable plant design, equipment, operation and maintenance, cleaning and housekeeping of facilities, training and awareness programs for all employees are necessary to maintain a healthy and safe work environment.
To extend local best practice to Group level, the target is to define and distribute a Group-wide policy on industrial hygiene procedures by 2008.
The policy focuses on the following potential exposure risks in the workplace, considered as the minimum requirement to endorse a responsible care of employees occupational health issues:
- dust
- crystalline silica
- noise
- vibration.
Taking advantage of the best practices within the Group, regular monitoring of exposure risk is being extended to all the subsidiaries.
An ambitious target has been set to assess at least 70% of potentially exposed employees by 2012, following Group best practices.
As part of the WBCSD/CSI, Italcementi was involved in putting into practice the European Social Dialogue Agreement (ESDA-NePSi) on silica in 2007.
Italcementi was also involved in the Comprehensive Health Risk Study commissioned by CEMBUREAU from independent research institutes in response to concern about impacts to health from cement and the lack of a consistent scientific approach to the subject.
Italcementi is partecipating through three plants in Italy (Monselice, Samatzai and Colleferro) and one in Turkey (Ankara).
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| CEMBUREAU The European Cement Association |
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