increasing occupational safety & health for people with special needs (disabilities) in israel

Tel Aviv Yaffo Tel Aviv Yaffo 5-7 July 20115-7 July 2011

The Beit Issie Shapiro The Beit Issie Shapiro 5 5 th th International Conference on DisabilitiesInternational Conference on Disabilities 11

Increasing Occupational Safety & Health for Increasing Occupational Safety & Health for People with Special Needs (Disabilities) in IsraelPeople with Special Needs (Disabilities) in Israel

Funded by: The Manof Fund for Funding Activities for Prevention of Work Accidents, Funded by: The Manof Fund for Funding Activities for Prevention of Work Accidents, National Insurance Institute of IsraelNational Insurance Institute of Israel

Ayalon Avraham, M.Occ.H., Projects Manager, Projects & Infrastructures Development Ayalon Avraham, M.Occ.H., Projects Manager, Projects & Infrastructures Development DepartmentDepartmentTir Nahum, M.P.A., Head, Projects & Infrastructures Development DepartmentTir Nahum, M.P.A., Head, Projects & Infrastructures Development Department



The Israel Institute for Occupational The Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (IIOSH)Safety and Hygiene (IIOSH)

• The Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (IIOSH) is Israel's national institution engaged in the various aspects of workplace safety and health.

• IIOSH was founded as a corporate entity based on the "Labor Inspection (Organization) Law 5714-1954", as provided in section 26 of the Law:



Labor Inspection (Organization) Law Labor Inspection (Organization) Law 5714-19545714-1954

“The Institute for Safety and Hygiene.

26. (a) There is hereby established an Institute for Safety and Hygiene (hereafter: “The Institute"), the object of which is to promote conditions of labor safety and vocational hygiene.

(b) The Institute is a body corporate and may enter into contracts, acquire, hold and transfer property and be a party to any legal or other proceeding.”



The Projects & Development of The Projects & Development of Infrastructures Department:Infrastructures Department:

• Preparation, evaluation and presentation of proposals for research and good practice projects, to be submitted to the appropriate foundations: the Workplace Health and Accident Prevention and Research Fund of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare and the Manof Foundation of the National Insurance Institute;

• Management and coordination of projects and surveys;

• Organization of nationwide OSH conferences.



Increasing Occupational Safety & Health Increasing Occupational Safety & Health for People with Special Needs for People with Special Needs

(Disabilities) in Israel(Disabilities) in Israel

• Conducted by The Israeli Institute for Occupational Safety & Hygiene (IIOSH), The Project promotes good practice, fosters equality at work, as well as health & safety risk assessment with respect to people with special needs (SN).



The Project’s Principles:The Project’s Principles:

• The Project is an innovative one and is in line with the new approach of the International Classification of Function (ICF).

• The Project which we have launched about a year and a half ago, foresaw the principles recommended recently in Chapter 8 – Work and Employment, of the World Report on Disability published by the WHO and the World Bank.



1st World Report on Disability1st World Report on DisabilityChapter 8 – Work & EmploymentChapter 8 – Work & Employment



1st World Report on Disability1st World Report on DisabilityChapter 8 – Work & Employment (cont’d)Chapter 8 – Work & Employment (cont’d)



The Project’s Principles (cont’d)The Project’s Principles (cont’d)::

• It is worth noting that the major objectives of the project are compatible with those outlined in the Final Communique of the Ministerial Meeting on OECD Social Policy: Building a Fairer Future: the Role of Social Policy, dated May 2011.



The Final Communique of the Ministerial The Final Communique of the Ministerial Meeting on OECD Social Policy: Building a Meeting on OECD Social Policy: Building a

Fairer Future: the Role of Social PolicyFairer Future: the Role of Social Policy



The Main Objectives:The Main Objectives:

• To develop a “toolbox" and an intervention plan directed to employers and to occupational safety & health professionals.

• Enhancing the know-how about the health & safety of employees with SN;

• Improving the health & safety practices related to employees with SN;



A Job Safety Analysis (JSA):A Job Safety Analysis (JSA):

• A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure which helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation. In a JSA, each basic step of the job is to identify potential hazards and to recommend the safest way to do the job. Other terms used to describe this procedure are job hazard analysis (JHA) and job hazard breakdown(*).

(*) Canada’s Center for Occupational Health & Safety



The Main Objectives (cont’d):The Main Objectives (cont’d):

• Developing Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Environmental Safety Analysis as risk assessment tools, that will indicate adaptations needed at the work-place for people with SN;

• Cooperation with the Ministry of Industry Trade & Labor, aimed at enacting regulations on workplace adaptations for employees with SN.



Milestones:Milestones:

• Reviewing literature related to health & safety intervention plans in workplaces of employees with SN;

• Preliminary tours in factories that employ people with SN;

• Developing risk assessment tools, adapted to people with SN at work;



Milestones (cont’d):Milestones (cont’d):

• Developing JSA for employees with SN;

• Conducting risk assessment survey in protected work-places;

• Developing a booklet with all the information, directed to employers & employees;

• Producing 2 informative films directed to employers & to safety professionals.

increasing occupational safety & health for people with special needs (disabilities) in israel

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