Department 4 Planning and Development Chemical Management Guide for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Improve Chemical Management to Gain Cost Savings, Reduce Hazards and Improve Safety August 2008 Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development The method of linking Risk Phrases (R-Phrases) with classification into hazard bands and the identi- fication of needed control approaches described in Tools 4a and 4b of this Guide is based wholly on the approach of the ILO Safework Chemical Control Toolkit © 2001 produced by the Geneva-based International Labour Organisation working in collaboration with the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the UK. The permission to integrate this approach into the guide is gratefully acknowledged. Tool 7 is based on following references: Safe Storage of Hazardous Chemicals; University of California, Berkeley; Office of Environment, Health & Safety; April 2001;Occupational Safety and Health Aspects of Leather Manufacture – Guidelines and Recommendations for Managers and Effluent Treatment Plants. Buljan, J., Sahasranaman, A. & Hannak, J.; Regional Programme Office United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Council for Leather Exports, Chennai, India; 1999 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn Germany Internt: http://www.gtz.de Department 4 – Planning and Development Responsible Person for the Guide: Dr. Alberto Camacho Convention Project Chemical Safety Tulpenfeld 2 53113 Bonn Germany Tel.: +49 (228) 98 57 015 Fax: +49 (228) 98 57 018 E-Mail:
[email protected] Internet: http://www.gtz.de/chemical-safety Authors: Dr. Kerstin Bark, Dr. Alberto Camacho, Vera Weick, Joyce Miller, Dr.