Your Health and Safety
American Journal Of Public Health And The Nations Health (1957)
- PubMed: 13362673
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Abstract
This article discusses two case studies about the consequences of poor practice in the use of trampettes. In the first case, a Year 10 boy failed on his attempt to jump off a trampette. His foot went through the springs of the second trampette, leaving him with a broken ankle. In the second case, several Year 9 pupils had completed nine weeks of a 10-week course using trampettes. For the ninth week, the routine was devoted to inverted movements and with support. Both cases failed to support the teachers responsible for the students.
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Your Health and Safety
STAKEHOLDER: Consumer Health and Safety
UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative - Social LCA Project Group - 2010 1
Methodological sheet: SUBCATEGORY – Health and safety -
DEFINITION:
This subcategory addresses the consumers’ rights to be protected against products
and services that may be hazardous to health or life (ISO 26000, 2008). It helps to
identify the existence and scope of systematic efforts to address health and safety
across the organizations involved in the life cycle of a product and/or service.
Customers (end users) expect products and services to perform their intended
functions satisfactorily and not pose a risk to their health and safety.
POLICY RELEVANCE:
Relevance to Sustainable Development:
This subcategory is essential because “(e)fforts made to protect the health and safety
of those who use (…) the product/service have direct impacts on an organization’s
reputation, the organization’s legal and financial risk due to recall, [and] market
differentiation in relation to quality” (GRI).
Moreover health is a pillar of sustainability; it is considered a basic condition for a
good quality of life.
International Conventions and Agreements:
ISO 26000
OECD: Recall Procedures for Unsafe Products Sold to the Public and the
Recommendation of the Council of 25th October 1982
UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative - Social LCA Project Group - 2010 1
Methodological sheet: SUBCATEGORY – Health and safety -
DEFINITION:
This subcategory addresses the consumers’ rights to be protected against products
and services that may be hazardous to health or life (ISO 26000, 2008). It helps to
identify the existence and scope of systematic efforts to address health and safety
across the organizations involved in the life cycle of a product and/or service.
Customers (end users) expect products and services to perform their intended
functions satisfactorily and not pose a risk to their health and safety.
POLICY RELEVANCE:
Relevance to Sustainable Development:
This subcategory is essential because “(e)fforts made to protect the health and safety
of those who use (…) the product/service have direct impacts on an organization’s
reputation, the organization’s legal and financial risk due to recall, [and] market
differentiation in relation to quality” (GRI).
Moreover health is a pillar of sustainability; it is considered a basic condition for a
good quality of life.
International Conventions and Agreements:
ISO 26000
OECD: Recall Procedures for Unsafe Products Sold to the Public and the
Recommendation of the Council of 25th October 1982
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STAKEHOLDER: Consumer Health and Safety
UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative - Social LCA Project Group - 2010 2
International Targets/Recommended Standards:
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (PUBLIC LAW 110–314—
AUG. 14, 2008)
ASSESSMENT OF DATA
Data Needed to Compile the Subcategory:
There are three forms of Social LCA data: quantitative, semi-quantitative (yes/no or
rating scale responses) and qualitative (descriptive text). For this subcategory,
qualitative and semi-quantitative data could describe the presence/strength of
management policies with regard to security of the product for customers.
Organization-specific quantitative data, if available, could give more detailed
information (e.g. incidents of product recall).
National and International Data Availability and Sources:
GENERIC DATA SOURCE EXAMPLES:
1) International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization,
http://www.icphso.org/
2) U.S: Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative - Social LCA Project Group - 2010 2
International Targets/Recommended Standards:
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (PUBLIC LAW 110–314—
AUG. 14, 2008)
ASSESSMENT OF DATA
Data Needed to Compile the Subcategory:
There are three forms of Social LCA data: quantitative, semi-quantitative (yes/no or
rating scale responses) and qualitative (descriptive text). For this subcategory,
qualitative and semi-quantitative data could describe the presence/strength of
management policies with regard to security of the product for customers.
Organization-specific quantitative data, if available, could give more detailed
information (e.g. incidents of product recall).
National and International Data Availability and Sources:
GENERIC DATA SOURCE EXAMPLES:
1) International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization,
http://www.icphso.org/
2) U.S: Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
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