4. Pimex part of many different Arbocatalogues

Pimex part of many
Arbocatalogues in the Netherlands
Andre Winkes MSc
Expert Centre for Chemical Risk Management - Arbo Unie
London
IOHA 2015 30 th April 2015
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ECTS
Outline presentation
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General introduction PIMEX
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Pimex in the Arbocatalogue
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Example of Pimex movies and possibilities
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General Conclusions
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Expert Centre for Chemical Risk Management
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Part of ArboUnie
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ArboUnie is the largest health and safety consultancy
organization in the Netherlands: 1200 employees
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Expert centre of chemical risk management: main goal
translation between science and practical use.
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We introduced PIMEX in the Netherlands in 2002 (method
developed in Sweden: Prof. G. Rosén)
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PIMEX films
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PIMEX has been a very successful tool in risk communication
in the Netherlands
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More than 150 Dutch films FREE available
www.arboportaal.nl, www.ects.nl
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Used by Dutch government and many industry organizations
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Individual companies
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Educational purposes (Training cd, e-learning)
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Control banding tools (e.g. Stoffenmanager)
Pimex films translated
PIMEX is also available in
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English (10)
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Spanish (15)
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Chinese (9)
YouTube
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Content in Stoffenmanager
www.stoffenmanager.nl
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What is PIMEX
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What is PIMEX?
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PIxture Mix EXposure
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Video Exposure Monitoring
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A picture is worth a thousand
words !
What is needed?
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A digital camera
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A computer
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Video mixing software (PIMEX)
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A lot of enthusiasm
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An direct readable instrument
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What to do before you start making a PIMEX
movie
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Write an exact script (with camera positions)
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Get permission from the company (for use movie)
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Explain the company what you exactly want to shoot
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Clean up the environment around your set
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Inspection to prevent wrong images in back ground
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Get permission from all the workers visible
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Instruction for the worker performing the operation (some
times use an actor)
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Make at least 5 different takes
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This is a simple result !
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Applications for different Hazards
Chemicals
Physical load
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Noise
Heat stress
Vibrations
Nanoparticles
PIMEX videos and Arbocatalogues
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Best practices in an Arbocatalogue are the new law for a sector
It is difficult for workers to read and understand instructions and to
change behaviour
Pimex is ideal to show best practices and convince workers
Pimex movies are easy to use in toolbox meetings
Images root in the memory better than words
Pimex movies are supported with fact sheets with the same images
and messages
Workers recognise their own situation
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PIMEX movies are helpful to teach best practices
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It is usually very difficult for workers to understand exposure
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It is also difficult to understand the effect of control measures
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Workers are not easily convinced that control measures are a real
improvement
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The Pimex movie visualizes in a simple way what actually happens
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They are convincing (representation of own situation)
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The movies are short, to keep attention
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The movies can be repeated or stopped to give a better understanding
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Pimex part of many Arbocatalogues
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Building industry
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Pharmaceutical industry
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Artists
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Defense
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Metal industry
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Paper industrie
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Natural stone masons
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Agriculture
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Shoe repair shops
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Health care
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An example for lifting
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An example for chemical exposure
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In near future more films in Spanish!!
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With the help of MC Mutual in Barcelona all free available Dutch
films will be translated in to Spanish;
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The are downloadable for free on the internet;
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The projectleader for Spain :
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Rudolf van der Haar
División de Servicios de Prevención
MC Mutual
Provenza 321
08037 Barcelona
teléfono: 93 4051244 ext 530
email: [email protected]
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General Conclusions
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Risk communication
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Helps to understand (power of picture)
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Potential to improve workers’ motivation to participate in workplace
improvements
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Convincing and of practical use
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Shows how control measures have to be used
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Easy and cheap to distribute
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Cheap to use
www.ects.nl/en/Risk_Communication/Pimex_International
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Questions?
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Andre Winkes
Expert Centre for Chemical Risk Management (ArboUnie) The
Netherlands
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[email protected]
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+31-6 5250 1519
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This presentation will be available via:
www.ects.nl
www.ects.nl/en/Risk_Communication/Pimex_International
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An example peak identification
©
Ing-Marie Andersson,
Gunnar Rosén
Dalarna University
Sweden
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