International Labour Office Report on the Exposure of Transport Workers to Risk in Connection with the Handling of Grain Cargoes
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The Inland Transport Committee of the International Labour Organisation adopted at its Fourth Session (Nervi, Genoa, December 1951) a Resolution (No. 49) concerning the protection of dock workers against dust associated" with the handling of grain cargoes. At its 118th Session (Geneva, March 1952), the Governing Body decided to communicate the resolutions adopted on that occasion to Governments. The resolution recommended the carrying out of studies based on the medical examination of dock workers especially exposed to dust, with a view to gathering adequate medical data and to practical measures to eliminate the dust and to protect dock workers against it.
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