Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981
International Labour Organization Convention
Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 is an International Labour Organization Core Convention, number 155.
It was established in 1981, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to safety and health and the working environment,...
In 2002, an additional protocol was adopted to this convention.
Ratifications
As of April 2026, the convention had been ratified by 92 states, 17 of which have also ratified the additional protocol.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as international Labour Organization Convention. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7075790. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1981, 2002 and 2026.
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