Occupational health promotes the physical, mental, and social well-being of workers. It aims to prevent adverse health effects from working conditions through a collaborative approach involving occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, and other fields. Occupational health is important because most workers spend many hours each day in their workplace, which should be safe and healthy environments. Common workplace hazards include dusts, gases, noise, vibration, extreme temperatures, stress, and inadequate conditions. Effective occupational health programs control hazards at their source when possible, maintain exposure records, inform workers and employers of risks, and have active health and safety committees.
2. What is occupational health? Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields. Is responsible the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations. Prevents that workers have adverse effects on health caused by their working conditions.
3. The occupational health and safety practice requires the collaboration and participation of employees and specialists in health and safety, that involves topics relating to occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, toxicology, education, engineering safety, ergonomics, psychology, etc.
4. Why is occupational health and safety important? Because the work plays a central role in people's lives, since most workers spend at least eight hours a day in the workplace, whether it is on a plantation, in an office, factory, etc. Therefore, work environments should be safe and healthy.
5. Types of hazards in the workplace Dusts Gases Noise Vibration EXtremetemperatures. Stress Inadequate conditions of the workplace
6. Health and safety programmes Workplace hazards are controlled - at the source whenever possible. Records of any exposure are maintained for many years. (Exposure to dust or a chemical). Both workers and employers are informed about health and safety risks in the workplace. Exist is an active and effective health and safety committee.
