Webinar occupational hygiene in a changing world
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Presentation from the webinars held on 24 January 2014. BOHS President elect, Mike Slater. discusses some of the issues facing occupational / industrial hygienists across the world with some ideas about the implications and how occupational hygiene professionals could respond.
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- 1. Occupational Hygiene in a Changing World Mike Slater President Elect 2013/14 19 March 2013
- 2. Mike Slater President Elect 2013/14
- 5. A Growing and International Society Over 1600 Society members Members based in 50 countries Over 500 Faculty grade members Faculty grades 34% International Partners 17% Society grades 49%
- 6. Occupational Hygiene in a Changing World Challenges for the Occupational Hygiene Profession in the 21st Century
- 7. Let’s start with a few statistics
- 8. First of all I’d like to look at the country I’m most familiar with – Great Britain
- 9. There are currently approximately 12,000 deaths each year due to occupational respiratory diseases
- 10. Every year, in all industries, 1.5 million workers suffer from ill health caused or made worse by work
- 11. Moving on to Europe
- 12. A good source of information
- 13. 8.6% of workers in the EU experienced work-related health problems Results from the Labour Force Survey 2007
- 14. around 20 million persons experienced a work related health problem in the 12 months preceding the interview Results from the Labour Force Survey 2007
- 16. • What’s the global situation? • How many deaths each year due to occupational disease?
- 17. “Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases – more than 2.3 million deaths per year”
- 18. “Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease.”
- 19. “The human cost ....... is estimated at 4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product each year.”
- 20. Fatal accidents and diseases (2008) accidents 14% diseases 86%
- 21. What is BOHS doing?
- 23. Develop a strategy and clear objectives for influencing national policy to achieve improvement in worker health protection in the UK
- 24. Develop a strategy and clear objectives for influencing national policy to achieve improvement in worker health protection in the UK
- 25. Develop a strategy and clear objectives for influencing national policy to achieve improvement in worker health protection in the UK
- 26. Globalisation
- 27. There’s been a big shift in recent years where manufacturing takes place Source: OECD
- 28. What’s the consequences of this? Source: OECD
- 31. The mean benzene exposure level was 21.86 p.p.m. ..... in the smaller shoe factory (factory A) and 3.46 p.p.m. ........in the larger shoe factory (factory B)
- 32. VERMEULEN R et al. Ann Occup Hyg 2004;48:105-116 ©2004 by Oxford University Press
- 33. VERMEULEN R et al. Ann Occup Hyg 2004;48:105-116 ©2004 by Oxford University Press
- 34. What is BOHS doing? • International Partner scheme • Contribution to OHTA • IOHA Conference 2015
- 35. The Changing World of Work
- 36. • What are the main changes in the world of work that could impact on occupational health and hygiene?
- 37. Nanotechnology
- 39. Recycling
- 41. Fracking
- 42. OECD Workforce • 75% in Service industries • 40% in SMEs • 12% Self-Employed OECD population: 1,256,610,112 (1.3billion)
- 43. • What is the main cause of occupational ill-health in Europe?
- 45. Types of Work-related ill health in Europe 26% 14% 60% Musculoskeletal Stress Other
- 47. Source: WHO
- 48. Old Problems – New Causes
- 49. Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005 Asbestos Silica Diesel exhaust emissions Mineral oils Shift work Working as painter Other agents 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
- 50. Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005 Asbestos Silica Diesel exhaust emissions Mineral oils Shift work Working as painter Other agents 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
- 51. Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005 Asbestos Silica Diesel exhaust emissions Mineral oils Shift work Working as painter Other agents 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
- 52. Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005 Asbestos Silica Diesel exhaust emissions Mineral oils Shift work Working as painter Other agents 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
- 53. Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005 Asbestos Silica Diesel exhaust emissions Mineral oils Shift work Working as painter Other agents 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
- 56. • What has been the impact of the economic recession on occupational health and hygiene?
- 57. • Presentation by Hans Kromhout at last year’s Inhaled Particles Conference
- 58. • Trends in exposure to respirable dust and quartz over a 12-year period in the industrial minerals industry. Main results of the IMAEurope Harmonised Dust Monitoring Programme - Hans Kromhout
- 61. Occupational disease Changing world of work Old problems – new causes Recession
- 62. 1. Any further thoughts on these issues? 2. What can BOHS do to engage with international members and partners?