Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field focused on ensuring the safety, health, and welfare of individuals in the workplace. It addresses various hazards, including chemical and biological hazards, that may affect workers. Additionally, OHS encompasses environmental law, aimed at minimizing the adverse effects of human activities on the environment.

2. Occupational Health
and Safety
• Also called as Occupational Health or
Workplace Health and Safety
• A multidisciplinary field concerned with
the safety, health, and welfare of people
at work
• Its aim is to protect the health, safety and
welfare of all the people at a workplace

4. Workplace Hazards
• It is a hazard that can be experienced
inside a workplace
• Chemical Hazards – a type of hazard that
involves dangerous chemicals
• Biological Hazard – a type of hazard that
involves microorganisms or other
organisms that can harm the people inside
a workplace

6. Environmental Law
• It is a part of OHS that involves the
protection of the environment
• Its purpose is to reduce or minimize the
impacts of human activities on the
environment

7. Environmental Law
• It is a part of OHS that involves the
protection of the environment
• Its purpose is to reduce or minimize the
impacts of human activities on the
environment