Introduction This part describes briefly some of the key features of the basic concepts that make up Occupational Health. It discusses the rationale as well as the aims and goals for which Occupational Health was set up. It further examines the effects of Occupational Health on both the employer and the employee. The need for occupation health was also explained. Occupational Health and Safety (OS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of working or working persons (Abrams, 2012). As defined by the World Health Organization, "Occupational health deals with all aspects of health and safety in the workplace and is strongly focused on primary prevention of hazards" ( WHO, 2015). In addition, occupational health is a multidisciplinary …show more content…
These include, but are not limited to, "chemicals, biological agents, physical factors, uncomfortable favorable conditions, allergens, complex network of safety hazards" and a wide range of psychological and social risk factors. Personal protective equipment can help protect against many of these risks ( concha etal., 2015). Education is the fundamental right that helps the nation grow. Education helps workers to gain knowledge about medical rights, legal and social behavior. Most uneducated people do not know occupational health and safety in the workplace. Helps educators acquire information through accident prevention training, hospital facilities and safety signs (Nazia Mlik, 2013). Factors Affecting Occupational Health Asogwa, 2014 stated that many factors have affected the successful outcome of occupational health, especially in the developing world, where a lack of geographical access to occupational health services negatively affects efforts to improve the occupational health conditions of workers in most cases, especially where the occupation is in a remote area. In addition to the highway system and transport services in most developing countries, they do not provide efficiently. This situation makes it very difficult to reach workers in rural or small towns away from large urban centers. Many of these workers work …show more content…
As well as exposure to skin factors that can be subjective. These substances include gold absorption, arsenic mercury and biological factors and mechanical factors. As well as toxic substances and hazardous agents such as contaminated food, vegetables and fruits. Over neglect of workers and dangerous lifestyles such as excessive smoking, uncontrolled and messy ingestion. The inability of the worker to conduct the medical examination as a precautionary measure (Khogolaiz., 2013). Health and safety programme Workers and employers are informed of health and safety hazards at the workplace. Effective workplace health and safety programs can help save workers' lives by reducing risks and their consequences. Health and safety programs also have positive effects on workers' morale and productivity, which are important benefits. At the same time, effective programs can provide employers with a great deal of money (Allender,
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was formed as an agency of the federal government that is charged with protecting workers from recognized safety hazards within the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created as a result of passage of the “Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 in response to dangerous working conditions across the nation and as a culmination of decades of reform” (Walter, 2011, para. 5). President Richard Nixon signed the act into law on December 29, 1970 and The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was officially established on April 28, 1971 (Walter, 2011). During the 41 years on the job, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has identified and addressed numerous work hazards, as well as provided solutions to mitigate and/or avoid placing workers in unnecessary danger. OSHA regulates as enforces regulations throughout the country, however the agency does declare that “states can run their own safety and health programs as long as those programs are at least as effective as the federal program” (http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-osha.htm). The states that choose to implement their own version of the occupational safety and health plan are referred to as OSHA states, whereas those who implement no plan are required to follow the federal regulations, as set forth by OSHA. OSHA effects all workers and employers in the United States, as the desired effect of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act is “to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources” (Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1970). OS...
This paper will show how the facility will continue to stay abreast of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The paper will also take a look at the activities and the frequency of training and audits that the hospital will conduct throughout the year. This paper will address the possibility of the fines the hospital has received and what causes the fines. The OSHA is an organization that provides a safe work environment for all staff members.
Many chosen profession have distinctive expectations which are important to both employers and employees. Companies are looking for ways to preserve the environment and go green in their work environment. Along with this they are required to adhere to safety factors using Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards that your particular career must follow. OSHA regulations consist of standards designed to guarantee the American workplace is free of safety and health hazards. OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is a division of the United States Department of Labor that enforces the Occupational Safety and Health regulations.
It is important for business management to develop and promote sound health and safety policies and to consider, not only the legal requirements and the possibility of prosecution, but also the possibility of an employee personal injury claim.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration also known as OSHA is a U.S. regulatory agency that is used to implement the safety of employees, patients and the enviro...
OSHA was created to promote workplace safety by reducing incidences of injury, illnesses and death in the workplace. OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The California occupational health agency is an agency designed to protect employees from health and safety hazards in their places of work in California
Occupational science is an emerging academic discipline which is based on the traditional values and beliefs of the occupational therapy practice as articulated by Adolph Meyer, (Yexer ,1993), (Reilly, 1962) and others. It draws on a range of theories, research methodologies and approaches in order to understand humans as occupational beings. Also, it assumes that people’s experiences in engagement in meaningful and purposeful occupations influences both performance and intrinsic motivation ( Haertl, 2007)
However, in the recent years, Occupational Health practitioners have started focusing more on the management’s interests rather than solely on the workers’ safety and health. Public Health focuses on reducing the social inequality
As an Occupational Health and Safety Special we evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. We conduct inspections as well as enforce adherence to law and regulations governing the health and safety of the individuals. May be employed in the public or private sector. While on the job occupational health and safety specialist can.
In order to keep up with current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, employers must ensure they take all the aspects required into consideration and educate their employees on the security and safety measures to be taken as well as updating them on the procedures relevant to their duties. OSHA is in charge of upholding and conducting standards measures that are lawfully imposed by the state and federal agencies. It requires every company to have well educated, trained employees on safety issues and who are able to apply these training into practice to ensure they achieve a healthy working environment. Employees need to be educated on the safety of the equipment they use in their place of work too.
Education is a elemental human right and essential for all other human rights. It is a powerful tool by which socially and economically marginalized children and adults can lift themselves out of poverty. It also consists of the right to freedom of education. Freedom of education is the right given to human beings to have access to the education of their preference without any constrictions. Right to education is a human right recognized by the United Nations. It includes the entire compulsion to eliminate inequity at all levels of the educational system.
Education is the key that allows people to move up in the world, seek better jobs, and ultimately succeed fully in life. Education is very important, and no one should be deprived of it. The right to an education is one of the human natural rights which every person should have from youth to when they are old. Human natural rights are fundamental privileges acquire from the rational nature of man and the natural moral. Right to an education is an inalienable right for it cannot be renounced or transferred because it is necessary for the fulfillment of one’s primitive obligation.
These effects will most likely harm their daily health severely and could take its toll, with the exposure to asbestos, hazardous chemicals, stress, fatigue, extreme heat etc. The employee could develop diseases, such as forms of cancers, tumours, or physical injuries as such. Physical Injuries could include, cuts, bruises, sprains, etc. which require medical or first-aid attention. Injured employees, cannot work productively and will need time off work. Also, the family of the worker will also take the burden of financial costs associated with seeking medical attention and performing operations as such. These costs can further intensify when the injured family member cannot earn money due to their sickness, and where another family member may be forced to resign from their job in order to take care of the injured family member. Furthermore, hospital waiting times can also mean lost time for families being
It starts from OSH policy and objective of an company/organization. The OSHMS aim can be achieve if employees implementing and practicing what they have learned from the programmes conducted by their management. The OSH programmes like personal protective equipment, first aid, fire preventive plan, incident/accident investigation, hazard identification and many more are playing an important role to achieve the OSHMS’s aim. The management’s commitment towards safety and health like organizing training and education is resulting in raises the employees awareness on work place safety and health and employees’ involvement to success the safety and health programmes. To enhance the OSHMS, preventive and corrective action and continual improvement are playing an important role. So that the company/organization is keep moving forward successfully in achieving occupational safety and health management system’s
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