Introduction
Occupational Health and Safety Procedures
Occupational health and safety options include all the options to ensure the health of workers or employees in the working area. It ensures to foster a safe and healthy working environment and also puts an emphasis on the health needs of the employees. Occupational health and safety was bought in use in time when many people were getting ill or were getting subjected to an inhuman environment at their working places and thus it became essential to ensure health for them. It may also include a health cover for family members of the worker.
Pre-test
What Do You Already Know?
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Task
LEARNING OUTCOMES: 1
At the end of this Lesson, you are expected to identify hazards and risks.
Process
What Do You Need To Know?
Information Sheet 1.1
HAZARDS AND RISKS
What is the difference between 'hazard' and 'risk'?
A hazard is something that can cause harm, eg electricity, chemicals, working up a
ladder, noise, a keyboard, a bully at work, stress.
Risk is the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse
health effect once to a hazard. It may also apply to situations with property or equipment
loss. A risk is the chance, high or low, that any hazard will actually cause somebody harm.
For example, working alone away from your office can be a hazard. The risk of
personal danger may be high. Electrical repair is a hazard. If someone accidentally turned
on the power the worker’s life will be in a 'high-risk' category.
Five Basic Workplace Hazards
There are five major types of hazards which can put both your health and your safety at risk.
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THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE
One of the most critical among the hazards that one may encounter is the chemical
hazard. Chemical may produce reactions that may endanger ones health and life. This is the
reason why the American Conference of Governmental Hygienist (ACGIH) established a
threshold limit value (tlv).
TLV is the term used by the American Conference of Governmental Hygienists (ACGIH*) to
express the airborne concentration of a material to which nearly all persons can be exposed
day after day, without adverse health effects
Evaluation
How Much Have You Learned?
Self-Check 1.1
Given below is the list of common workplace hazards. Write at least three examples of each type of hazard.
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1. Chemical hazard
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2. Physical hazard
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3. Biological hazard
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4. Ergonomic hazard or Job related
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5. Psychological hazards
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How Do You Apply What You Have Learned?
Show that you learned something by doing this activity.
Job Sheet 1.1
RESEARCH WORK
a. Make an internet research on different hazards and risks.
b. Be able to identify these different hazards.
c. Make a write-up on your research on workplace hazards and risks.
Conclusion
Importance of Occupational Health and Safety Procedures
Multidisciplinary field of occupational health and safetywith the goal of occupational safety and health programs is concerned to foster a safe and healthy work environment. The main focus of occupational health include promotion and maintenance of working capacity and employee health; improvement of working environment; development of work cultures and organizations to support health and safety; promotion of positive social climate and smooth operation; enhanced productivity of the organization. Occupational health and safety (OHS) standards mandate reduction, removal or replacement of job site hazards. OHS programs also help minimize the effects of such hazards. Occupational health and safety considerably benefits the company, as healthy employees are guaranteed to be more productive. Company management and employers are obliged to provide a safe working environment for all of the employees. Working conditions at employment in the existing economy need to embrace important determinants of working hours, salary, maternity policies, provisions for health promotion and protection.
The employer or supervisors acting as the representatives are legally responsible for the safety and health of the workforce at workplace. The common goal remains to identify hazardous materials, conditions and practices at workplace; assist employers and workers in reducing or eliminating the risks. With the goal to ensure that employees work effectively, occupational health and safety targets employers and employees. Occupational health and safety cooperation experts promote workplace conditions. Occupational safety professionals are concerned about all workplace hazards with emphasis on prevention of workplace fatalities and traumatic injuries. Industrial hygienists are a source of special expertise to identify and control hazards associated with acute or chronic exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents. Occupational medicine physicians and occupational health nurses are distinguished by providing clinical care programs aimed at health protection and promotion of disease prevention. The services provided include health screening and surveillance programs; diagnosis, prevention and treatment of work related injury and illness; pre-placement and periodic return-to-work examinations; independent medical examinations; impairment evaluations; disability and case management; drug testing; behavioural and emotional counselling to avoid affect on job performance. Such simple improvements can increase competitiveness, profitability and motivates the workforce.
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