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Occupational Health and Hazard Prevention
Occupational Health and Hazard Prevention
Occupational Health and Hazard Prevention
and Hazard
Prevention
Occupational Health (WH0)
Deals with all aspects of health and safety in
the workplace and has a strong focus on
primary prevention of hazards.
Determinants of Health:
• The social and economic environment
• The physical environment, and
• The person’s individual characteristics and behaviours.
Risk factors at the workplace
leading to:
• cancers
• accidents
• musculoskeletal diseases
• respiratory diseases
• hearing loss, circulatory diseases, stress related
disorders and communicable diseases and
others.
Employment and working conditions
determinants
• Working hours
• Safety
• Workplace policies concerning maternity leave
• Health promotion
• Protection provisions, etc.
The main functions of WHO (occupational heath)
mandated in article 2 of its constitution
• Promoting the improvement of working conditions and other
aspects of environmental hygiene.
• Recognizing that occupational health is closely linked to public
health and health system development.
• The employer must be aware of the hazards and risks factors in the
workplace and know how to manage them.
• The employer also has to make sure that the employees have the
knowledge and skills required to do their work safety
• The employer must provide the employees and access to
occupational health care.
• The employees are obliged to follow the orders and instructions
given by the employer and to take care of their own safety and the
safety of their co-workers/
Hazard Prevention
Hazards are conditions that are unknown or not understood by
the user as having the potential to cause injury.
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