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HCM 2337 Introduction To Occupational Safety and Health
HCM 2337 Introduction To Occupational Safety and Health
EVAH MAINA
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
• DEFINITION
The joint international labor organization
committee on Occupational health, 1950
defined occupational health as “The
highest degree of physical, mental and
social well-being of workers in all
occupations.”
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Occupational medicine dates back to the middle of the
16 th Century where we find Georgius Agricola and
Paracelsus both studied and wrote on the subject of
miners diseases.
Paracelsus
Born: Phillip von Hohenheim
11 November 1493) or
17 December 1493)
Died: 24 September 1541 (aged 47)
Cause of death Unknown
Citizenship: Swiss
Georgius Agricola
Born: 24 March 1494
Died: 21 November 1555
Citizenship: German
What is Occupational Health?
BERNADINO RAMAZINI :
• Health counseling
• Stress management
• Mental health
• And Physical health
• Rehabilitation programme
Medical rehabilitation
Social rehabilitation
Educational rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation
Components of OH services ctd’
• Assessment of dusts pollution
• Assessment of noise pollution
• Assessment of vibration
• Assessment heat radiation
Components of OH services ctd’
• Identify
• Evaluate
• Control
– Eliminate
– Substitute
– Enclose/separate
– PPE/vaccinate
examples of controls:Manual Handling - Back Injuries
*NO GLARE
*VDT to be placed 90 degrees to the light
source, adjust screen angle
*Use screen filters to reduce glare
*Screen intensity needs to be adjusted
*Frequent breaks from the screen to
reduce stress on eyes
VDT USER`S-ERGONOMIC GUIDELINES
GENERAL GUIDELINES