OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE PRACTICE

Facts and Figures from WHO

40-50% of the Worlds population are at work related risk, being exposed to Physical, Chemical, Biological, Psychological or Ergonomic hazards.

Facts and Figures From WHO

Some 120 million occupational accidents with more than 200 thousands fatalities are estimated to occur annually in the world and between 68 and 157 million new cases of work related diseases may be caused by various types of occupational exposures

Facts and Figures from OH & S News Letter( 2009)

one worker die, every 15 seconds due to occupation and Every 15 seconds,160 workers had accidents in the industrial situation. It is estimated that everyday, about 5500 workers died due to occupation and 10 lacks accidents occurred. Ref;Salamati,News letter , 99,April,2009

WHO GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION ON WORKERS HEALTH

TO PROTECT AND PRAMOTE HEALTH AT WORKPLACE

TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF AND ACCESS TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES

TO PROVIDE AND COMMUNICATE EVIDENCE FOR ACTION AND PRACTICE TO INCORPARATE WORKERS HAELTH IN TO OTHER POLICIES

Occupational health is considered with to deal with the health problems related to environmental conditions at the places of employment

while
occupational hygiene is concerned with the chemical and physical stresses that may impair the health and welfare of the workers

Relative areas of action for occupational Physicians& hygienists.

Recommended Book for Occupational Hygiene

Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology By Patty( Revised Edition,Vol 1,2,3)Also Available in a form of CD Industrial Hygiene by: Robert W Allen, Michael D Ellis and Andrew W Hart Occupational Health Practices By : R S F Schilling Fundamentals of Industrial Safety & Health By : K U Mistry

DEFINATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

Occupational hygiene is defined as the practice of those science and arts devoted to the anticipation, identification, evaluation and control of occupational stresses, arising in or from the work place which may cause sickness, impaired health and well being or significant discomfort

Occupational hygiene is a science devoted to the anticipation ,recognition (or identification ), evaluation and control of hazards arising in or from the work place which would impair the health and well being of people at work, while also taking into account the possible impacts on the general environment.

 Objectives of occupational hygiene programmes involve : Anticipation,Recognition Evaluation and Control of work environment.

Industrial Hygiene Programme.

Recognized the Various stresses generated in a particular work environment( qualitative assessment)

Evaluation in terms of its magnitude an operation that involves one or more measurements with the insights gain through past experience.(quantitat ive assessment)

Stress must be controlled through engineering methods

Industrial Hygiene=Science of Exposure Assessment + Control

The science of qualitative and quantitative exposure assessment is applied in determining the extent of exposure These data are then used in determining the need for implementing prevention and control measures