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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
مهم
Defination
The joint international labor organization committee on Occupational health, 1950
defined occupational health as “The the promotion and maintenance of highest degree of
physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations.”
occupational disease
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The term “occupational disease” covers any disease contracted as a result of an
exposure to risk factors arising from work activity (the Protocol of 2002 to
the OSH Convention, 1981).
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GOALS
To reduce industrial accidents
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To prevent occupational hazards/ diseases
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To achieve maximum human efficiency and machine efficiency
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To reduce sick absenteeism
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OBJECTIVES
To maintain and promote the physical , mental and social wellbeing of the workers
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To prevent occupational diseases and injuries
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مهم
To adapt the work place and work environment to the needs of the workers
It should be preventive rather than curative
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
It represents a dynamic equilibrium between the worker and his occupational
environment.
Health care?
What is occupational
Occupational health care is
preventive health care.
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FUNCTIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
1. Pre-employment medical examination.
2. First Aid and emergency service.
3. Supervision of the work environment for the control of dangerous substances in the
work environment.
4. Special periodic medical examination particularly for the workers in dangerous
operations.
5. Health education for disseminating information on specific hazards and risks in the
work environment.
6. Special examination and surveillance of health of women and children
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7. Advising the employer or management for improving working conditions, and
placement of hazards.
8. Monitoring of working environment for assessment and control of hazards.
9. Supervision over sanitation, hygiene and canteen facilities.
10. Cooperation with the safety committees
11. Maintenance of medical records for medical check-up and follow-up for maintaining
health standards and also for evaluation.
12. To carry out other parallel activities such as nutrition programme, family planning,
social services recreation etc., Concerning the health and welfare of the workers.
Components occupational health services
Supervision of the working environment
Hazard identification
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Monitoring
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Evaluation
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Engineering project review
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Control measures
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Development of personal protective devices
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Hazard and Risk
Classification of work hazards
Physical
Mechanical
Chemical
Biological
Psychosocial
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Principles of Control of Workplace Hazards
Identify
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Evaluate
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Control
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Eliminate
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Substitute
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Enclose/separate
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PPE/vaccinate
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ENGINEERING CONTROLS
A Designing-building, Work station.
B Good Housekeeping.
C Ventilation
D Mechanization
E Substitution.
F Enclosure
G Isolation
H Local Exhaust Ventilation.
I Personal Protective Devices.
J Work Environment Monitoring
K Statistical Monitoring.