Chapter 3.1
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND CONTROL

What is occupational health?

What is occupational hygiene?

Discipline of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and
control of all factors in workplace

Recognition of hazard
Identifying the potential hazard that a chemical, physical or biological agent that may harm

Identification
Source of hazard, work practice, nature of expose and existings control

Anticipation of risk
During design state of a process of chemical before starting work operations

Evaluate risk
Evaluation of the extent of exposure to chemical hazards

Control
Control of the chemical, physical or biological agent by procedural engineering or other technique

The importance of Occupational Hygiene

Regain Lost Hours

Professionalism

Effective Employees

Increased Productivity

Save Money

Manage Healthcare Costs

aspects of health and safety in the workplace and has a strong focus on primary prevention of hazards.

The health of the workers has several determinants, including 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.

Guidelines

  1. Guidelines on Preventing and Responding to Drugs and Alcohol Problems in the Workplace, 2004
  1. Guidelines for the Protection of Employees Against the Effects of Haze at Workplaces, 2013
  1. Guidelines on First Aid in the Workplace (2nd Edition), 2004
  1. Guidelines on Occupational Health Services, 2005

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS

  1. Guidelines on Reproductive Health Policy & Programmes at the Workplace, 2002
  1. Guidelines on Medical Surveillance, 2001
  1. Guidance for the Prevention of Stress and Violence at the Workplace, 2001
  1. Guidelines on Aedes Mosquito Control in Construction Sites, 2015

Principle of control

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Principle of risk control

Hierarchy of control measure

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Elimination/substitution

Engineering control

Administrative control

Personal protective equipment

Guidelines

  1. Guidelines for Control of Occupational Noise, 2005
  1. Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health for Design, Inspection, Testing and Examination of Local Exhaust Ventilation System, 2008

1.Guidelines On Heat Stress Management At Workplace 2016

Heat Stress Evaluation And Control

The hazard of heat stress

Occupational Hygienist (OHyg)

Hygiene Technician

Occupational Health Nurse (OHN)

Ergonomist

Occupational Health Doctor (OHD).

Safety and Health Officer

Elimination
-Getting rid of hazardous job, tool, process, machine or substance
Substitusion
-Subs the work with less harm way possible

Change in work procedure

Make sure workers learn about safety and wear PPE all the time when at work