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OccupationalHealthandSafety

Chapter1

InTheBeginningIntroduction

TheBookisdesignedtoexplaintoyouwhat

youneedtodoinordertohaveaneffective

occupationalsafetyandhealtheffortwhere

youwork.

TheEgyptiansknewthedangersfromgold

andsilverfumes.

Hippocratesthefatherofmedicinein400B.C.

realizedstonecutterswerehavingbreathing

problems.

TheRomansevenhadagoddessofsafetyand

healthnamedSalus.

History

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Moreawarenessofthelinkbetweentheworkthatpeopledidandthetypesofinjuriesandillnesses

whichtheysufferedwasrecognized.Example

Chimneysweepsandtheirpropensityfortesticular

cancerfromthesoot.

Industrialrevolution,injuries,illnessesanddeaths

soared,causedbymachineryandthework

environment.

1800sinsurancecompanieswantedfireprotection.

MiddleAges

Duringthefirstpartofthe1900s,workerscompensationlawsstartedappearingandwerefinallydeemedconstitutionalbytheSupremeCourtin1916.

Priortothismostoftheblamewasontheworkers. Commonlawsstated: 1.Employerwasnotresponsiblewhenafellowworkercaused

yourinjuryduetonegligence. 2.Employerwasnotresponsibleiftheworkerwasinjureddue

toownnegligence. 3.Ifthejobwasrisky,theemployerwasnotresponsible. Undertheworkerscompensationlawstheemployersassumed

responsibilitiesfortheirworkplacessafetyandhealth.

Aspressuremountedfromworkersandunionsto

passsomefederallawsandthenumberofinjuries,

illness,anddeathsincreased,itbecamemore

apparentthatthestateprogramsforoccupational

safetyandhealthwerenotprotectingworkerseffectively.

UnionsgottheOcc.SafetyandHealthActof1970

passed.

ImportantEventsintheHistoryofOcc.

SafetyandHealth.

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1.EngineeringDesigningEquipment

2.EducationTraining

3.EnforcementRulesandpoliciesenforced.

Intheareaofprevention,thereare

stillthethreeEsofSafety:

1.Destructionofhumanlifeismorallyunjustified.

2.Employersaremorallyresponsible.

3.Incidentslimitefficiencyandproductivity.

4.SocialHarm

5.SafetyTechniquesreduceaccidentandseverity

rates.

StateandFedmandateasafeandhealthy

workplace.

Sixgoodreasonstopreventaccident,

injuries,illnesses,anddeaths

HealthyPeople2010objectivesfromtheUSDeptofHealthandHumanServiceshasmadethefactsavailablerelevanttooccupationalinjuriesandillness.

Every5secondsaworkerisinjuried.

Every10secondsaworkeristemporarilyorpermanentlydisabled.

Eachday,137personsdiefromworkrelateddiseases,andanadditional17diefromworkplaceinjuriesonthejob.

70youthsunder18yrsofagediefrominjuriesand70,000requiretreatment.

TheNumbers

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Thetollofworkplaceinjuriesandillnessescontinuestoharmourcountry.

SixmillionworkersintheUSareexposedtoworkplacehazardsrangingfromfallsfrom

elevationstoexposurestolead.

Accidentshaveadirectimpactuponprofit.

AddressingOccupationalHealthwillhaveavery

positiveimpactuponyouroperation.

Thesafetyandhealthofyourworkforceshouldbeapriorityforyousinceemployeesspendmostoftheir

wakinghoursinyourplaceofemployment.

Youwantemployeestocomeintoworktheywent

home.

SafeProduction

TheTrueBottomLine

AchievingOccupationalSafetyandHealthExcellence.

WrittenSafetyandHealthProgram

IdentificationofHazards

Everyonehasresponsibilitiesforsafetyandhealth

fromtopmanagementtosupervisorsandtheworkforce.

Consequencesforsafetyandhealthperformancetakenseriously.

ManagementandWorkersinvolved.

Recognizehazards

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OSHAOccupationalSafetyandHealth

Administrationregulationsexistbecause

workersexposedtohazardsarebeingkilledandmaimed,orbecomingill.

OSHAneedstobeseenasanassetand

helpinghand.

Atrainedworkforceisasaferworkforce.