Quote: "Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS), also known simply as occupational health or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work."
The study of how to ensure that chemical processes are safe for workers and the environment.
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment: The process of identifying hazards and assessing the associated risks to workers and the environment.
Process Safety Management: The implementation of management systems and controls to prevent or mitigate major accidents and incidents within chemical processes.
Personal Protective Equipment: A range of protective clothing and equipment that can be worn to reduce exposure to hazardous substances.
Chemical Exposure: The risks associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals, including the mechanism of toxicity, dose-response relationships, and potential health effects.
Industrial Hygiene: The study of workplace environments to identify and control hazards related to physical, chemical, and biological agents.
Emergency Response Planning: The development of strategies to respond to chemical emergencies, including evacuation plans, response procedures, and communication protocols.
Environmental Health and Safety: The management of risks associated with environmental factors that can impact health and safety, such as air pollution and hazardous waste management.
Hazardous Materials Transportation: The regulation and management of transportation of hazardous materials, including proper labeling, packaging, and emergency response planning.
Fire and Explosion Prevention: The implementation of measures to prevent or control fires and explosions within chemical processes, including fire suppression systems and explosion-proof equipment.
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations: The laws and regulations that govern occupational health and safety, including compliance requirements and penalties for non-compliance.
Chemical safety: The safety precautions and regulations associated with handling hazardous chemicals, including storage, transportation, and disposal.
Process safety: The safety measures and protocols implemented to ensure the safety of a manufacturing process.
Fire safety: The safety measures and protocols implemented to prevent fires and explosions in the workplace. This may include fire suppression and detection systems, as well as emergency response plans.
Electrical safety: The safety measures and protocols involved with preventing electrical shock, electrocution, and other electrical hazards.
Respiratory safety: The safety measures and protocols implemented to protect workers from inhalation hazards, such as dust, gases, and chemicals.
Ergonomic safety: The safety measures and protocols involved with preventing workplace injuries and illnesses related to repetitive motions, awkward postures, and other ergonomic hazards.
Personal protective equipment (PPE): The safety measures and protocols associated with the use of protective equipment, such as gloves, hard hats, safety glasses, and respirators, to reduce the risk of injury or illness.
Radiation safety: The safety measures and protocols involved with preventing exposure to harmful levels of radiation.
Industrial hygiene: The safety measures and protocols used to identify, evaluate, and control workplace hazards, such as noise, hazardous atmospheres, and physical hazards.
Quote: "OSH is related to the fields of occupational medicine and occupational hygiene."
Quote: "The goal of an occupational safety and health program is to foster a safe and healthy occupational environment."
Quote: "OSH also protects all the general public who may be affected by the occupational environment."
Quote: "Almost 2 million people die each year attributable to exposure to occupational risk factors."
Quote: "Globally, more than 2.78 million people die annually as a result of workplace-related accidents or diseases, corresponding to one death every fifteen seconds."
Quote: "There are an additional 374 million non-fatal work-related injuries annually."
Quote: "It is estimated that the economic burden of occupational-related injury and death is nearly four per cent of the global gross domestic product each year."
Quote: "In common-law jurisdictions, employers have the common law duty (also called duty of care) to take reasonable care of the safety of their employees."
Quote: "Statute law may, in addition, impose other general duties, introduce specific duties, and create government bodies with powers to regulate occupational safety issues."
Quote: "These terms also refer to the goals of this field, so their use in the sense of this article was originally an abbreviation of occupational safety and health program/department etc."
Quote: "The goal of an occupational safety and health program is to foster a safe and healthy occupational environment."
Quote: "OSH also protects all the general public who may be affected by the occupational environment."
Quote: "Globally, more than 2.78 million people die annually as a result of workplace-related accidents or diseases, corresponding to one death every fifteen seconds."
Quote: "There are an additional 374 million non-fatal work-related injuries annually."
Quote: "It is estimated that the economic burden of occupational-related injury and death is nearly four per cent of the global gross domestic product each year."
Quote: "In common-law jurisdictions, employers have the common law duty (also called duty of care) to take reasonable care of the safety of their employees."
Quote: "Statute law may, in addition, impose other general duties, introduce specific duties, and create government bodies with powers to regulate occupational safety issues."
Quote: "Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS), also known simply as occupational health or occupational safety."
Quote: "OSH is related to the fields of occupational medicine and occupational hygiene."