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."
This covers worker's health and safety in the workplace, including regulations for hazardous materials handling, proper machine operation, and protocols for workplace accidents.
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."