AH 3570 Lecture 1: Module 1 Notes
Document Summary
In 2008, 5,214 employees did not come home from work: moral obligation, economic reasons, workers are healthy, more work gets done. Increases with severity and number of cases: occupational safety and health administration (osha) do inspections, violations come with penalties, potentially millions of dollars. The osh profession: risk managers, keep work risk free, look for safety, healthier, efficient ways, health and safety specialists, analyze work environments to identify potential hazards. Inspections: occupational health and safety specialists, conduct investigations after accidents or injuries, find ways to prevent them, coordinate rehab for those injured. Job titles include: safety engineer, safety specialist, safety coordinator, occupation health professional, ergonomics specialist. Indoor air quality specialist: health physicist, construction safety specialist, loss control specialist, asbestos inspector. Incident-prevention discoveries: engineering could prevent unintentional injuries, education and safety needed to be established and enforced, thee e"s of safety, engineering, education, enforcement. Identification of mercury and lead poisoning, asbestos, chromium.
