CHAPTER 4

Chemicals are found

everywhere.
Health hazard is a condition of a
premises,
What isaa Health
substance, thing,
Hazard?
plant or animal other than man,
or a solid, liquid, gas or
combination of any of them, that
has or that is likely to have an
adverse effect on the health of
any person.
Toxic
Harmful material may causes
materials life
cause serious
threatening
and prolonged
Corrosive
May effects
cause material
irritation even skin
healthcauses
effects in small
on short
(redness, burns
rash)
amounts
or
andlong
less and
term
permanentwith short
exposure.
seriouseye exposure.
damage.
toxicity.
Any condition in the workplace that:

Impairs the health of employees.

Enough to make them lose time from work or to work

at less than full efficiency.
Occupational health refers to
the identification and control
of the risks arising from
physical, chemical, and other
workplace hazards in order to
establish and maintain a safe
and healthy working environment.
Industrial Hygiene is a science
and art devoted to the
anticipation, recognition,
Occupational medicine (also known as
evaluation, prevention,
“occupational health”) is focused and
on
control of those environmental
the
factorstreatment
or stresses of arising
work-related
in or
injuries
from the and illnesses.
workplace which may cause
sickness, impaired health and well
being, or significant discomfort
among workers or among citizens of
the community.
 Train personnel
Evaluate potential
to recognize
workplace hazards to
before
they appropriate
take occur and implement
safety measures
appropriate
when
controls.
working under hazardous conditions.

 Choose the appropriate

Implementing engineering
Personal
controls
Protective
where
feasible. (PPE)
Equipment

 Implementing administrative
Determine which controls
personnel should when
undergo
engineering controls
medical monitoring are not
based uponfeasible.
their job
classification and on occupational exposure
 surveys.
Surveying work areas to identify hazards
(such as toxic agents, ventilation problems
and noise) and taking appropriate measures.
BIOLOGICAL
PERSONAL

Measurement of
of changes in the composition
a particular employee’s
of body to
exposure fluid, tissues contaminants.
the airborne or expired air in
order to determine excessive absorption of
the contaminant.
ENVIRONMENTAL
MEDICAL
Measurement of contaminant concentration in
the work area.
Examination by medical personnel of the
worker’s response to a contaminant.
ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION

REASSESSMENT OF HAZARDS
It is the responsibility of the supervisor
to exercise common sense and appropriate
expertise
It is the to accomplish tasks.
PROVIDING PPE
responsibility of the supervisor to
reassess the workplace hazard situation as
necessary,
Your by identifying
employer must provide,and at
evaluating
no cost new
to
equipmentappropriate
you, and processes, reviewingprotection
personal accident
records, and re-evaluating the suitability of
equipment that fits,
previously selected PPE. for you to use while
performing your job.