Module 1 Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)?
A field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work.
OSH aims to promote a safe and healthy work environment.
What are the objectives of Occupational Safety and Health?
To prevent workplace injuries and illnesses, promote employee health, and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
These objectives are essential for fostering a safe workplace.
What is the difference between hazard and risk?
A hazard is a source of potential harm, while risk is the likelihood of that harm occurring.
Understanding this difference is crucial for effective safety management.
What are safety and health hazards?
Conditions or practices that could cause injury, illness, or damage in the workplace.
Identifying these hazards is a key step in risk management.
List the types of workplace hazards.
- Physical hazards
- Chemical hazards
- Biological hazards
- Ergonomic hazards
- Psychosocial hazards
Each type of hazard requires specific strategies for mitigation.
Fill in the blank: Health and safety at work is our _______.
[priority]
Prioritizing health and safety contributes to a positive work environment.
What does OSH management involve?
The systematic approach to managing safety and health in the workplace.
This includes planning, implementing, and monitoring safety policies.
True or False: OSH is only concerned with physical injuries in the workplace.
False
OSH also addresses mental health and well-being.
Deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and wags to prevent unsafe act and unsafe condition
Occupational Safety
Discusses the identification, evaluation, and control of physical, chemical, biological and ergonomic hazard
Industrial hygiene
Broad concept which explains how the different hazard and risk at work may cause an illness
Occupational Health
Potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person or person’s
Hazard
refers to the likelihood or chance (high or low) that a person may be harmed or suffer adverse effects of exposed to hazard
Risk
Those aspect of the work environment that have the potential to cause harm to the individual slowly and cumulatively. These hazard can take years before the effects are noticed
Health Hazard
Thise aspect of the work environment that have the potential to cause immediate and very violent harm to the individual
Safety Hazard
