UNIT 1 - SLIDES CONTENT Flashcards
(8 cards)
Define “Occupational disease”
Slow and gradual deterioration of the workers’ health by continuous exposure to work hazards.
Define “Accident at work”
Unexpected normal event that causes harm or even death to the worker, and interrupts the continuity of work.
Define “Industrial Hygiene”
Non-medical technique for the prevention of occupational diseases, through the control of the contaminants that produce them in the work environment.
Define a Good Industrial Hygienist
- Promotes the improvement of standards for workers, the company, and across the industry.
- Promotes a robust and improved safety program to prevent risks, reduce or eliminate the causes of accidents and occupational diseases.
- Is a worker advocate.
- Advocates for compliance with regulatory, contract, and company requirements.
- Complies with regulatory requirements.
- Complies with company goals and standards.
What is the mexican agency in charge of strengthening and observing compliance with labor policies and rights?
Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social - STPS
Which mexican social security institutions protect workers against risks and accidents?
IMMS - Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
ISSSTE - Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado
What are some of the Industrial Hygiene program elements?
- Program management and administration.
- Hazard identification and control process
- Occupational health management
- Instrumentation and calibration
- Data management, records and reporting
- Training and qualification
- Continuous improvement
Define Safety and Hygiene at work
A set of rules, policies, procedures and actions that allow locating, evaluating, controlling and establishing the necessary measures to prevent risks, reduce or eliminate the causes of accidents and occupational diseases.
