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OSH - Mod 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Occupational safety and health | is a discipline with a broad scope involving three major fields--occupational safety, occupational health, occupational environment |
| Occupational safety and health | encompasses the social, mental, and physical well being of workers, that is, the "whole person" |
| Occupational health | is a broad concept which explains how the different hazards and risks at work may cause an illness and emphasizes that health programs are essnetial |
| Occupational safety | deals with understanding the causes of accidents at work and ways to prevent unsafe acts and unsafe conditions in any workplace |
| Industrial hygiene | discusses the identification, evaluation, and control of physical, chemical, biologicm and ergonomic hazards |
| Occupational safety and health | the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations |
| Occupational safety and health | the prevention of adverse health effects of the working conditions |
| Occupational safety and health | the placing and maintenance of workers in an occupational environment adapted to physical and mental needs |
| Occupational safety and health | the adaptation of work to humans |
| Hazard | a source or situation with a potential to cause harm in terms of injury, ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment or a combination of these |
| Risk | a combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event with specific period or in specified circumstances and the severity of injury or damage to the health of people, property, environment, or any combination of these caused by the event |
| identify, describe their effects | ___ existing & potential OSH hazards and ___ to the human body |
| effects; individuals, their families, communities and workplaces | relate the ___ of occupational illnesses and accidents to ___, ___, and ___ |
| appropriate control measures for specific hazards | determine the _____ |
| Philippine OSH situation | describe the elements of the ___ |
| the roles and functions of safety officers | describe ____ in promoting a safe and healthy environment |
| components of an OSH program | identify the ___ |
| OSH re-entry plan | develop a workplace specific ____ |