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    Osha-TOPIC 1: What Is Occupational Health and Safety?

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    Occupational health and safety aims to promote workers' physical, mental, and social well-being. It also prevents health issues caused by working conditions and protects employees from risks. Workplace health and safety is important because workers spend most of their day at work and can face many hazards, but some employers do not take responsibility for protecting their workers. As a result, work-related accidents and diseases are common. Effective occupational health and safety programs are crucial, as they can control hazards, inform workers of risks, include workers and management on committees, maintain ongoing safety efforts, and save lives and money.

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    Occupational health and safety aims to promote workers' physical, mental, and social well-being. It also prevents health issues caused by working conditions and protects employees from risks. Workplace health and safety is important because workers spend most of their day at work and can face many hazards, but some employers do not take responsibility for protecting their workers. As a result, work-related accidents and diseases are common. Effective occupational health and safety programs are crucial, as they can control hazards, inform workers of risks, include workers and management on committees, maintain ongoing safety efforts, and save lives and money.

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    Occupational health and safety aims to promote workers' physical, mental, and social well-being. It also prevents health issues caused by working conditions and protects employees from risks. Workplace health and safety is important because workers spend most of their day at work and can face many hazards, but some employers do not take responsibility for protecting their workers. As a result, work-related accidents and diseases are common. Effective occupational health and safety programs are crucial, as they can control hazards, inform workers of risks, include workers and management on committees, maintain ongoing safety efforts, and save lives and money.

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    Osha-TOPIC 1: What Is Occupational Health and Safety?

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    Occupational health and safety aims to promote workers' physical, mental, and social well-being. It also prevents health issues caused by working conditions and protects employees from risks. Workplace health and safety is important because workers spend most of their day at work and can face many hazards, but some employers do not take responsibility for protecting their workers. As a result, work-related accidents and diseases are common. Effective occupational health and safety programs are crucial, as they can control hazards, inform workers of risks, include workers and management on committees, maintain ongoing safety efforts, and save lives and money.

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    I. Introduction
    What is occupational health and safety?
    Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized
    fields. In its broadest sense, it should aim at:
    the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social
    well-being of workers in all occupations;
    the prevention among workers of adverse effects on health caused by their working
    conditions;
    the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors
    adverse to health;
    the placing and maintenance of workers in an occupational environment adapted to
    physical and mental needs;
    the adaptation of work to humans.
    In other words, occupational health and safety encompasses the social, mental and physical
    well-being of workers, that is the whole person.

    Why is occupational health and safety important?
    Work plays a central role in people's lives, since most workers spend at least eight hours a
    day in the workplace, whether it is on a plantation, in an office, factory, etc. Therefore, work
    environments should be safe and healthy. Yet this is not the case for many workers. Every
    day workers all over the world are faced with a multitude of health hazards, such as:
    dusts;
    gases;
    noise;
    vibration;
    extreme temperatures.
    Unfortunately some employers assume little responsibility for the protection of workers'
    health and safety. In fact, some employers do not even know that they have the moral and
    often legal responsibility to protect workers. As a result of the hazards and a lack of attention
    given to health and safety, work-related accidents and diseases are common in all parts of the
    world.

    Health and safety programmes
    For all of the reasons given above, it is crucial that employers, workers and unions are
    committed to health and safety and that:
    workplace hazards are controlled - at the source whenever possible;
    records of any exposure are maintained for many years;
    both workers and employers are informed about health and safety risks in the
    workplace;
    there is an active and effective health and safety committee that includes both workers
    and management;
    worker health and safety efforts are ongoing.
    Effective workplace health and safety programmes can help to save the lives of workers by
    reducing hazards and their consequences. Health and safety programmes also have positive
    effects on both worker morale and productivity, which are important benefits. At the same
    time, effective programmes can save employers a great deal of money.

    Points to remember
    1. Occupational health and safety encompasses the social, mental and physical well-
    being of workers in all occupations.
    2. Poor working conditions have the potential to affect a worker's health and safety.
    3. Unhealthy or unsafe working conditions can be found anywhere, whether the
    workplace is indoors or outdoors.
    4. Poor working conditions can affect the environment workers live in. This means that
    workers, their families, other people in the community, and the physical environment
    around the workplace, can all be at risk from exposure to workplace hazards.
    5. Employers have a moral and often legal responsibility to protect workers.
    6. Work-related accidents and diseases are common in all parts of the world and often
    have many direct and indirect negative consequences for workers and their families.
    A single accident or illness can mean enormous financial loss to both workers and
    employers.
    7. Effective workplace health and safety programmes can help to save the lives of
    workers by reducing hazards and their consequences. Effective programmes can also
    have positive effects on both worker morale and productivity, and can save
    employers a great deal of money.

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