Discussion: Industrial Hygiene Positions mos 6301
Discussion: Industrial Hygiene Positions mos 6301
In many organizations there are no
full-time industrial hygiene positions. However, most organizations will have a
full-time safety position. The safety officer will typically not have extensive
training or experience in industrial hygiene. Discuss how you believe a safety
officer at the plant level should approach industrial hygiene needs at the
facility level. Where do you believe the safety officer can obtain help with
the industrial hygiene needs?
Unit
2 discussion
Bradford Hill’s criteria for causation are
commonly used to evaluate the relationship between exposure to a chemical and a
specific health effect. Using the six criteria, offer your opinion regarding
the strength of the relationship between exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke
and lung cancer.
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“that science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition,
evaluation, and control of those environmental factors or stresses
arising in or from the workplace, which may cause sickness,
impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort among
workers or among the citizens of the community.”
Industrial hygiene has been defined as “that science and art devoted to the anticipation,
recognition, evaluation, and control of those environmental factors or stresses arising in
or from the workplace, which may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or
significant discomfort among workers or among the citizens of the community.”
Industrial hygienists use environmental monitoring and analytical methods to detect the
extent of worker exposure and employ engineering, work practice controls, and other
methods to control potential health hazards.
There has been an awareness of industrial hygiene since antiquity. The environment and
its relation to worker health was recognized as early as the fourth century BC when
Hippocrates noted lead toxicity in the mining industry.
Discussion: Industrial Hygiene Positions mos 6301In the first century AD, Pliny the
Elder, a Roman scholar, perceived health risks to those working with zinc and sulfur. He
devised a face mask made from an animal bladder to protect workers from exposure to
dust and lead fumes. In the second century AD, the Greek physician, Galen, accurately
described the pathology of lead poisoning and also recognized the hazardous
exposures of copper miners to acid mists.