UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A

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UNAD - 2020

HYGIENE AND
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PRE-HISTORY
PRIMITIVE COMMUNITY: FROM THIS TIME THE FIRST
WORKING TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION (STONES AND
STICKS) WERE CREATED, SINCE SINCE THEN MEN BEGAN
THEIR EVOLUTION (BEGINNING OF MAN IN NATURE).
BEING MAN-NATURE, THE FIRST DISEASES BEGAN, SUCH
AS EPIDEMICS AND INFECTIONS

EGYPT
considered by warriors, embalmers and weapon makers; which created
special laws to avoid accidents at work, these laws were governed by the
FARAON.

GREECE
An economic-social slave formation was established; where this system made great cultures
appear, where work was divided into manual and intellectual; It is there where the doctor,
painter, sculptor, physician, all protected by the state, emerged; But even so, something more
concrete was done about health, accident and illness, therefore they implemented
protection measures.
IMPORTANT FACTS
1541 legislation is born to contribute to the organization in the work
environment, where the working day and the minimum age to carry
out any work activity were established..

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: In 645, legislation was created; where its objective was to
protect the workers (workers) from accidents that they could have during their working
days in construction. The companies were also in charge of developing protection
measures for their workers, in addition to them receiving medical assistance.

CHARACTERS
HIPOCRATES: (460 BC), he was the father of modern medicine, in the 4th
century BC, he describes for the first time lead poisoning (Pb), as an
occupational disease, he also wrote a book called "airs, waters and places";
being the first book on health, climatology and physiotherapy.
BERNARDINO RAMAZZINI: (1633-1714), He was an Italian doctor, he practiced his
profession as a teacher at the Modern University and later as a professor of
medicine in Pauda, he is unanimously recognized as the father of “occupational
medicine”, in 1770; publishes a publication describing almost 100 occupations
"MORBIS ARTIFICUM DIATRIBA", since then occupational medicine was born

IMPORTANCE

The main objective of Labor Safety; It is the protection and prevention of accidents and
/ or diseases that workers could have, thereforeHygiene and occupational safety is very
important since it ensures the well-being of employees and not only is this the
responsibility of the companies or their owners, but also of their workers, since the
occupational safety service must train them so that the care begins with them, so as to
take care of their lives.

RISK:  IS A MEASURE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF

THE DAMAGE IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
RISK IS MEASURED BY ASSUMING A CERTAIN
VULNERABILITY TO EACH TYPE OF HAZARD.

DANGER: IT IS A SITUATION THAT PRODUCES A LEVEL OF

THREAT TO LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY OR THE
ENVIRONMENT. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE VIABILITY
OF THE OCCURRENCE OF A POTENTIALLY HARMFUL
INCIDENT, THAT IS, AN EVENT CAPABLE OF CREATING
DAMAGE TO PROTECTED LEGAL ASSETS.