Unit#02

Topic: Occupational Health

Presented To: Mam Samina Shoukat

Presented By:

Shazza Akmal

Priya Anjum

Amina Sehar

Radika Bashir

Sidra Arshad

Kaynat Malik

Noor Fatima

Objectives:

At the end of this session the students will be able to:

•Define Occupational health

•Discuss the aims of Occupational Health

•Enlist the functions of Occupational Health

•Discuss the factors affecting the functions of Occupational Health

•Discuss the roles of Occupational Health

•Discuss the term Ergonomics

•Discuss the diseases of Occupational Health

Definition:

It is the study of effect of work and the working environment on the health of worker and influence
of the state of health of the workers on his abilities to perform the work for which he is employed.

Aims of Occupational Health:

1:The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of mental physical and social well beings of
workers

2:Prevention among workers

3:The protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health

4:The placing and maintainance of workers in occupational health environment adapt to his
physiological equipments

5:To summarize adaptation of work to man

Functions of occupational health services:

1:Placing people in suitable work

2:Maintaining people in suitable work

3:Providing treatment

4:Controlling recognized hazards

5:Identifying unrecognized hazards

6:Avoiding potential risk

7:Screening for early evidence for no occupational disease

8:Health education and safety training

9:Surveillance of sanitary, catering and welfare amenities

10:Environment control outside the work place

Factors affecting functions of occupational health

1:The size and geographical location of undertaking

2:The extent and nature of hazard associated with work of undertaking

3:Availability of resources

4:Relevant statutory requirements

Role of occupational health

1:Occupational medicine

The main responsibility of the doctors working in industry is

•Knowledge of working environment

•Medical examination for general as well as occupationally health surveillance

•Treatment services for illness and injury

•Health education

•Ability of accessories

2:Pre employment medical examination

3:Periodic examination

4:Medical records

5:Occupational hygiene

Occupational hygiene main duties include:

•Recognition of health hazards

•Evaluation of degree of hazards

•Control of health hazards

6:Toxicology

It is the study of noxious effect of chemical substances and physical agents and their potential for
producing adverse effect on body. Toxin material may enter the body by

•Inhalation

•Ingestion

•Skin absorption

Purpose of epidemiology in Occupational Health:

1:Identification of diseases

2:Identification of cause

3:Check the effectiveness of control measures

4:Establishing and revising the environmental hygiene standards

Find out the expected 5:rate of morbidity and mortality

Ergonomics

It is the scientific discipline concerned with understanding of interaction amongst human and other
elements of system and the profession that implies theories, principles, data and method design in
order to optimize well being and overall system performance

Occupational disease:

1:Respiratory system

•Inflammation of lungs

•Occupational asthma

•Pneumoconiosis

•Silicosis

•Coal worker pneumococcus

•Asbestosis

2:Hepatic system

•Liver poison

•Liver cirrhosis

3:Nervous system

•Peripheral neuropathy

•Occupational central nervous disorder

•Epilepsy

•Parkinsonism

4:Kidney and renal system

•Renal failure

•Bladder

•Prostate cancer

5:Skin

•Dermatitis

6:Cardiovascular system
•Aplastic anemia

•Leukemia

•Hemolysis