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    Industrial hygiene is defined as the science and art of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling environmental factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or discomfort among workers. The discipline aims to evaluate and improve the health of the work environment, largely focusing on chemical and noise hazards. It involves identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing controls to protect workers. The term gained popularity in the early 1900s with the formation of the Industrial Hygiene Section of the American Public Health Association.

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    Industrial hygiene is defined as the science and art of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling environmental factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or discomfort among workers. The discipline aims to evaluate and improve the health of the work environment, largely focusing on chemical and noise hazards. It involves identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing controls to protect workers. The term gained popularity in the early 1900s with the formation of the Industrial Hygiene Section of the American Public Health Association.

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    INDUSTRIAL

    HYGIENE
    LEARNING OBJECTIVES
    State the definition of Industrial
    Hygiene

    Explain the principles of industrial


    hygiene

    Know new vocabulary

    Explain the hierarchy of risk


    control at health facilities
    INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

    Discipline of evaluating and controlling This involves:


    INDUSTRIAL
    HYGIENE

    ENVIRONMENT,
    HEALTH & SAFETY

    OCCUPATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL
    HEALTH HYGIENE

    The term “industrial hygiene” gained popularity in the early 1900’s with
    the formation of the Industrial Hygiene Section of the American Public
    Health Association. The intention is to evaluate and improve the health of
    the work environment, largely with a focus on chemical and noise
    hazards
    Definition of Industrial Hygiene

    By: American Industrial Hygiene Association – AIHA

    “That science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition,


    evaluation, and control of those enviromental factors and stresses
    arising in or from the workplace, which may cause sickness,
    impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort among
    workers or among citizens of the community”
    INDUSTRIAL
    HYGIENE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7DtdfMuYT8
    United States Canada

    United Kingdom Ireland


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8o4Tb9S_E
    What is a IH?

    which were the


    companies named by
    these three Industrial
    hygienists?

    Do you consider that the


    job of an industrial
    hygienist is important?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=0k7GPWBoCa0

    Work in class

    In a group of three people make a glossary with 5


    words taken from the video

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