Transcript Module 2 - Western Carolina University

Module 2
An Overview of Occupational Health
Disciplines in Occupational Health
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Engineering
Education
Psychology
Physiology
Industrial hygiene
Medicine
Nursing
Physical Therapy
Management
Typical Job Settings
• Manufacturing, insurance, risk
management, government,
education, consulting,
construction, health care,
engineering, waste
management, petroleum,
facilities management, retail,
transportation and utilities
Functions
• Anticipate, identify and evaluate hazardous
conditions and practices
• Develop hazard control designs, methods,
procedures and programs
• Implement, administer, and advise others on
hazard controls
• Measure, audit, and evaluate the effectiveness of
programs
The Occupational Health Team
Members
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Industrial Hygienists*
Safety Engineers
Occupational Physicians
Occupational Nurses
Occupational Health Educator
* Typically Direct the Occupational Health Team
Occupational Health
Nurse
• An individual who is trained and certified
in nursing and has additional training and
certification specifically in occupational
health.
• Is responsible for care of illnesses and
injury related to the workplace
• Often one or more OccNurses are
employed by moderate to large companies
Occupational Health Physician
• An individual trained and certified as a physician and
additionally, has further training and certification in
occupational medicine
• Administer Pre-employment exams
• Treat occupational illnesses and injuries
• Supervise drug screening
• Determine workplace disability
• Typically, only large employers
hire full-time OccDocs
Occupational Health Educator
• New position in industry
• Responsibilities include:
– Educate workers about occupational diseases
– Council workers concerning stress, sexual
harassment, drug abuse, etc
– Help conduct epidemiological studies to determine
the cause and origination of occupational illnesses
– Prepare educational information
Industrial Hygienist
• An individual with advanced training in
chemistry, engineering, physics, toxicology,
microbiology, and related sciences.
Industrial hygiene is the….
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Anticipation,
Recognition,
Evaluation and
Control
of workplace health hazards
Industrial Hygienists
• Specialized training and study in order to
recognize, evaluate and control workplace
hazards
• “the art and science 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”
Industrial Hygienists
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Conducts workplace air monitoring
Works with process engineers to remove hazards
Conduct baseline monitoring
Develop workplace controls of hazards
Manage personal protection equipment programs
Ensure compliance with OSHA and other applicable
workplace standards
Industrial Hygienist
• Certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
(ABIH)
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience and training
prior to taking a national board examination
• Successful completion of these requirements:
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
Safety Engineer
• Loss prevention: identify and correct potential
accident problems before they result in financial
loss or injury
• Loss control: minimizes incident based financial
losses ($$$$)
• Safety Management: planning, organizing,
funding and leading the company to achieve the
loss prevention and loss control goals
Safety Engineer
• A safety professional is a person engaged in the
prevention of accidents, incidents, and events
that harm people, property, or the environment.
• They identify what can occur and the likelihood
of occurrence, severity of results, risk (a
combination of probability and severity), and
cost.
• They identify what controls are appropriate and
their cost and effectiveness.
Safety Engineer
• Like the CIH, the safety engineer must have 5 years of
experience in the field and sit for a national board
examination.
• This examination is given by the Board of Certified
Safety Engineers (BCSP)
• Successfully completing these requirements leads to
the designation:
Certified Safety Professional (CSP)