1. Define the concepts of occupational health hazard and risk
    1. hazard: potential for harm
    2. risk: likelihood of harm occuring
  2. Describe the magnitude of work related ill health
    1. Labour Force Survey
      1. self-reporting
        1. 2.1 million = number of people suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by current or past work (2009-10)
    2. Employers
      1. employers must report specified workplace incidents due to RIDDOR
        1. for: asthma, dermatitis, cancers but not stress, anxiety and depression
    3. Doctors
      1. voluntary
        1. infectious disease, respiratory disease, skin disease, psychiatry, musculoskeletal disease
    4. 2007: there were 2946 deaths from RTAs, of which ~25% is thought to be from people driving to/from work
    5. non-fatal injury is decreasing. (RIDDOR and LFS rate)
  3. Describe and discuss biological and environmental monitoring and measures to control risk
    1. reducing exposer = reducing risk
    2. measuring workplace exposures
      1. decibel measure
    3. biological monitoring
      1. measurement of substances in body fluids, breath or body tissues as measure of exposure to harmful substances
      2. measurement of physiological function to detect the early effects of exposure to harmful substances or agents
    4. reduction of risk
      1. identify hazard
      2. assess risk
      3. substitution where possible
      4. control at source
      5. safe working practices
      6. training
      7. PPE
  4. Outline the roles of other professionals and agencies involved in occupational health and safety
    1. occupational health
      1. doctors and nurses concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of occupational disease
    2. occupational hygienists
      1. specialists concerned with the measurement and control of workplace exposure to harmful substances and agents
    3. safety practitioners
      1. specialists concerned with assessment and management of workplace safety risks in order to prevent accidents and injuries
    4. Health & Safety Executive
      1. UK government agency with responsibility to prevent death, injury and ill health to those at work and those affected by work activities. Funds and undertakes research, collects statistics and enforces UK health and safety law