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What is occupational health hazard?
Community Medicine 34,547 Views. Occupational hazard may be defined as a source or situation with a potential for harm in terms of injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to the workplace environment, or a combination of these.

What are the types of occupational health hazards?
In our discipline of occupational health and safety, the six primary hazard categories are:
Physical hazards.
Chemical hazards.
Biological hazards.
Radiological hazards.
Ergonomic hazards.
Behavioral hazards.

What is occupational hazard give example?
An occupational hazard is a disease which we get due to our occupation. An example is the sorters disease . People working in the sorters departmnt ( in the factory where wool is sorted ) are infected by this bacterium called anthrax.

What are the causes of occupational health hazards?
Groups and Causes of the Most Common Occupational Diseases
Physical overload illnesses Physical overload often causes occupational diseases. ...
Pulmonary diseases Pulmonary diseases could arise due to different working environment hazards like mineral dusts, aerosols and gases of toxic substances, and hard physical labour in severe weather conditions.

What is the main focus of occupational health?
There is an industry — occupational health — that is entirely focused on helping businesses keep their workplace safe and healthy. Occupational health is designed to protect employees from potential risks and hazards on the job, assisting with everything from injury prevention to injury care.

What are the 5 types of hazards?
The six main categories of hazards are:
Biological. Biological hazards include viruses, bacteria, insects, animals, etc., that can cause adverse health impacts. ...
Chemical. Chemical hazards are hazardous substances that can cause harm. ...
Physical. ...
Safety. ...
Ergonomic. ...
Psychosocial.

What is considered a health hazard?
The term "health hazard" includes chemicals which are carcinogens, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, neurotoxins, agents which act on the hematopoietic system, and agents which damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.

What are the 4 hazard categories?
Health Hazards
Acute toxicity.
Skin corrosion/irritation.
Serious eye damage/eye irritation.
Respiratory or skin sensitization.
Germ cell mutagenicity.
Carcinogenicity.
Reproductive toxicity.
Specific target organ toxicity – single exposure.

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