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Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur.Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health, and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and hence improving quality of life.
Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act [29 CFR § 671] is to "develop recommendations for health and safety standards", to "develop information on safe levels of exposure to toxic materials and harmful physical agents and substances", and to "conduct research on new safety and health problems".
For example, a prudent designer will have allowed for foreseeable variations within the process, creating a larger design envelope than just the basic requirements, and the HAZOP will be looking at ways in which this might not be sufficient. A common use of the HAZOP is relatively early through the detailed design of a plant or process.
Operators of lifting equipment are legally required to ensure that reports of thorough examinations are kept available for consideration by health and safety inspectors for at least two years or until the next report, whichever is longer. Records must be kept for all equipment. All equipment manufactured should be given a “birth certificate”.
It is sponsored by, among other organizations, the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health, and CityMatCH. The editor-in-chief is Timothy Dye (University of Rochester School of Medicine). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.788. [1]
The Workplace Health & Safety (formerly AAOHN Journal) is a monthly peer-reviewed nursing journal and the official of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN). It covers the field of occupational and environmental health nursing. It is edited by Joy E. Wachs.
The mission of a medical surveillance program is to keep workers healthy and ensure that employers are meeting OSHA standards in health and safety. [5] Medical surveillance has an emphasis on prevention: it is designed to detect potential workplace hazards before irreversible health effects can occur. [6]
Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.