Posts Tagged ‘occupational diseases’

Occupational demand epidemiological research

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Recent research has shown that women who work night shifts in 50 percent greater chance of getting breast cancer, 1 and that working in shifts the risk of heart disease by 40 percent verhoogt.2 3 here so you can speak of ‘new diseases “, although earlier in this term is thought to RSI, burn-out, acoustic shock and multiple chemical sensitivity.

Occupational diseases are diseases primarily by the work or working conditions have caused. At least that is the legal definition of medical-insurance context is used and applicable to the more classic or more mono causal diseases (more…)

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Specialist Occupational Safety and Health

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

occupational safety and healthThere is no doubt that the employer or employer is responsible; to create the company, becomes the main generator of all the risks associated with a task. If we add a hapless management, most urgently appear accidents and occupational diseases.

In Puerto Rico Section 6 A of the Law on Safety and Health at Work states: Every employer shall furnish to each employee employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or injury physically to their employees ”

As such, employers must conduct an evaluation of each task and identify the hazards that are present. They then must seek an alternative to eliminate these hazards, starting with engineering controls, administrative controls and failing to provide personal protective equipment.

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