Occupational Health Hazards and Safety Measures

Description

Workers worldwide confront the same sorts of occupational dangers despite huge disparities in their physical, social, economic, and political surroundings. Traditional classifications of these risks fall into four categories: chemical, biological, physical, and psychological. However, what becomes clear from our imperfect understanding of their risk is that the developing world, where more than 80% of the world's workforce is located, disproportionately bears the cost of occupational sickness and injury worldwide. Many traditional occupational illnesses, including silicosis and lead poisoning that have been mostly eradicated in industrialized nations, are nevertheless prevalent elsewhere in the globe. Moreover, obvious data suggests that work-related health disorders may be significantly decreased, frequently at a small cost, whether the high and avoidable burden of ill health experienced by employees in the poor world is the product of ignorance, inattention, or purpose.