History
Beginning in Great Britain, this period of time spanning from 1760 - 1840, caused workers to migrate to cities in large numbers as new steam and coal-powered machines such as the cotton gin, mechanized spinning and weaving machines, and precision tools increased the need for factory workers and made it possible to mass produce goods.
The Industrial Revolution
HIV, Ebola, and COVID-19 are all examples of this type of hazard.
Biological
Evidence-based objectives which place focus on priority areas of health promotion and disease prevention.
Health People 2030
The public health model used most often by scientists in the study of communicable diseases.
Epidemiological triad (host-agent-environment)
These professionals are experts on chemicals and processes involving chemicals in the workplace.
Industrial hygienists
Known as the father of occupational medicine, this Italian born physician is best known for his book, Disease of Workers, first printed in 1700.
Bernardino Ramazzini
While NIOSH, ACGIH, and OSHA have developed information pertaining to the length of time a worker can be exposed to a hazard, these are the only published limits that are enforceable.
Permissable exposure limits
This task for is an independent, volunteer panel of national expects representing primary care, internal medicine, family medicine, pediatric, behavioral health, obstetrics and gynecology.
The United States Preventative Services Task Force
This measure is used by epidemiologists to help standardize comparisons across different size populations and different time periods.
Incidence rate
These experts stive to put the worker and the work in harmony to prevent injury and disability.
Ergonomists
Appointed in 1919 as the assistant professor of Harvard's newly formed Department of Industrial Medicine, she was the first female faculty member at Harvard Medical School.
Alice Hamilton
This chemical is a known carcinogen that has a mild sweet odor detectable at 3.4 ppm. It is used to make a variety of plastic products including pipes, wire and cable coating.
Vinyl Chloride
The Total Worker Health program was developed by this agency.
NIOSH
This term describes the ability of a test to identify individuals within a population who are non-diseased.
Specificity
These highly-trained professionals work with chemicals and other substances to determine if they are harmful to humans and other living organisms or the environment.
Toxicologist
In 1976, this organization officially changed its name to American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN).
American Association of Industrial Nurses (AAIN)
This hazardous chemical can take the form of a gas, liquid or solid. It is most often used in mining, ore refinement, metal plating and steel manufacturing. It is also used in production of paper, plastic, and textiles. It is sometimes described as having a bitter almond smell and interferes with the body's ability to use oxygen.
Cyanide (CN)
An unreliable or improperly used tool can introduce this type of bias.
Observation or Information
They are critical to the OH&S team responding to onsite emergencies, protecting workers from hazards, contributing to investigation, and helping to develop policies and procedures to prevent future incidents.
Security
This Act, passed in 1938, banned exploitative child labor in the U.S. and established a minimum wage.
The Fair Labor Standards Act
Symptoms of exposure to this heavy metal include irritation eyes, skin; cough, chest pain, dyspnea (breathing difficulty), bronchitis, pneumonitis; tremor, insomnia, irritability, indecision, headache, lassitude (weakness, exhaustion); stomatitis, salivation; gastrointestinal disturbance, anorexia, weight loss; proteinuria.
Mercury
The least expensive study design to test the hypothesis that marathon runners are more likely to experience sudden cardiac death.
Case-control Study
These individuals are experts in workplace behavior often helping organizations in selecting new employees, training workers, increasing productivity, and assisting in developing management strategies.
Industrial Organizational Psychologist