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Occupational health |
Domain: Health and safety at work
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| Grammatical category: | Noun phrase |
| Grammar notes: | Uncountable |
| Definition: | Occupational health is a branch of medicine concerned with the effects of work on health and health on work. It aims to:
1) protect people against work-related health hazards and prevent work-related ill health and injury;
2) contribute to the design and adaptation of work to suit the physical and mental capacity of workers and their assignment to jobs for which they are suited;
3) contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the highest possible degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers; and
4) promote best practice techniques to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of work-related ill health and injury and the rehabilitation of workers as appropriate. |
| Definition source: | Jones 2003, adapted from the Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety, Third (revised) edition, Volume 2, ILO, Geneva. |
| European legislation: | Directive 89/391/EEC |
| British legislation: | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act, 1974 |
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| Fr: | = Médecine du travail |
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