What is an occupational health program?

The main objective of Occupational Health program is to provide security, protection and assistance to employees in the performance of their work. The increase in accidents in their work areas, some more serious than others, due inter alia to the handling of potentially contaminated samples, reagents hazardous materials sensitive usage, inadequate infrastructure and to some extent by human failure, make it necessary for all workplace can have a manual as a guide to minimize these risks and set the protocol to follow in case of accidents. An occupational health program must have the basic elements to meet these objectives, which include general information about accident prevention, medical evaluation of employees, investigation of accidents occurring and a program of training and dissemination ofrules to avoid them.

Responsibilities
The responsibility of a successful occupational health program should be shared by all, and it is essential that all parties, employees and authorities to perform their best.

Responsibility of the employee in the performance of the Guidelines: Although the employee is the final reason for Occupational Health Program and the biggest winner in its development, it is necessary to emphasize that he would account for the bulk of responsibility.Employee is the obligation of strict adherence to the standards to ensure safe working. Employee safety depends mostly on their own behavior, which is subject to a voluntary act of worker education and motivation. Employer's responsibility to provide security features:
The institution where you work, you must provide safety equipment, equipment for handling potentially contaminated materials, containers for contaminated material, equipment and materials for sterilization and disinfection of the instruments of labor, real estate, with which to obtain adequate safety for their work. This concept is best established when one takes into account the cost of employee health care, disability, etc..

Functions of the Supervisor of the program:

The Supervisor is the first line in this program because it is the person who is in direct contact with employees and is the direct link to safety management. This supervisor will carry out its functions on behalf of the director. Its functions include: Plan, manage and make necessary changes to the program crashes. Reporting to the Director the security status of the place. In case of accidents, must investigate and keep a record thereof, and take corrective action as necessary. Develop and coordinate a program of medical care.

 Make inspections in order to discover and correct unsafe practices. Review and approve from the point of view of security acquisition new equipment and structural facilities. Supervise the activities of fire prevention and first aid.

Medical evaluation program:

Fundamental part of the occupational health program is the medical evaluation of personnel working. This evaluation is to determine the health of the employee at the time of evaluation, which may be useful in monitoring occupational disease. Should any employee not want to be evaluated, it should be a record of his refusal, which must be in writing and kept on file with the program.Any new employee who joins the staff must pass at the time of commencement of work by a thorough medical evaluation.

Overall review:
It is recommended that the physician in charge of the medical examination staff is familiar with working conditions, potential risks and exposures. The examination should include a complete medical history, physical examination and routine laboratory tests including complete blood count, urinalysis, General Lee, glucose, cholesterol ...

Maintaining record of employee:

This includes all physical examinations, laboratory accidents, diagnoses and treatments. The employee card must contain also information about your home address, home telephone number, if you are allergic to any medications, if you suffer from any illness, medications consumed by prescription, name and phone numbers and e-work your spouse and other family members in case of emergency, name of his personal physician, and any other information that may be useful in an emergency.

Notification of accidents:
Any accident, however small, should be reported first to his section chief, laboratory director and supervisor of safety, to record the fact.Depending on circumstances, may or may not be an immediate medical evaluation or it may be later depending on the severity of the case.

Immediate action in case of severe accident:

During normal business operations, there is always potential for an emergency arises. In these cases a plan for emergency response must be preset. In these situations, all employees must know how to act and react depending on the emergency. Once formulated the plan, it must be placed in a visible place so quickly future reference as required.

Protocol to follow in case of accident:

Notify your immediate supervisor, the laboratory director and supervisor of security. Seek medical help if necessary Enter any data of interest as an object or substance of the accident, witnesses, date and time, circumstances, etc.. Make sure it is filled with the accident reporting form.

Accident Investigation:
Human mistakes, equipment, presentation of reactivoso in infrastructures, they are the cause of most accidents. The accident investigation determined how and why these failures occur. Using the information obtained in an investigation can prevent similar accidents or worse. The investigator should conduct the inquiry with a view to prevent it in the future, not looking for blame, because the accident is in itself an unexpected and undesirable event. Coordination with the Department of Occupational Hazards: When an accident occurs, the employee must be evaluated by the Department of Occupational Hazards of the institution, following the normal rules for each employee covered by Social Security.

Care of employee:
The injured employee must be attended by the staff of Risk Professionals, which will be responsible for healing, initial treatment, hospitalization if necessary, subsequent assessments, disability, etc..

Dissemination of the Guidelines:

It is very difficult to maintain a high level of interest and security alert for a long period of time. Because of this disclosure and cooling of safety regulations are essential. The security supervisor must keep your computer working continuously to maintain interest in safety Many hazardous conditions and unsafe acts can not always be anticipated. In these cases, each employee must use their own imagination, common sense and self-discipline, to protect themselves and their peers. Some encourage the safe working of staff, in many cases can help keep your guard up.

Warnings:
A practical way to remember the security measures in the laboratory, are the warnings, cautions, poster and any visual aids that can achieve the desired objectives. These notices must be made in cardboard, with bright colors and placed in strategic locations as the work carried out there.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS OF FREQUENTLY

Risk Type

Class
noise lighting

Example
carpentry offices

physical

chemical

powder fumes vapors

sweep smoke solvents

ergonomic

stance force

Heavy lifting for a long time

biological

bacteria mushrooms virus

toilets garbage environments

psychosocial

fatigue monotony Relax. interpersonal overload work

Long work days repetitive bad Communication Backlog Stairs and hallways wet

Of insegurity

falls short Circuits fire explosion storage

loose wires cigarettes riot Poor Boxes located

Colegio Vocacional Monseor Sanabria Project Technical English for Accounting English department
Prof:
Hazel Zuiga Hernandez.

Students name :
Hazel Magally Arias Perez.

Group:
5-2.

Delivery date project:

Monday may 21th.

Theme:
Occupation Health.

School Year:
2012.