Law, Health and Safety
Industrial sanitation: health and safety of personnel
Industrial sanitation is a field of knowledge that considers various issues related to working conditions, the influence of production factors on the efficiency and health of personnel. Working conditions depend on the technology of production, the organization of the working process and the sanitary and hygienic conditions in which it passes. Occupational hygiene is based on the study of the environment and its impact on labor conditions.
Production factors in terms of severity, severity and hazard are divided into four categories:
- 1st category - optimal working conditions.
- The 2nd category is the permissible labor conditions, which can cause various physical and functional deviations, but after a full rest the body comes back to normal.
- The third category is harmful labor conditions of varying degrees. Harmful hygiene factors here exceed norms and have a negative impact on personnel, and may also have a negative impact on the offspring of workers. On the level of excess of norms the factors of the third category are subdivided by hazard and danger into four degrees.
- The 4th category includes extremely dangerous and extreme working conditions which, for a working shift or for a short period of time, can lead to serious illnesses, defeats of the organism to various degrees and endanger life. Labor activity in such severe and extreme conditions is prohibited. Exceptions are the elimination of the consequences of various accidents and disasters and the carrying out of urgent repair work. Under such conditions, labor activity must be carried out using various personal protective equipment, as well as with strict observance of rules and regimes regulated for these situations.
Industrial sanitation - discipline is very important. Compliance with its norms is necessary to preserve the life and health of personnel. Proper organization of the production process can significantly reduce the level of occupational diseases.
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