HSC 4201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Occupational Safety And Health
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Resources for the prevention of workplace injuries and diseases. Community resources for the prevention of injuries and diseases attributable to the workplace include a variety of professional personnel and programs. The need for health professionals in the workplace is substantial. Among those with specialized training in their fields are: safety engineers, certified safety professionals, health physicists. Industrial hygienists: occupational physicians, occupational health nurses. 400 academic institutions offer accredited programs that train occupational safety professionals. Many of these professionals will join the professional organization called the american. Society of safety engineers (asse: founded in 911. Is the oldest and largest professional safety organization: has about 34,000 members who are involved in: Education: not all members are engineers, the background of the group is varied and includes a number of health educators. Another recognizable group of trained professionals in this field is the board of certified safety.
