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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) are four major organizations with a great amount of influence on the industrial hygiene field.
Prepare your essay comparing the missions of each of the four organizations and their influence on the practice of industrial hygiene. Choose one of the organizations, and describe how the passage of the OSH Act of 1970 influenced the foundation of the organization. What is the most significant contribution that your chosen organization has made to worker health and safety?
Your essay assignment must include the following elements:
- Include an introduction that engages the reader.
- You must include two references. Use proper APA style for each source.
- The body of the paper must be at least two double-spaced pages in length.
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Running head: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Occupational Safety and Health
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
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Occupational Safety and Health
In an industry, workers may be exposed to occupational health risks if industrial hygiene
is not maintained. For example, they may be exposed to physical hazards such as excessive sound,
chemical pollutants such as toxic gases, biological hazards such as bacteria as well as ergonomic
hazards (WHO, 2002). These hazards are capable of causing occupational ill health to workers
and/or aggravating the non-occupational ill-health conditions (WHO, 2002), and thus necessitate
the creation and maintenance of industrial hygiene. Industrial hygiene refers to the science and art
of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling the hazards in the work environment in a
way that prevents injury, sickness or discomfort to workers (WHO, 2002).
In the United States, four major organizations have been set and...
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