Vocational Education Training in Environmental Health Sciences: Collecting Industrial Health Information, Module 5

摘要

In this instructional module, students learn to collect preliminary survey information that will add to that which the safety and health professional will obtain during a walk-through survey to characterize safety and health risks to each worker in an industrial facility. Training Prerequisites: Before beginning this module, students should have taken at least three semesters of a 2-year program in environmental health or industrial hygiene, and be able to explain how the agent-host-environment concept applies to the study of industrial hygiene. Objectives. Upon completion of this module, students will be able to perform the following functions: (1) Collect and organize presurvey information about workflow and workers through use of a facility floor plan and by developing job aids. (2) Collect information about what biological, chemical, and physical agents are used, and where and how they are stored to prevent them from becoming hazards. (3) Collect information about the personal hygiene and sanitation practices workers follow to prevent accidental exposures to toxic or otherwise hazardous materials.