Work injuries and occupational diseases

Work injuries and occupational diseases

The provision of a safe working environment and free of hazards in various industries and raise the level of efficiency and means of prevention would undoubtedly reduce injuries and occupational diseases and the protection of workers from accidents and thus reduce the number of working hours lost as a result of absence due to illness or injury, as well as reduce the costs of treatment, rehabilitation and compensation for occupational diseases and injuries, which will have to improve and increase the level of production and the payment of the economic power of the state.

The concept of the incident

Can be defined the incident as a sudden event occurring during work and because of it, may lead to accident damage and damage to the facility or the means of production without injuring one of the workers. Or may lead to infection of one or more factors in addition to damage to the facility and the means of production.

Work-related injury

Known damage to the worker due to an accident given that the ((injured)) means that the injury is the direct result of the accident suffered by his group, known as work-related injury as the injury occurs to the worker in the workplace or because of, as well as are injuries that occur to workers in the way they go to work or by reference from work injuries work provided that the route taken by the Group is the direct route without interruption or deviation, as are occupational diseases from work injuries.

:Occupational diseases

 Is the specific diseases, resulting from the direct impact of production processes and the impact of pollution to the environment of work, including comes out of their waste, materials and other effects as well as the influence of natural conditions present in the work environment on individuals (noise, vibration, radiation, temperature, humidity, .. etc)

Classification of the consequences of work injuries

  

Direct results   -

The work injuries and occupational diseases that afflict workers in total or partial disability, and deaths resulting from accidents at work different, are the results directly to hazardous working conditions, which lacked the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health.

Indirect results  -

These results of an economic nature, showing material losses incurred by the entity or the State in general as a result of work accidents, injuries and occupational diseases that are caused by conditions of the working environment is safe, and it appears that in the days of work lost (lost) due to work injuries and occupational diseases, as well as negative consequences which show effects on workers and their families caused by exposure to severe work injuries due to inadequate safety measures and occupational health at the facility.