5425 (v.7) Occupational Health, Safety and Hygiene 581
Area: | School of Public Health |
Contact Hours: | 8.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Individual Study: | 1 x 8 Hours Weekly |
The frameworks of occupational health and safety, risk assessment, hazard identification and control hierarchy. Principles of toxicology, occupational hygiene, ergonomics. Hazard of chemicals, noise, radiation, biological agents. Anthropometrics, lighting, muscle physiology, thermal climate, information processing, mental workload, circadian and intracardian variations, influence of stresses. |