Workplace Health, Safety, and Welfare Definitions
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Define the concept of health in the workplace.

The protection of the bodies and minds of people from illness resulting from the materials, processes or procedures used in the workplace.

What does safety aim to protect people from?

Physical injury.

How are health and safety often used together?

To indicate concern for the physical and mental well-being of individuals at the place of work.

What does the term 'welfare' encompass in the workplace context?

<p>The provision of facilities to maintain the health and well-being of individuals at the workplace.</p> Signup and view all the answers

List some examples of welfare facilities in the workplace.

<p>Washing and sanitation arrangements, drinking water, heating, lighting, accommodation for clothing, seating, eating and rest rooms, and first-aid arrangements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is occupational or work-related ill-health concerned with?

<p>Illnesses or physical and mental disorders caused or triggered by workplace activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can occupational or work-related ill-health be induced?

<p>By the particular work activity of the individual, or by activities of others in the workplace.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the time interval between exposure and the onset of illness in the context of occupational ill-health?

<p>It may be short (e.g. asthma attacks) or long (e.g. deafness or cancer).</p> Signup and view all the answers

Give an example of a short-term health condition related to occupational ill-health.

<p>Asthma attacks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Provide an example of a long-term health condition related to occupational ill-health.

<p>Deafness or cancer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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