Ch 1 Flashcards
Define safety
Freedom from occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss
Define occupational safety
Health and well-being of people employed in a work environment
Define occupational health
Identification and control of the risks arising from physical, chemical, and other workplace hazards
Who wrote ab role of environmental and climate factors in human health
Hippocrates
Who described the hazards of dust
Pliny the elder
Who outlined hazards of acid mists in copper miners
Galen
Founder of toxicology
Paracelsus
Who first noted dose response relationship (poison effects dependent on amount)
Paracelsus
What did Agricola do
Described Hazards of mining and producing gold and silver
Father of occupational medicine, pioneer of ergonomics field
Ramazzini
Who studied scrotal cancer among chimney sweeps
Pott
Who was among the first to recommend the principle of substitution for hazardous agents
Thackrah
Mother of occupational medicine
Publicized dangerous occupational conditions like phossy jaw (match makers)
Hamilton
What disease; visual disturbance among miners who worked in low light
Coal miners nystagmus
What disease: pneumoconiosis among miners exposed to coal dust
Miners asthma
Potter’s rot/ miners phthisis is a kind of what disease
Silicosis
What disease: a type of metal fume fever caused by inhalation of welding brass fumes
Brass/founders ague
What disease: paralysis of the hands caused by lead exposure
Filecutters paralysis
What disease: abdominal pain associated w anemia caused by exposure to white lead paint
Painters colic
What disease: skin rxn/ eczema caused by contact w baked goods
Bakers itch
What was mule spinners cancer/disease
Scrotal cancer among textile workers exposed to mineral oils
What was hatters shakes/ mad hatters disease
Mercury poisoning among millinery workers
What disease: form of decompression sickness in workers exposed to air under high pressure
Caisson disease
What disease: phosphorus necrosis of the jaw
Phossy jaw