The only difference between a worker injured on a project and one who is impaired from an occupational disease is that one occurs rapidly, while the other occurs over a period of time. It is critical that occupational health should be treated on par with worker safety, which is the focus of CORESafety Module #13.
Your mining or remediation company should conduct periodic exposure assessment when employees face potential overexposure to hazards (noise, dust, welding fumes, radiation, chemicals, etc.), or when your professional industrial hygienist says it is appropriate to do so.
CORESafety Module #13 explains how to treat health on par with safety by ....
Anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling occupational health hazards leading to illness.
Applying appropriate new technologies, with an emphasis on exposure assessment and medical surveillance. Now, if you are ready to dig deeper, see Module #13.
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