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Presentation from the webinars held on 24 January 2014. BOHS President elect, Mike Slater. discusses some of the issues facing occupational / industrial hygienists across the world with some ideas about the implications and how occupational hygiene professionals could respond.
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Occupational Hygiene
in a Changing World Mike Slater
President Elect 2013/14
19 March 2013
Mike Slater President Elect 2013/14
Society grades
49%
International Partners
17%
Faculty grades
34%
A Growing and International Society Over 1600 Society members Members based in 50 countries Over 500 Faculty grade members
Challenges for the Occupational Hygiene Profession in the 21st Century
Occupational Hygiene in
a Changing World
Let’s start with a few statistics
First of all I’d like to look at the country I’m most familiar with – Great Britain
There are currently approximately 12,000 deaths each year due to occupational respiratory diseases
Every year, in all industries, 1.5 million workers suffer from ill health caused or made worse by work
Moving on to Europe
A good source of information
8.6% of workers in the EU experienced work-related health problems
Results from the Labour Force Survey 2007
around 20 million persons experienced a work related health problem in the 12 months preceding the interview
Results from the Labour Force Survey 2007
• What’s the global situation?
• How many deaths each year due to occupational disease?
“Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases – more than 2.3 million deaths per year”
“Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease.”
“The human cost ....... is estimated at 4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product each year.”
accidents 14%
diseases 86%
Fatal accidents and diseases (2008)
What is BOHS doing?
Develop a strategy and clear objectives for influencing national policy to achieve improvement in worker health protection in the UK
Develop a strategy and clear objectives for influencing national policy to achieve improvement in worker health protection in the UK
Develop a strategy and clear objectives for influencing national policy to achieve improvement in worker health protection in the UK
Globalisation
Source: OECD
There’s been a big shift in recent years where manufacturing takes place
Source: OECD
What’s the consequences of this?
The mean benzene exposure level was 21.86 p.p.m. ..... in the smaller shoe factory (factory A) and 3.46 p.p.m. ........in the larger shoe factory (factory B)
VERMEULEN R et al. Ann Occup Hyg 2004;48:105-116
©2004 by Oxford University Press
VERMEULEN R et al. Ann Occup Hyg 2004;48:105-116
©2004 by Oxford University Press
What is BOHS doing?
• International Partner scheme
• Contribution to OHTA
• IOHA Conference 2015
The Changing World of Work
• What are the main changes in the world of work that could impact on occupational health and hygiene?
Nanotechnology
Recycling
New energy technologies
Fracking
OECD Workforce
• 75% in Service industries
• 40% in SMEs
• 12% Self-Employed
OECD population: 1,256,610,112 (1.3billion)
• What is the main cause of occupational ill-health in Europe?
60% 14%
26%
Types of Work-related ill health in Europe
Musculoskeletal
Stress
Other
Source: WHO
Old Problems – New Causes
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
• What has been the impact of the economic recession on occupational health and hygiene?
• Presentation by Hans Kromhout at last year’s Inhaled Particles Conference
• Trends in exposure to respirable dust and quartz over a 12-year period in the industrial minerals industry. Main results of the IMA-Europe Harmonised Dust Monitoring Programme - Hans Kromhout
Occupational disease
Changing world of work
Old problems – new causes
Recession
1. Any further thoughts on these issues?
2. What can BOHS do to engage with international members and partners?
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pTnkODfIHad5s9dpuPrpw?feature=watch
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