HEALTH PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES

There are number of procedures by which you can look after the health of employees. Some of them include taking action to avoid ill-health and avoid employees coming into contact with harmful substances and guarantee if they are hurt by any means then their injuries are appropriately treated.

The use of personal protective equipments (PPE) by industries is also widely used to prevent employees from contact with harmful substances.

I want to mention some of the Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) classified by parts of body and hazards which are involved.

Head

Hazard: falling objects confined spaces hair entanglement

PPE: hard hats, bump caps, hair net, hair cut

Hearing

Hazard: extreme noise.

PPE: ear muffs, ear plugs

Eyes

Hazard: dust and grit, flying particles, radiations, lasers, arc welding

PPE: goggles, face shields, special goggles to protect from radiations

Lungs

Hazard: dust, fumes, toxic gas and oxygen deficient atmosphere, asbestos

PPE: face masks, respirators, respirators with absorbent filter, any breathing apparatus

Hand

Hazard: sharp edges and burns, acidic chemicals, low/high temperature

PPE: protective gloves, resistant gloves, insulating gloves

Feet

Hazard: slipping, sharp items, falling objects, liquid metal splashes

PPE: safety shoes

Skin

Hazard: dirt and mild acidic materials

PPE: barrier creams, gloves and apron

Whole Body

Hazard: intimidating environment, radioactive dust, moving vehicles

PPE: pressurized suits, high-visibility clothing, heat resistant clothing

TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH

I will start when it was the mid of 20^th century, people of most of the developing countries didn’t ever thought that after passing of 40 to 50 years the life would be changed so drastically, the world will become global village and distances will no more called distances.

With the advent of computers, information technology, vehicle resources, modernization and advancement in other fields has put an individual to not to move his body. People are traveling short distances through their bikes and cars. Children are playing video games instead of some healthy outdoor games. The work load of office is transferred at home very easily through mobile phones, laptops and email technology. People don’t have time for relaxing or workout or exercise.

Medically this is something very serious. Increase rate of cholesterol problem among children, tension and depression among adults are some of the common problems which are faced. We are also hearing about radiations of mobile phones which can affect different parts of body mainly the ear, in the past we used to hear same about the computer monitor screen which affects eyes

I just want to draw your attention towards the need of work out and exercise in our daily routine and you should also know all kind of risks and problems associated with any technology oriented product.