What is the specialty of Occupational Health and Safety specialization:

Occupational safety and health (OSH), also referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), or occupational health, and occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and well-being of people in the profession. These terms also refer to the objectives of this field, so their use in the meaning of this article was originally an acronym for Occupational Health and Safety Program/Department etc.

The objective of the Occupational Safety and Health Program is to promote a safe and healthy occupational environment, and OHS protects all the general public who may be affected by the occupational environment.

Globally, more than 2.78 million people die as a result of workplace accidents or diseases, which translates to one death every fifteen seconds. There are an additional 374 million non-fatal work injuries annually. It is estimated that the economic burden of work-related injuries and deaths is approximately four percent of global GDP each year. The human cost of this ordeal is enormous.

In common law jurisdictions, employers have a common law duty (also called a duty of care) to take reasonable care of the safety of their employees. The Basic Law may, in addition, impose other general duties, introduce specific duties, and create governmental bodies with powers to regulate occupational safety issues: the details of this vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

History of Occupational Health and Safety specialization:

The research and regulation of occupational safety and health is a relatively recent phenomenon. With the emergence of labor movements in response to workers' concerns in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution, workers' health came into play as a labor issue.

In 1700, De Morbis Artificum Diatriba identified the health risks of chemicals, dust, metals, repetitive or violent movements, strange postures, and other disease-causing agents faced by workers in more than fifty occupations. In the United Kingdom, factory laws in the early nineteenth century (from 1802 onwards) arose from concerns about the poor health of children working in cotton mills: an act of 1833 established a dedicated professional factory inspectorate. The Inspectorate's initial mandate was to enforce police restrictions on working hours in the textile industry for children and youth (they were introduced to prevent chronic fatigue, which was identified as leading directly to ill health and deformity, and indirectly to a high accident rate). However, at the urging of the Factory Inspectorate, another law was passed in 1844 giving similar limits on women's working hours in the textile industry, which introduced a requirement to guard machines (but only in the textile industry, and only in areas accessible to women or children).

In 1840 the Royal Commission published its findings on the condition of workers in the mining industry which documented the appalling hazardous environment in which they had to work and the high frequency of accidents. The commission sparked a public outcry that led to the Mines Act of 1842. The law established an inspectorate for mines and mines which resulted in numerous prosecutions and safety improvements, and by 1850 the inspectors were able to enter and inspect the buildings at their discretion.

Otto von Bismarck inaugurated the first social insurance legislation in 1883 and the first workers compensation law in 1884 - the first of its kind in the Western world. Similar actions followed in other countries, in part due to labor unrest.

The importance of studying Occupational Health and Safety specialization:

Occupational safety deals with all aspects of physical, mental and social health and safety in the workplace. It is an umbrella for the company's efforts to prevent injuries and hazards in all work environments.

Each industry presents different types of safety risks to its employees. The range of potential occupational safety hazards ranges from severe and immediate physical hazards to more moderate hazards. The most urgent situations can be fire, explosion, chemical or other hazards that pose an immediate threat to the employee's life. Moderate risks include challenges in the work environment, workloads, and the mental ability and general well-being of employees. The latter types of risks often occur in an office environment. However, whatever your business is, there is always the possibility of someone having an accident.

Subjects for Occupational Health and Safety specialization:

• Safety management in the workplace.
• Environmental assessment and management.
• Health and safety within high-risk industries.
• Research methodology and mission.
• Occupational hygiene and health.

Fields of work for the Health and Safety specialization:

• Hospital management.
• health services organization.
• health financing.
• Health technologies and their use.
• health insurance.
• pharmaceutical companies.
• Health Tourism Company.
• The chain of insured or supplied companies.

The best universities to study Occupational Health and Safety in Turkey:

• istanbul Üsküdar University.