multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at occupation.
Occupational safety and health
goal of OSH
foster a safe and healthy occupational environment
direct and indirect costs of occupational injuries and diseases
inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or direct contact
from a work-related event or from a single, instantaneous exposure in the work environment.
injury
dust in the lungs due to coal mining
silicosis
emphasized the need for ventilation of mines.
George Agricola’s treatise on mining in 1561, De Re Metallica,