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greater than that in developed nations. Death rates linked to major surgeries are also
more in numerous developing nations (WHO 2008a). Unsafe injections are responsible for death of about 417,000 people in 2004 (WHO 2009a).
Occupational health risk includes many other ailments such as malaria and tuberculosis, mental disorders, injuries, and dietary risks.
More than 90% death due to road accidents occurs in middle- and low-income
nations, which is almost double that of high-income nations, and many losses of life
occur to young adults (WHO 2009b). Road accidents can be avoided using engineering measures such as traffic management, personal protective equipment, vehicle design, seat belts, and speed limits (WHO 2004).
Intentional injuries resulted in 1.6 million losses of life while violence, including
war, resulted in about 184,000 deaths in 2004 (WHO 2008b).
The ten most risky jobs for men in the USA Bureau of Labor Statistics (2018) are
as follows:
• Fishers as well as related fishing personnel
• Logging personnel
• Aircraft pilots as well as flight engineers
• Roofers
• Refuse as well as recyclable material collectors
• Structural iron as well as steel personnel
• Drivers/sales workers as well as truck drivers
• Farmers, ranchers, as well as other agricultural managers
• First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, as well as ground-keeping
workers
• Electrical power-line installers as well as repairers
The occupation itself cannot be blamed to be detrimental. Unintentional overdoses of alcohol and nonmedical use of drugs at work rose 25% in 2016–2017
(Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018).
The most workplace lethal injuries in Great Britain in 2018 (HSE 2018) occurred
in the following occupations:
• Agriculture
• Communication, business services, and finance
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Transportation and storage
• Waste and recycling
But accurate data are not available readily for all the countries. Workplace deaths
in India are 20 times greater than in the UK (British Safety Council 2019).
In many nations the lethal accident rate in agriculture is twice the average for all
other industries. As per International Labor Organization (ILO) (2000), agriculture
is one of the hazardous occupations in the world. According to ILO (2000), workers
suffer about 250 million accidents per year. Out of 335,000 lethal workplace accidents globally, about 170,000 people die amongst the agricultural workers (ILO
7.2 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
greater than that in developed nations. Death rates linked to major surgeries are also
more in numerous developing nations (WHO 2008a). Unsafe injections are responsible for death of about 417,000 people in 2004 (WHO 2009a).
Occupational health risk includes many other ailments such as malaria and tuberculosis, mental disorders, injuries, and dietary risks.
More than 90% death due to road accidents occurs in middle- and low-income
nations, which is almost double that of high-income nations, and many losses of life
occur to young adults (WHO 2009b). Road accidents can be avoided using engineering measures such as traffic management, personal protective equipment, vehicle design, seat belts, and speed limits (WHO 2004).
Intentional injuries resulted in 1.6 million losses of life while violence, including
war, resulted in about 184,000 deaths in 2004 (WHO 2008b).
The ten most risky jobs for men in the USA Bureau of Labor Statistics (2018) are
as follows:
• Fishers as well as related fishing personnel
• Logging personnel
• Aircraft pilots as well as flight engineers
• Roofers
• Refuse as well as recyclable material collectors
• Structural iron as well as steel personnel
• Drivers/sales workers as well as truck drivers
• Farmers, ranchers, as well as other agricultural managers
• First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, as well as ground-keeping
workers
• Electrical power-line installers as well as repairers
The occupation itself cannot be blamed to be detrimental. Unintentional overdoses of alcohol and nonmedical use of drugs at work rose 25% in 2016–2017
(Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018).
The most workplace lethal injuries in Great Britain in 2018 (HSE 2018) occurred
in the following occupations:
• Agriculture
• Communication, business services, and finance
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Transportation and storage
• Waste and recycling
But accurate data are not available readily for all the countries. Workplace deaths
in India are 20 times greater than in the UK (British Safety Council 2019).
In many nations the lethal accident rate in agriculture is twice the average for all
other industries. As per International Labor Organization (ILO) (2000), agriculture
is one of the hazardous occupations in the world. According to ILO (2000), workers
suffer about 250 million accidents per year. Out of 335,000 lethal workplace accidents globally, about 170,000 people die amongst the agricultural workers (ILO
7.2 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment