Occupational Health Hazards in Nigeria Industries: Implication for Increased Health Education
Abstract
problems are becoming prominent. Occupational health is the area of work in public health to
promote and maintain highest degree of physical, mental and social wellbeing workers at all
occupations. While occupational health hazard is any workplace condition that causes a risk
to employee’s health which involves injury, ill health, or something a worker may suffer and
experience as a result of doing his or her job. This paper is aimed at examining occupational
health hazards like dust hazard, chemicals, carbon monoxide poisoning, noise hazard, light
hazard, fatigue hazard, vibration hazard, heat hazard that lead to diseases and the need for
health education in Nigerian industries. The study recommended that health education
programmes should be carried out in various industries to create awareness of the peculiar
hazards in the industries and for workers protection and better efficiency and productivity
amongst others.
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