Field concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people at work

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Occupational safety and health

Occupational safety and health , also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety , occupational health, so their use in the sense of this article was originally an abbreviation of occupational safety and health program/department etc. The goal of an occupational safety and health program is to foster a safe and healthy occupational environment. According to the official estimates of the United Nations, the WHO/ILO Joint Estimate of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, almost 2 million people die each year attributable to exposure to occupational risk factors. The human cost of this adversity is enormous. 