Learning Objectives of Chapter 1

1.1 The scope and nature of occupational health and safety 

No one would think much about the importance of Occupational Health and Safety until it was stated by The International Labour (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO) and United Natuon (UN) that there's 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases every year.

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a must in all and every aspects in life and branches of industry such as: hospitals, companies, information technology, care home and schools..etc, whereas there are many obstacles in the way of reaching a good standards in OHS such as:

1. The pressure of production or performance targets.
2. Financial constraints.
3. The complexity of the organization.  

There are also some powerful incentives for organizations to strive for those high standards and those are:

1. Moral.
2. Legal.
3. Economic.

Corporate responsibility covers the way in which an organization handle their business which lead to the answers to a lot of issues including the effects that the business society has on the environment, human rights and third world poverty.

It's also important to know the difference between a Hazard and a Risk. A hazard: is something that has the potential to cause harm. But a risk: is the likelihood of getting hurt due to the exposure to that hazard and the consequences to it.