FOUNDATIONAL TERM
engineering control
工程控制
Design of equipment or environments to prevent hazardous contact.
Study this concept in context
93 · Work, occupational exposure and protection
Work affects health through physical exposures, task demands, schedules, control, support, and security. Occupational health begins with the work process rather than assuming that injury or fatigue is simply a failure of personal care.
Sources
- NIOSH: Ergonomics and work-related musculoskeletal disorders
- NIOSH: Hierarchy of controls
- NIOSH: Occupational hearing loss
- NIOSH: Fatigue and work
- WHO: Mental health at work
- ATSDR: Taking an exposure history
Definitions come from the published lessons. Read the linked lesson for mechanisms, conditions and examples.