What are occupational hazard factors?

Factors or conditions that arise and/or exist in occupational activities, and which may have an adverse effect on the health, safety, and working capacity of occupational workers, including chemical, physical, biological, and other factors.

Hazardous factors present in the production process, work processes, and working environment that pose a threat to the health of workers are known as occupational hazard factors.

Various harmful chemical, physical, biological, and other factors present in the workplace and generated during work processes that can cause health damage to humans are known as occupational hazards

Various harmful chemical, physical, biological, and other factors present in the workplace or generated during operations that can cause health damage to humans are referred to as occupational hazards. Based on their source, they can be classified into the following categories: (I) Harmful factors in the production process 1. Chemical factors (1) Toxic substances produced during manufacturing. Such as lead, benzene, mercury, carbon monoxide, organophosphorus pesticides, etc. 　　(2) Productive dusts. Such as silica dust, coal dust, cement dust, asbestos dust, organic dusts, etc. 　　2. Physical factors 　　(1) Abnormal weather conditions. Such as high temperature, high humidity, low temperature, etc. 　　(2) Abnormal air pressure. Such as high pressure, low pressure. 　　(3) Noise, vibration. 　　(4) Non-ionizing radiation. Such as ultraviolet light, infrared light, radio frequency radiation, microwaves, lasers, etc. 　　(5) Ionizing radiation. Such as alpha, beta, gamma, X-rays, etc. 　　3. Biological factors: Infectious pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis, Brucella, and the virus causing forest encephalitis. 　　(II) Harmful factors in the work process 1. Unreasonable work organization and rest systems. 　　2. Excessive physical and mental (psychological) stress. 　　3. Excessive workload and improper work arrangements; tasks that are not appropriately tailored to the workers’ physical conditions. 　　4. Excessive strain on individual organs or systems during labor. Such as eye strain, etc. 　　5. Working for long periods in poor postures or using inappropriate tools. 　　(III) Hazardous factors in the production environment 1. The impact of natural environmental factors. Such as solar radiation in hot seasons. 　　2. The factory building or its layout is unreasonable. If toxic and non-toxic work areas are located in the same workshop. 　　3. Environmental pollution from harmful factors emitted by other production processes.

Also known as occupational hazard factors, they are elements or conditions that arise and/or exist in occupational activities and may have an adverse effect on the health, safety, and working capacity of occupational workers, including chemical, physical, biological, and other factors.