Healthy Workplaces [Chapter 13 of "Making Health Places, Second Edition] [2022]

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• Personal Author:
  Bach, Jonathan A. ; Chosewood, L. Casey ; Schulte, Paul A. ; Wagner, Gregory R.
• Description:
  The design of the work environment contains opportunities to support and promote safety, health, and well-being while contributing to environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Work becomes safer through interventions such as reduced use of hazardous chemicals; ergonomically designed tools and workstations; built-in protection from hazards such as falls from heights; tools and equipment designed to be quieter; more effective controls of dust and vapor exposures; and other health-supportive designs, policies, and practices that mitigate risk and reduce stress. Improving indoor environmental quality through engineering involving heating and cooling systems, natural daylighting, and outdoor views has beneficial psychological effects on occupants. Workplace interventions such as layouts that encourage walking, attractive and well-placed stairwells that encourage use, availability of healthier food options, and an active transportation infrastructure can increase worker health on and off the job and promote sustainability. Compliance with occupational safety and health regulations and use of consensus standards, sustainability reporting systems, and third-party building rating systems provide avenues for worker health and safety and environmental performance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Work environment; Worker health; Worker safety; Health promotion; Indoor environmental quality; IEQ; Intervention; Building ventilation; Injury prevention; Safety measures; Design standards; Policy; Office environments; Prevention through design; PTD; Workplace solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-158-0
• ISBN:
  9781642831573
• Publisher:
  Island Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  222-242
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065698
• Citation:
  Making healthy places, second edition: designing and building for well-being, equity, and sustainability. Botchwey ND, Dannenberg A, Frumkin H eds. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2022 Jul; :222-242
• Editor(s):
  Botchwey ND; Dannenberg A; Frumkin H
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Making healthy places, second edition: designing and building for well-being, equity, and sustainability
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248970/cdc_248970_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.79 MB ]