Occupational Hygiene

Occupational hygiene is the discipline of protecting worker health by controlling workplace hazards that can cause harm. It is a multi-skilled science that considers, physics, chemistry, biology plus toxicology, engineering, and law with the objective of protecting worker health and wellbeing. Combined, these enable us to anticipate, recognise, evaluate, and control the potential health hazards within a working environment.

This webpage and its associated resources provide information on occupational hygiene, its capability and application. They provide routes and resources for you to consider the best possible application of occupational hygiene within your own business.

Occupational Hygiene topics

Occupational hygiene is a multi-skilled discipline with the objective of protecting worker health and wellbeing. In collaboration with the industry, we provide advice, information and documentation on the industry’s shared occupational hygiene strategy.

The rail industry continues to work towards improving management of health and safety risks with great care. Over recent years, many advances have been made through scientific research, legislative changes and evolving recognition of occupational health hazards.