Health officer

Handbook for Occupational Health and Safety During Hazardous Waste Activities. Office of Environmental, Safety and Health Office of Environmental Management, 1996, pp. ES-3, ES-4, 1-1, 1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-7, 3-1. 

The organizational chart further identifies key positions in the project team, including the project director, project manager, site safety and health officer (SSHO), site supervisor, emergency response coordinator, site security, and other specialized positions. 

Does the site safety and health officer have the authority to upgrade the required level of PPE when site conditions warrant ... 

Ges, Amtt abbrev. (Gesundheitsamt) health office, board of health. 

Where accidental discharge of untreated effluent does occur, the appropriate water authority and/or environmental health officer should be advised immediately. All steps should be taken to limit the extent and intensity of any potential contamination. 

Numerous leaflets can be obtained from the local offices of the Health and Safety Executive or HSE Information Points. Remember, if you have any doubts about the health and safety risks involved with respect to any substance you may consider using, or any work you are planning to undertake, seek advice. This information may be obtained from your company safety officer, consultants, manufac-turer/supplier or equipment/materiaPsubstance, HSE or local Environmental Health Officer. Use their expertise and knowledge. Do not be a statistic. 

In establishing potential hazards in carrying out specific tasks, other sources may have to be consulted (e.g. manufacturer, supplier, HSE, environmental health officer, consultants, etc.) and protective clothing and equipment must be considered. 

It is hoped that this book will prove valuable to safety advisers, environmental health officers, emergency services personnel, safety representatives and those engaged in the transport or disposal of wastes — in fact, to anyone involved with chemicals in the field . 

Indianapolis regulates the use of DDT by requiring that food and utensils be protected during spraying. This is required under the authority vested in the health officer to regulate the use of harmful substances, including residual sprays. 

Just as the benefits of insecticides to public welfare fall into two classes, so also do the hazards fall into two groups first, those which are traditionally and legally the responsibilities of local, state, and federal health officers, and, second, those which are traditionally and legally the responsibilities of other authorities. The two groups are often impossible to separate. Of direct interest to the public health professions are the following ... 

Health officers may also be notified when household pets are poisoned.)... 

AZ Arizona Department of Health, Office of Environmental Health 10 ... 

Rl Rhode Island Department of Health, office of Occupational and Radiological Health 25... 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health," Office of Minority Health (1999). 

Suspension of licensing authority for medical personnel from outside jurisdictions Authorization of other doctors to perform functions of medical examiner Access to Communications and Parking Relations Identification of public health officers, e.g., badges Dissemination of accurate information, rumor control, 1-800 numbers Establishment of command center Access to elected officials... 

More and more chemically sensitive people contacted us when they became aware of our efforts, so we decided to form a group. We persuaded the Capital Regional District health officer to back us up in a survey to establish there was a population of people here with environmental illness. We thought there might be twenty-five or so people. But we heard from people way up-island and in the interior and Vancouver. We stopped at two hundred and fifty. Many wrote on their survey forms, You mean I m not the only one ... 

The responsibilities of the appointed health officer are directed towards monitoring the environment and the employees working there to ensure the provision and maintenance of a healthy environment. They should include the following ... 

All of this cannot be achieved overnight. It can, however, be achieved over a period of time, but it will be apparent that the selected health officer should have appropriate training (although not necessarily professional) and should be influential enough to have the ear of those who can get things done. 

To achieve this goal, top management must delegate authority, as necessary, to all management and supervisory levels. Supervisors in turn, as advised by the health officer, must accept and interpret the policy and actively support it. A supervisor, for example, must ensure that each of his or her employees understands the properties and hazards of any material that is handled, stored, or used by them, and takes all necessary precautions and follows established work procedures. An employee must make an effort to be aware of the hazards associated with toxic materials and follow the procedures laid down for their handling. 

INSTITUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS (1982) Appendix to annual report. London IEHO... 

BATTERSBY, S.A. Institute of Environmental Health Offices Agricultural Odour Survey. April 1980—March 1981. MAFF Farm Odour Group paper FOG/14 (unpublished). 

Joseph Hackett Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety, Rockville, Maryland, U.S. 

---