Occupational health 2012, para. 8

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Paragraph text: The ILO recognizes both the right to a safe and healthy working environment and the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment to be fundamental human rights. The ILO defines its Decent Work agenda to require safe and healthy work that does not expose workers to health hazards. The ILO has adopted numerous instruments ratified by varying numbers of member States that directly address occupational health. These include the Convention on Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Health Services Convention, the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, as well as the Protection of Workers' Health Recommendations. The ILO defines "health" broadly in the context of work to indicate not merely the absence of disease or infirmity but also the physical and mental elements affecting health, which are directly related to safety and hygiene at work. "Industrial hygiene" (or occupational hygiene) encompasses all efforts to protect workers' health through control of the work environment, including the recognition and evaluation of those factors that may cause illness, lack of well-being or discomfort among workers or the community.

Body: Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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