“Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimise human well-being and overall system performance.”

 International Ergonomics Association

“Occupational Hygiene is the discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large”

International Occupational Hygiene Association

“Every day, people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases. Each year, at least 1.9 million people died and 90 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were estimated to be attributable to exposure to 19 major occupational risk factors. Additionally there’s some 360 million non-fatal occupational accidents each year”

International Labour Organization