Environmental Risk Assessment for Skin Cancer in Outdoor Workers

Running Head: Environmental Risk Assessment
Environmental Risk Assessment
Skin Cancer in Outdoor Workers

1
Environmental Risk Assessment
Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Background..................................................................................................................................................2
Risk Assessment Method.............................................................................................................................3
Application of the method...........................................................................................................................3
Data Collection........................................................................................................................................3
Data Analysis...........................................................................................................................................4
Process........................................................................................................................................................4
Results.........................................................................................................................................................5
Limitations...................................................................................................................................................6
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
References...................................................................................................................................................7

2
Environmental Risk Assessment
Introduction
The most ordinary type of cancers identified internationally is skin cancer & it is increasing
rapidly since the past 10 years. Workers are exposed to the UV rays who work outside and this is
the major reason that they are diagnosed with Skin cancer particularly squamous cell carcinoma
& basal cell carcinoma. These are recognized as the non-melanoma skin cancer & melanoma
skin cancer respectively. Australia comes as one of the highest rate in diagnosing the skin cancer
in outdoor workers across the world. Out of 3, 2 Australians would be identified with this cancer
prior to the lifetime of 70 (Australia, 2007). This also displays a vital monetary cost. For
example: Treatment of 7 lakhs NMSC’s cost the nation approximately 511 million dollars in
2010. Ultra violet rays have some other bad health results too like premature ageing and diseases
in eyes. This report discusses about the case studies about the risk assessment of the skin cancer
diagnosed people of Australia (Sendall, Stoneham, & Crane, 2016).
Background
There was a small family owned business of agriculture which was situated in the South Western
Queensland, Australia. That business was recruited by the OWSPP (The Outdoor Worker Sun
Protection Project). Before the recruitment, this workplace already had some strategies relates to
the sun rays. The strategies are shown in Table 1.
The discussion which was baseline was done in the year 2012 July. It had 12 members and the
time was approximately of 40 minutes in length. They had already adopted sun safety strategies
in the workplace successfully. The workplace did not have any sun protection policy but later
they adopted one. Later the safety policy and other information related to the safety were given