University Report: Occupational Health and Toxicology Data Instrument

This report presents a qualitative study on construction workers' perceptions of occupational health hazards and toxicology, specifically focusing on asbestos exposure. The research employs a data instrument comprising open-ended interview questions to gather in-depth, subjective information from workers with at least one year of experience in the construction industry. The study aims to assess workers' understanding of workplace safety standards, including adherence to OSHA guidelines, the use of personal protective equipment, and the availability of incident reporting procedures. The report also explores the presence of workplace hazard assessments, and the existence of financial and medical compensations. The data instrument includes 10 key questions designed to explore the workers’ experiences and perceptions regarding asbestos exposure and workplace safety measures. The research highlights the importance of understanding workers' perspectives to ensure effective occupational health and safety practices. References to relevant literature and guidelines are included to support the study's findings.

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DATA INSTRUMENT: OCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND TOXICOLOGY
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Introduction
The following paper will thus briefly seek to establish data collection and instrumental
standards based on the research topic: Workers’ perceptions concerning the prevalence
occupational health hazards and toxicological standards at the workplace: a qualitative
study exploring asbestos exposure and health risks across workers of a construction
industry’.
Discussion
Part 1
The research question seeks to provide an in-depth, subjective information concerning the
perceptions asbestos exposure and prevalence of occupational safety standards across
construction workers. Thus the research will be qualitative in nature, comprising of participant
interviews with open-ended questions. This is because as compared to close ended questions,
open ended questions leave greater room to establish researcher-participant rapport and acquire
in-depth detailed subjective answers (Rosenthal, 2016). To further enhance participants’
opportunities to share their experiences comfortably, face-to-face interviews will be conducted
across a one-to-one basis. The participants will comprise of a workers working in a selected
construction industry from the locality, for at least 1 year (Simoni et al., 2019).
Part 2
The study of toxicology is useful for the evaluation of toxicant exposure levels at the
workplace and screening of acquiring health hazards and risks across occupational workers
(Page, 2018). Asbestos, as denoted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA, 2020), is the collective name given to naturally existing heat and corrosion-resistant,

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fibrous silicates prevalent across materials construction and building substances. Workers
engaged in the construction agency, are liable to unintentional exposure and inhalation of
asbestos from the occupational environment, which increases their risk of acquiring pulmonary
diseases like asbestosis (Walters et al., 2018). OSHA (2020) recommends the need for such
industries to establish workplace standards emphasizing asbestosis exposure monitoring, timely
health assessments, usage of personal protective equipment and engineering based workplace
controls for removal of asbestos. Since industrial managers may otherwise project their
occupational environment as safe and hazard-free, the need to evaluate workers’ experience is
the reason why this research topic on occupational health hazards and toxicology as selected
(Vincenten et al., 2017). The purpose of this paper is to qualitative explore construction
workers’ perceptions concerning the prevalence asbestos-associated occupational health
hazards and toxicological standards at the workplace.
The participation will be cross-sectional in nature, implying that selected sample will be
required to participate in the interview for merely a specific, single amount of time till the
interview is completed. To avoid bias in sampling, workers will be blinded to the study’s
purpose (Rosenthal, 2016). The following 10 questions will be considered for the interview:
1. Does your organization possess industrial policies and standards workplace safety and
prevention of health hazards related to asbestos?
2. Does your organization mention compliance to OSHA standards specific to asbestos?
3. Does your organization strictly regulate the usage of personal protective equipment?
4. Does your organization provide any incident reporting procedures for recording workers’
health complaints or injuries?

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5. Does your organization incorporate any financial and medical compensation for
management of health issues?
6. Does your organization incorporate any debriefing session after reports of injury
incidences?
7. How are workplace injuries managed at your organization?
8. Does your organization engage in timely workplace hazard assessments?
9. Have there been any reports on asbestos associated injuries or disease incidences since
the past 1 year?
10. Does your organization incorporate workplace standards emphasizing asbestosis
exposure monitoring, timely health assessments, usage of personal protective equipment
and engineering based workplace controls?
Conclusion
This paper thus successfully discusses key data instrument and collection components
with respect to a research problem on occupational health and toxicology. To conclude,
incorporate of open ended, interview questions will assist in successful subjective exploration of
the identified research topic.

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