The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Analysis – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task

Introduction

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requests you to analyse information obtained from an accredited laboratory which has analysed worker blood samples from four different chemical industries. The HSE wants to know if there is any cause for concern that the workers may potentially be affected by exposure to organic solvents resulting in liver damage. Data for four industries, all of which use a range of potentially hazardous chemicals, has been collected which the HSE hope may shed light on any potential problems.

The problem

Many industrial processes rely on the use of organic chemicals – including volatile solvents. Such compounds are sometimes described as xenobiotics, meaning that they do not exist in nature in any meaningful concentration – their existence is solely the result of human activity. Many of these chemicals, typically chlorinated hydrocarbons, are known to be hazardous, particularly by inhalation. Once in the blood stream they are capable of interfering with enzyme activity as well as interrupting genetic replication processes. Although the use of such chemicals is carefully monitored and regulated the HSE remain concerned about worker exposure. As such the HSE takes the issue seriously and has undertaken a preliminary study via the agency of the accredited laboratory to look into any potential problems and it is the results of this study that you are commissioned to analys