I'm a surgeon and also an industrial physician. Have you heard of industrial medicine? This is a medical science for people who work. There are many kinds of industries in Japan and some people might get injured on their job. Industrial medicine is to keep their working conditions away from anything bad for their health. Enough illumination? Clean air in the office or factory? Any irritating noise? Any work related disorders? Any mental problem? From these points of view, industrial physicans work in companies and give advice to the employers.
Authorities oblige the companies that hire twenty or more people to have a contract with industrial physicians based on the company size. Consequently, this requires a significant number of industrial specialists and clinical doctors like me come to be in charge. For this reason, I have to attend the training sessions on industrial medicine about twice a year.
I've had lectures in various places, like an atomic power plant, a fire department, a petrochemical complex, a seafood processing factory and so on. Today's lecture was in Matsuyama Castle administration office, one of the municipal facilities. The picture shows members going up to the top of the castle. An aerial tramway runs between the top and the bottom of the hill and the condition of the employees who get in the gondola daily was one of our topics of today's lecture.
http://www.city.matsuyama
(Vocabulary)
lecture class / training session 講習会
industrial field 産業分野
petrochemical complex 石油化学コンビナート
aerial tramway ロープウェイ
(KW: 松山城)
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