Occupational Health Psychology
and Its Function in The Workplace
JENNY COLLINS
EHS Consultant
EazySAFE
Occupational health psychology (OHP) is an emerging subfield of psychology which overlaps with industrial and organisational psychology.
According to the HSA, in 2020 the most reported accidents included falls and manual handling (Irish Times, 2021).These represent concrete physical conditions at work. Non-physical conditions include irregular shift patterns like night shift, interpersonal conflict, lack of autonomy, heavy workload, and work-life conflict which can affect our physical and emotional health.