OCCUPATION SAFETY AND HEALTH

What is Occupational Safety and Health?

 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is a discipline dealing with the prevention of
work-related injuries and diseases as well as protection and promotion of the
health of workers.

 It aims at the improvement of working conditions and environment.

Occupational Safety and Health Practices:

 Field Occupational Safety Risk Management (FOSRM) in relation to other existing UN Safety
Programs and Efforts

MENTAL AND HEALTH

(UN MSD)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY RISK
MANAGEMENT

AVIATION SAFETY
ROAD TRAFFIC
SAFETY
FIRE SAFETY

Why Occupational Safety and Health?

Organization has a responsibility to provide a safe workplace and protect the workers -
it is the law!

Incidents and accidents have adverse impacts on staff and organization:

1. Personal pain and suffering (physical and financial) for injured staff and
dependents.
2. Loss of faith by staff members in the concern of management for their safety and
wellbeing.
3. Reduction of organizational capability and loss of productivity.
Financial Implications:
1. $ 13 min/year - OSH related fatalities
2. $ 50 min/year - OSH related injuries and diseases

How to manage occupational safety and health?

Safety Risk Assessment

 It is a methodology which consists in a careful examination (steps and processes) of what,
in your workplace, could cause harm to people in order to eliminate/mitigate the risks.

Hazards: a workplace condition or worker action that could result in injury, illness, or other
organizational loss.

Risk: the likelihood, from high or low, that somebody could be harmed by these and other
hazards together with an indication of how serious (the impact) the harm could be.

Hazard Control Concept

Responsibilities of Senior Management

1. Assign Responsibility
2. Provide Authority
3. Hold Accountable
 4. Review Program Operations
5. Promote Education and Training

Responsibilities of Supervisor

1. Examine workplace conditions to make sure they conform to applicable OSH standards.
2. Make sure employees have and use safe tools and equipments and properly maintain
this equipment.
3. Establish or update operating procedures and communicate them so that employees
follow safety and health requirements.
4. Ensure accident and near - miss reporting procedures are understood and complied
with, and assist with accident investigations.

Responsibilities of Personnel/Staff

1. Follow safe work procedures

2. Use personal protective equipment when necessary
3. Report all unsafe conditions and hazards
4. Participate in education and training
5. Report incidents/accidents

Employees Rights

 The right to know about potential hazards

 The right to participate in making the workplace safe and healthy
 The right to refuse unsafe work

Importance of Reporting
Accidents in the workplace could be detrimental to any organization.

Reporting helps organization evaluate the safety of workplaces, understand hazards, and
implement protections to reduce and eliminate hazards - preventing future workplace injuries.