OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

and HEALTH
What is Occupational Safety and Health?
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) - is a discipline dealing with a 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.

Why Occupational Safety and Health?

Organization has a responsibility to provide a safe workplace and protect the workers - it is 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.
Field Occupational Safety Risk Management (FOSRM) in
relation to other existing UN Safety Programs and Efforts

Medical and Environment

Health (UN OCCUPATIONAL al Safety
MSD) SAFETY RISK
MANAGEMENT

Aviation
Safety
Road Traffic
Safety
Fire Safety

WHY OSH?
Organization has a responsibility to
provide a safe workplace and protect
the workers – it is the law!
Because, incidents and accidents
have adverse impacts on staff and
Organization:
• Personal pain and suffering (physical and
financial) for injured staff and
dependents.
• Loss of faith by staff members in the
concern of management for their safety
and wellbeing.
• Reduction of organizational capability and
loss of productivity
How to manage OSH?

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.
Hazard: 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.
Who has to carry out SRA ?

• Supervisors are the first responsible to carry out periodical O-SRA that are
suitable and sufficient.
• They are not expected to be able to eliminate hazards and minimize all
risks but they are required to protect people as far as is reasonably
practicable.

Corrective Actions Plan

It is a plan that lists all the corrective actions to undertake to eliminate (if
possible) or mitigate the hazards and/or risks in the workplace
Responsibilities of Senior Management
assign responsibility
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provide authority
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hold accountable
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eview program operations
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promote education and training
Responsibilities of supervisors
Examine workplace conditions to make sure they conform to applicable OSH
standards.
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Make sure employees have and use safe tools and equipment and properly
maintain this equipment.
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Establish or update operating procedures and communicate them so that
employees follow safety and health requirements.
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Ensure accident and near-miss reporting procedures are understood and
complied with, and assist with accident investigations
Responsibilities of personnel/staff
Follow safe work procedures
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Use personal protective equipment when necessary
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Report all unsafe conditions and hazards
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Participate in education and training
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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 workplace, understand hazards and implement
protections to reduce and eliminate hazards
• - preventing future workplace injuries.
SAFETY STARTS WITH
YOU
THANKS