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Safety is a universal need.
There is need to have well structured safety systems that ensure safety is guaranteed at work places.
There is need to have in place the Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems especially at workplaces.
Safety systems
In each environment, there is need to have the utmost safety as long as there are people involved in the given environment. The need to have well structured safety systems that ensure safety is guaranteed at all times especially at work environments which would otherwise experience disproportionate insecurity and injury cases for the workers if such systems were not in place.
There is need to have in place the Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems that will enable the apt implementation of the safety measures, not only to intervene in times of an emergency occasioned by work environment hazards, but also to eliminate the possibility of such hazards ever happening or being present.
Occupational Safety Health (OSH) cannot be treated as an independent discipline.
Central goals of the OSH programs are to encourage a healthy and safe work environment, protecting co-workers, employers, family members, customers.
Occupational Health & Safety management System (OHSHS) is a central part of the risk management strategy in line with the changing legislation and as a protection of workforce.
The Occupational Safety Health (OSH) cannot be treated as an independent discipline but a cross-disciplinary aspect with various agencies and bodies of laws that are concerted to ensure the safety, health and the welfare of the people engaged within a work environment. The central goals of the OSH programs are to encourage a healthy and safe work environment. OSH programs are also aimed at protecting co-workers, employers, family members, customers and all those who may be in direct contact with the work environment as indicated in the OHS Act 2000 outlined by NCOSS (2013).
In light of the need for safety at...
The occupational safety and health is significant for moral reasons towards the employees. It is the duty of the organization to ensure that all those working under the jurisdiction remain safe at all times, and these moral obligations covers the protection of the health and most important the lives of the employees.
There are also legal provisions that ensure that the employees are well protected during working hours. These are the preventive measures, punitive actions as well as the compensatory requirements of the law directed at protecting the lives and health of workers. The two angles are aimed at reduction of employee injuries and illnesses related costs like medical care, time off for sick leave as well as disability benefit costs.
Reason for implementing the OHS management measures
Improvement in worker safety consciousness and morale.
Reductions in accidents, claims and lost work days
Better preparedness for regulatory inspections.
Demonstration of legal and regulatory compliance.
Demonstration to stakeholders of your commitment to health and safety.
Demonstration of an innovative and forward thinking approach.
Increased access to new customers and business partners.
Better management of health and…
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