Safety Awareness In The Workplace

IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY Ways to improve the safety awareness at workplaces are by getting people back to work with a recovery and emphasis of the important role of safety and health. (BC, 2011) by creating a safety plan to control hazards in workplace and ensure employers and employees know how to works with it. (Emmons, 2006) formal safety and training program with a working field safety manual requires a written procedure, specification and engineering safety requirements and details on how employees works to a specific standard of safety. This program should be behavior-based because 96% related of the accidents or unsafe acts while only 4% are refer to unsafe condition of workplace.

(BC, 2011) do the regularly check on the equipment and

It becomes important is if defects or failures in construction it will results in very large cost even it with a minor defects. Failures may also cause a personal injuries result in large cost due to the indirect cost of insurance and inspection. The best project managers who are try ensures the works done right the first time and no major accident or failure happens on site. (Chris Hendrickson, 2000) Inspector and quality assurance personnel will be involved in project such as occupational safety and health agencies (OSHA) are required by law to issue for all standard violation observed. OSHA will routinely make a site visit to the workplaces with an approved state inspection agencies. (Solutions, n.d.) the accidents and fatal often occur in workplace especially in high risk construction for 22% fatal injuries to workers and 10% major injuries reported. The worker fatalities main causes are falls and collapse, being struck by a falling or moving objects, electricity and being hit by a moving vehicle. This happens because of no awareness of safety in construction site been taken into account. For the major injuries common causes are slips and falls on the level and

This programme will improve employers and employees knowledge in matters related to safety and health concept and principles. It also enables them to perform this programmes to meet the requirements and regulations of OSHA.

3) CIDB Green Card Malaysia

(Malaysia, n.d.) CIDB Green Card is an integrated programme that register and accreditate of construction personnel to improving the safety levels at construction sites. The special insurance that covers construction personnel against death and accidents will be automatically covered to whom registers in this CIDB Green Card.

(Malaysia, n.d.) Workers should registers to ensure them aware of the importance of having a safe and health working place, to provide them with a basic knowledge of safety and health in construction sites and the to let them aware about the legal requirements in relation to safety and health. All personnel working in construction sites mut have the green card before entering the