Objectives of the study performed are; 1. To assess the current working conditions in terms of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) in assigned place (Atta-ur-Rehman School of Applied Biosciences). 2. To find out existing potential OH&S hazards in working areas. 3. Sorting out the lope holes and gaps in providing OH&S in working environment. 4. To provide recommendations, and practices to provide healthy working conditions and avoiding risks and hazards. 1
1.2 THE CONCEPT OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT 1.2.1 Core Occupational Safety And Health Principles 17 Occupational safety and health is a broad multidisciplinary field, and touches on issues related to science like medicine including physiology and toxicology such as ergonomics, physics and chemistry, as well as technology, economics, law and other fields that are specific for a variety of industries and activities. However there are concerns and interests, the basic principles can
1.4 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) also referred as Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) concerned the area of safety, health and welfare cover of activities or the people engaged in work. The conditions and the environment that affect the persons at the workplace are included under the field of OSH. The goals of OSH is to ensure the safety and health of the workplace environment and protect the co-workers, family members, employers and others
2.4.2 Other laws with provisions related to Occupational Safety and Health Besides the labour laws, a number of other pieces of legislation contain provisions related to Occupational Safety and Health. These are mentioned below in Table 2 Table 2.2: Laws containing Occupational Safety and Health related provisions Electricity Act, 1910 and Electricity Rules 1937 • The Act and Rules regulate the production and use of electricity. Some of the rules require grounding of some equipment and affixing
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, employers ran their businesses as they saw a chance to make profit but not concern on employee safety and health. In fact, in official terms these things were nobody’s concern. In the U.S.A. injured employees had to litigate to obtain compensation for their injuries. The cost of doing so effectively in prevented employees from going to court. But, under common law, if the employee already knew of the hazards the job entailed or if the injuries were brought
their employees to the extent of neglecting their basic health and safety requirements. Resultantly, the employees become victim of ill health thus further reducing their potential for future programme. Occupational Health
INTRODUCTION Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 was formulated mainly referring to the British Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 that includes general duty for workers. The OSHA 1994 was made to considering the fact that the Factories and Machinery Act 1967 only covered occupational safety and health in the manufacturing, mining, and construction industries. The OSH regulations impose an expected penalty that is positively related to the presence of risky working conditions
background information of health and safety practices in Ghana. Empirical investigation of various literatures on health and safety with reference to employees’ performance are outlined in this chapter. 2.2 Definition and Overview of Occupational Health and Safety Occupational health has been defined by Muchemedzi and Charamba (2006) as a science concerned with health in the workplace or working environment. According to Oxenburgh et al. (2004), the health and safety of all employees is closely
1. Introduction Occupational safety and health plays an important role for workers. It aims to prevent and reduce the risk of occupational accidents and diseases as well as to create a safe and comfortable workplace in order to achieve the company’s goals efficiently and effectively. The implementation of occupational safety and health management system has various benefits for the industry, including hospitals. Recently, the development of hospitals as health care facilities is very rapid, both
Safety is the responsibility of each staff in construction industry and it is related to his association with surrenders whether it is people, machinery, equipment, resources, methods of operation or others. Safety is an established procedure that aims on accidents and work-related injuries prevention, which are not less importance than the production of work and its quality and cost. It has been acknowledged that 25–40 percent of fatalities in the world’s occupational settings are contributed by
reviewed for any new or significant health and safety information which will be then be shared with all affected employees through the Chief of Police. Officers may be exposed to a very minor amount of lead during the use of firearms. Employee’s will be trained on best practices to prevent exposure to lead. Officers will immediately report any signs or symptoms of potential lead exposed. The lead firearms instructor will provide employees with information on occupational exposure to lead as required by
The purpose of this research is to determine the level of noise exposure to workers and to recommend how to manage the occupational high level of noise by the usage of engineering method of controlling noise in workplace knowing that noise can not be fully eliminated, the use of engineering control(control from the source) is always a better means of managing occupational noise, this involves identifying the source and its adequate control , it has to do with the fundamentals and its practical
when changing the job holders of electrically operated Tong Crane in a Hot Rolling Mill. This work also analyzes the ergonomic risk factors by the tools such as Rapid upper limb Assessment tool (RULA) and Revised National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Lately, the issue of occupational safety and health has become a major aspect to each of the management in each organization. The issue of employees receiving treatment as a result of injuries in the workplace increased lately. It is caused by a lack of emphasis on the importance of safety and health in the work becomes the main factor. The idea of Occupational Safety and Health has gained the most attention, and many firms have implemented systems and processes to support an organization to protect
work-related illnesses and injuries. There are several safety and health issues associated with the textile industry. There are many different types of machinery used in the garment industry. Some are used to knit and weave; sew or cut patterns and cloth; some press or steam; and others transport garment pieces on the factory floor. But before any work begins on a piece of machinery, the operator should be trained in its proper operation and all safety precautions to follow. Workers should be trained
Introduction to Health Hazard & Hygiene 6.1.1 Introduction to Health Hazard Hazards can be found in every workplace. Hazard is generally anything that makes you in a dangerous situation. Health hazard is means that the hazard brings negative effect and harm to the health which is may cause measurable changes in the body. There are many hazard in the workplaces have the potential to harm workers short-term and long-term health result in diseases, disorders and injuries. Occupational health is an important
Advantages There are many advantages regarding to occupational health management. Benefits of occupational health. Occupational health aims to ensure that companies can be as effective as possible with protecting their employees health and well –being. Through practical occupational helath management of employees health and care issues, early intervention and clicinal assistance has widespread business benefits conforming to health and safety legislation, improved staff motivation and performance
we talk about work-related issues, we cannot go far from accident and incident that will result in any injury, materials, environment or property damage and incidents that have a high potential for the aforementioned report to Department of Health and Safety or Human Resource in any company. All the accidents and incidents should be investigate in order to identify the facts, determine the underlying or root cause(s), implement corrective action, and communication to tough lesson learned. Going
Recently, Safety issue is well considered in companies and factories all over the world as a reason to the high rate of deaths cases, disabilities among workers. The term Safety Culture refers to how people can work together safely and do their work causing no harm to themselves or others. Thoughts about safety differ from country to another and they are related to work domains. However, many tried hard to give “Safety” a formal form in order to reduce accidents rates. In this chapter we assess exiting
ARE EXPOSED TO BIOHAZARDS Biohazards present many professionals with complex health challenges. Most of these biohazards result from workplace exposure to organisms, or substances produced by organisms, that threaten human health. . Biological hazards are common in work places where workers come in contact with a broad range of diseases; work place like health care facilities, animal farms, game rangers and veterinarians are at greater risk for infections originating