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- Policy
- Organizing of responsibilities
- Planning and implementation
- Evaluation
- Action for Improvement
- Controlling the risks
- Accidents and Investigations
- Multi-employer workspaces
- Deciding who can help employers with their duties
- Consulting workers
- Providing training and information
- Providing supervision
- First aid
- Safety signs
OSH Policy
- Occupational safety and health policy
- The employer, in consultation with workers and their representatives, should set out in writing an OSH policy to which they are committed and which is communicated to all workers.
Worker participation
Worker participation is an essential element of the OSH management system in the organization.
The employer should ensure that workers and their safety and health representatives are consulted, informed and trained on all aspects of OSH, including emergency arrangements, associated with their work.
The employer should make arrangements for workers and their safety and health representatives to have the time and resources to participate actively in the processes of organizing, planning and implementation, evaluation and action for improvement of the OSH management system.
The employer should ensure, as appropriate, the establishment and efficient functioning of a safety and health committee and the recognition of workers’ safety and health representatives, in accordance with national laws and practice.
Organizing
- Responsibility and accountability
- The employer should have overall responsibility for the protection of workers’ safety and health, and provide leadership for OSH activities in the organization.
The employer and senior management should allocate responsibility, accountability and authority for the development, implementation and performance of the OSH management system and the achievement of the relevant OSH objectives.
Competence and training
The necessary OSH competence (includes education, work experience and training, or a combination of these) requirements should be defined by the employer, and arrangements established and maintained to ensure that all persons, in particular new and young workers have been trained and are competent to carry out the safety and health aspects of their duties and responsibilities.
The employer should have, or should have access to, sufficient OSH competence to identify and eliminate or control work-related hazards and risks, and to implement the OSH management system.
Occupational safety and health management system documentation
According to the size and nature of activity of the organization, the OSH management system documentation should be established and provided to all members of the organization so that management and workers fully comprehend their respective duties and responsibilities and how OSH is managed in the organization.