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DAU 18102
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
MANAGEMENT
LECTURED BY:
Nur Shahirah Mohd Aripen
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
SUBTOPIC
1.1
introduction to OSH
1.2
OSHA 1994 (Act 154)
1.3
FMA 1967 (Act 139)
1.4
EQA 1974 (Act 127)
1.5
Occupational Safety
and Health Management System
1.6
Safety, Health and Environment Culture
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO OSH
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
OSH
welfare
What is OSH
Cross-disciplinary area concerned on protecting safety health and
related to work.
Interaction of various disciplines
Protection of
workers and others
Health
Safety
Protection of bodies and minds of people from illness
resulting from materials, processes or procedures
used in workplace
Measures and practices undertaken to prevent and
minimize the risk of loss of life, injury and damage to
property and environment
WelfareThe provision of facilities to maintain the health and
well-being of individuals at workplace
Hazard
Risk
Source or a situation with a potential for harm in terms of
human injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to
the environment or a combination of these.
Combination of likelihood of an occurrence of hazardous
events and the severity of injury or damage to property or
environment or combination of this.
Danger Relative exposure to hazard
Some Basic Definition
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HAZARD
Psychosocial
Ergonomics
Physical
Chemical
Biological
Mechanical Electrical
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Hazard Classifications
Mainly hazard that can cause
physical harm
Anything arising from living
organisms that poses a threat to
human
Arises from contamination with
harmful or potentially harmful
chemicals
Workplace conditions that pose the
risk of injury to the musculoskeletal
system of the worker
Any factor or situation (stressor)
that may cause distress or
psychological harm and social
problems
SAFETY vs. HEALTH
Safety Health
is concerned with injured –
causing situation
is concerned with disease –
causing condition
is concerned hazard to
humans that result from
sudden severe condition.
deal with adverse reaction to
prolonged expose to
dangerous but less intense
hazards
Safety and health although closely related are not the same.
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Why Need to Manage OSH
Legal argument Economic argument Humanitarian argument
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Legal Argument
• General framework
• Covers almost industries
• As far as practicable
• Allow prosecution and compound
Penalty for non-compliance
• Max. fine < RM50 000; or
• Max imprisonment < 2 years; or
• Both
• Notice of Improvement & Notice of
Prohibition
• Max. fine RM500 for continuous offence
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Legal Argument
• Covers factory only
• Control factories’ safety, health and welfare
• Registration and inspection of factories and
machineries
• Command and control approach
• Allow prosecution and compound
Penalty for non-compliance
• Max. fine < RM250 000; or
• Max imprisonment < 5 years; or
• Both
• Notice of Improvement & Notice of Prohibition
• Max. fine RM2000 for continuous offence
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Humanitarian Argument
• Injury - Effect to workers and family
• Workers - lose their health, income, careers, dreams, future and happiness
• Family – deeply hurt, economically and emotionally
ACTS
REGULATIONS
CODE OFPRACTICE
STANDARDS/
GUIDELINES
BESTPRACTICES
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OSH LEGISLATION
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