Assignment Tittlemodule 5
Assignment Tittlemodule 5
HHAHA
HAMBRA EDU SERVICES
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EFFORT ( 15% )
PRESENTATION (15% )
CONTENT ( 50% )
TOTAL ( 80% )
PROGRAMME:
EXECUTIVE BACHELOR IN
SAFETY HEALTH &
ENVIRONMENT
MODULE:
OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1.0 Introduction...........................................................................................................3
3.0 Explain the need for emergency planning, its benefits and regulatory
requirements...............................................................................................................6
3.2 Scope..................................................................................................................6
Occupational safety and health (OSH) are a discipline dealing with the prevention of
work‐related injuries and diseases as well as the protection and promotion of the
health of workers. The aim of occupational health and safety programs is to foster a
safe work environment. As a secondary effect, it also ensures the safety, health and
welfare of the employees and any person at workplaces. This may involve
interactions among many subject areas, including occupational medicine,
occupational (or industrial) hygiene, public health, safety engineering, chemistry,
health physics. Since 1950, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) have shared a common definition of occupational
health. The definition reads: "Occupational health should aim at: the promotion and
maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well‐being of
workers in all occupations; the prevention amongst workers of departures from
health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their
employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and
maintenance of the worker in an occupational environment adapted to his
physiological and psychological capabilities; and, to summarize, the adaptation of
work to man and of each man to his job". In this context, the anticipation,
recognition, evaluation and control of hazards arising in or from the workplace that
could impair the safety and health of workers are the fundamental principles of the
process governing occupational risk assessment and management.
1.1 Benefits of OSHMS
Management needs to have a system where it can monitor performance and where it can integrate
many and changing requirements into its daily management. A system is useful when there are
many activities, complex and changing information that needs to be managed together and taken
into account at all times. The root of OSHMS is about the management of occupational risks. In
OSHMS, the principle of the “Plan‐Do‐Check‐Act“ (PDCA) cycle is applied (Refer figure 1).
“Plan” involves the establishment of an OSH policy, the organization of the system, hazard
identification and risk assessment, the allocation of resources and provision of skills. The “Do “step is
referring to the actual implementation and operation of the OSH programme. Meanwhile,
measuring both the active and reactive performance is required in the “Check “step. Finally, the
“Act” step closes the cycle with a review of the system in the context of continual improvement
and the priming of the system for the next cycle. However, the need to master a galloping
industrialization and its demand for energy sources such as nuclear energy has led to the
development of much more sophisticated risk assessment and management methods. The balance
between benefits and cost of risk taking is influenced by many factors such as rapid scientific and
technological progress, a diverse and continuously changing world of work, and economics.
3.0 Explain the need for emergency planning, its benefits and
regulatory requirements.
The Emergency Response Plan specifies the general responsibilities and duties of
the personnel of workplace during Emergency and potential Emergency. The
purpose of the plan is to ensure that a system is available to summon, and direct
emergency services and personnel in order to minimize the risks to people on site,
the local community, the environment and assets in the event of an emergency, and
to ensure that sufficient resources are maintained in a state of readiness to give
adequate response for the control of emergency situations.
3.2 Scope
Scope of ERP for the Proposed Project The emergency procedures to be developed
for the proposed Phase 3 development should cover emergency in relation to all kind
of EHS (Environment, Health and Safety) related emergency preparedness and
response plan.
The ERP should be developed based on the requirements or general intent of all
relevant legal requirements which amongst others include:
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) (OSHA)
Factories and Machinery Act 1967 (Revised 1974) (FMA)
Fire Service Act 1988 (Act 341)
Road Transport Act 1987
MS 761: 1982, Code of Practice for Storage and Handling of Flammable;
Combustible Liquids (UDA 620.263 – SIRIM 402/2/8)
ISO 14004: 1996 Clauses 4.3.3.4 – Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan
3.3 Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Figure 2:
Emergency
3.4 Roles & Responsibilities of ERT Members
The procedures for emergency response for the identified incidents are presented as
clear written steps to be followed and practiced by emergency response personnel in
the pursuant text. Personnel Emergency Instructions for each level of organization,
ranging from the Incident Manager (Facility Manager) to the incident observer will be
described. A typical emergency flowchart is given in Figure 3
Emergency training should be provided to all workers working within the site. For the
ERT team, the training shall include fire control, the use of fire extinguisher, spill kit,
first aid, etc. While for the general workers, awareness training should be provided
on how to response to the emergency including general procedure when sighting of
emergency, introduction of ERT team member, assembly area, awareness on alarm
activation, etc. Training should be conducted periodically and refresher should be
given to ERT member whenever necessary. Periodical mock drill should be
conducted to provide practical training to staff in dealing with emergency situation
besides evaluating the effectiveness of emergency preparedness. Apart from training
and drills, all emergency response equipment including fire-fighting equipment, spill
kit and first aids should be inspected periodically. First aid boxes will be located at
strategic places and well stocked with items as prescribed in the FMA and shall be
replenished when exhausted.