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This document provides an introduction to occupational safety and health (OSH) management. It outlines the learning outcomes which are to describe OSH management, explain basic OSH definitions and principles, discuss OSH issues and history in Malaysia, and provide information on governing bodies. It then covers topics such as definitions of safety, danger, and hazard, purposes of OSH in preventing and controlling accidents, and the spectrum of OSH from promotion to prevention, protection and adaptation. Finally, it discusses the history leading to the Malaysian OSHA 1994 and key OSH governing bodies in Malaysia and their roles.

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Topic 1 - Introduction (Student)

This document provides an introduction to occupational safety and health (OSH) management. It outlines the learning outcomes which are to describe OSH management, explain basic OSH definitions and principles, discuss OSH issues and history in Malaysia, and provide information on governing bodies. It then covers topics such as definitions of safety, danger, and hazard, purposes of OSH in preventing and controlling accidents, and the spectrum of OSH from promotion to prevention, protection and adaptation. Finally, it discusses the history leading to the Malaysian OSHA 1994 and key OSH governing bodies in Malaysia and their roles.

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Prepared by:

Mohd Hafizee Shahri

OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND HEALTH
(HRM3033)
Topic 1

INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY


AND HEALTH (OSH) MANAGEMENT
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lecture, students should
able to:
• To describe Occupational Safety Health (OSH) Management
and relate its importance at the workplace.
• To explain the basic definitions of OSH and OSH
management principles.
• To discuss OSH management issues in Malaysia and OSH
history leading to the Malaysian Occupational Safety and
Health Act (OSHA) 1994.
• To provide an insight on the various governing bodies in
Malaysia related to occupational safety, health, and welfare
matters and services.
Topic Outline

Introduction Purposes Definition

Malaysian Society
History of OSHA OSH Governing for Occupational
1994 bodies Safety and Health
(MSOSH)
Introduction

Power = Responsibility
The Spectrum of OSH
It should aim at: Promotion
and
maintenance

Adaptation Prevention

Placing and
Protection
maintenance
Purposes of OSH

Accidents can be PREVENTED,


MINIMIZED or CONTROLLED.

Basic AWARENESS from EMPLOYEE,


EMPLOYER and every PUBLIC.

Adequate KNOWLEDGE in OSH


management = IMPORTANT ASSET.
Definitions

Safety • Free or absent from danger.

Danger • Exposure to a hazard.

Hazard • Potential to cause harm or danger.

Risk • Chance or probability of harm or


threat is likely to occur.
• Promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social
well being of workers in all occupations.

• Prevention of worker departures from health deterioration caused by their


employment.

• Protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting factors adverse to


their health.

• Placing and maintenance of worker in occupational environment adopted to his


physiological and psychological ability.

• Adaption of work to man and each man to work.


OSH Management
• Managing safety, health and welfare of
workers at workplace.
P Planning Setting OSH Policies, Objectives, documentations and procedures.

L Leading and Directing Work culture, providing direction, resources and management support.

O Organising OSH program and also organize environmental awareness program.

OSH programs, trainings, communications, compliances, inspections and


C Coordination
implementation of OSH.

C Control
Accidents, prevention and investigation, monitoring outbreak of
environment hazards.
History of OSHA 1994
Adopts many of the
41% increase of
features and
accidents from 1988-
concepts in from UK
1992
and Australia

Compensation paid
Bright Sparkle
was increased to
Factory in 1991
125%

Self-regulation
Limited provisions principle (From
from FMA 1967 government to those
involved in the risk)
OSH Governing Bodies

Ministry of Human Resources

• Encompasses employer’s and employee’s safety, health and welfare


aspects.

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health

• Carry out the objectives of OSHA 1994.


• Carry out investigations and make reports and recommendations.
• Formulate, make changes, improve and execute national safety and
health policies and legislations
Department of OSH

• Formulating OSH Standards, OSH Laws and regulations, advisory


OSH department to the ministry and Malaysian government.
• Develop OSH guidelines such as; First Aid, risk assessment,
medical surveillance, codes of practices (such as diseases like
AIDS,HIV, viruses).

Social Security Organization (SOCSO)

• Protection by social insurance to reduce sufferings and to


provide aid financially to the employee and his family when the
employee exposed to accidents or fatal deaths at workplace.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• To provide training, consultancy, research, information and dissemination on OSH.

Fire and Rescue Service Department (BOMBA)

• To provide rescue and fire fighting exercises.


• To carry out building inspection and assessment, and issuance of fire certificate on
fitness for occupancy (CFO) of premises.
• To provide humanitarian services to protect lives and property.
• To carry out investigation into the causes and circumstances of fire.

Local Town Councils and Government Authorities

• Ensure public safety, health and hygiene, general state of cleanliness, issuance of
operating licenses on food outlets, control outbreak of diseases, wastes disposal
services and so forth.
SIRIM Berhad

• National agency for industrial development and offers wide range of


consultancy services such as ISO management system.

Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)

• To promote professionalism, quality of services, development, expansion


and improvement in the construction industry.

Ministry of Trade and Industry

• Ensure all potential investors and employers who invest or set up


business in Malaysia to comply to all Malaysian National laws and
regulations and cultural requirement.
Organise trainings,
Enhance
OSH awareness seminars,
cooperation
workshops

Recognise and
Maintain library Publish and
award for
relating to OSH circulate statistics
members

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