OSHA

OSHA PHILOSOPHIES & OBJECTIVES

Philosophy:  responsibilities to ensure safety and health at the workplace lies with those who create the risk and those who work with the risk. (at practicable)

Scope:  person at work in all economic activities including public services & statutory authorities (exp: on board ship/armed forced)

(manufacturing, construction, mining, transportation, hotel, restaurant, public services, finance, insurance, agriculture, utilities.)

OBJECTIVE OF OSHA

1. to secure the safety, health and welfare of person at work
2. to protect person (others then person at work) at a place of work against hazard
3. to promote occupational environment adaptable to the persons physiological and psychological needs
4. to provide the means towards a legislative system based on regulations and industry codes of practice in combination with the provisions of the acts

EMPLOYERS and EMPLOYEE’S RESPONSIBILITIES

Employee’s responsibilities

1. provide and maintain safe plants and system of work
2. make arrangement for safe use, operation, handling storage and transportation of plant and substances.
3. Provide instruction, information, training and supervision
4. Provide and maintain safe place of work and means of access to and egress from any lace of work
5. Provide and maintain safe and healthy working environment and adequate welfare facilities
6. Formulate safety and health policy( written statement, OSH organization, OSH arrangement)
7. report to the nearest OSH officers any accidents, dangerous
8. occurance and poisoning.
9. Reasonable care for safety and health of himself and others.
10. Co-operate with employer and others on safety and health.
11. Wear and use equipment provided by employer at all time.
12. Obey the rules apply by the employer under 1994 act or any related rules/law.

 

FACTORY AND MACHINE ACT 1967

• Factories and Machineries Act (FMA ) came into force in 1967
• to provide for the control of factories with respect to matters relating to safety, health and welfare of persons at work
• to provide control on registration and inspection of machinery.
• The Act applies only to premises defined within it, notably factories and construction sites.
• However, a point to note here would be that the Occupational safety and Health Act (OSHA), 1994, supersedes the Factories and Machinery Act 1967 in the event of any conflict and inconsistency between the two laws.

 OSHA ORGANISATION

Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)

The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is a department under the Ministry of Human Resources. This department is responsible for ensuring the safety, health and welfare of people at work as well as protecting other people from the safety and health hazards arising from the activities sectors which including Manufacturing, Mining and Quarrying, Construction, Hotels and Restaurant, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Transport, Storage and Communication, Public Services and Statutory Authorities, Utilities - Gas, Electricity, Water and Sanitary Services, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services, Wholesale and Retail Trades

As a government agency, the department is responsible for the administration and enforcement of legislations related to occupational safety and health of the country, with a vision of becoming an organization which leads the nation in creating a safe and healthy work culture that contributes towards enhancing the quality of working life.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

December 1, 1992 - National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the Ministry of Human Resources to spearhead the safety and health culture at the workplace in Malaysia. Start as company registered on 1965, now as a government organization charged with the provision of training, consultation and information in the area of occupational safety and health.

Objective:

§  As a main planner and drafter in OSH and prepare the curriculum and training for workers, company and others

§    As an assistant for industries, group, and others to handle matters on OSH.

§    To help parties involved in OSH with information on current update on the matters in or

§    R & D (short/long term) regarding the OSH

Activities handle by NIOSH are planning all program regarding the implementation of safety and health at the workplace including scope of work, objective of the organization, training, and guiding the employee.  Main training by NIOSH since 1993 are: Safety on site, Safety on material, Management of OSH, Continues training & guiding, Guidance on mining activity and Self-protection programmed.

Social Security Organization (SOCSO)

1971 as a government department to enforced Workers social safety act 1969 and became an organization by 1985.  SOCSO handle the social safety scheme which offers a protection to workers against unpredicted event as disaster (accident on the journey, defect and dead).  Medical Treatment, physiology and vocational and prevention against accident are provided to ensure the safety and help the injured worker back to work as soon as possible

Their Mission are:

1. Social safety insurance
2. Provide fast, quality, efficient and cheaper services using newest technology and human resources.
3. Research regularly on benefit structure based on financial capability and method of giving the benefit. 
4. Without increasing the contribution, but taking a good efforts to preserve and enhance the financial by investments and good management.
5. Encourage the OSHA for employer and employees.