Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policy
Objective of Occupational Health and Safety Policy
The objective of OHS policy to ensure a safe and healthy workplace
The OHS policy statement should
provide a clear indication of the company’s OHS goal, objectives and plans. Example:
Policy statement
ABC Apparels is committed to prevent
occupational illness and injury and ensure a healthy and safe work environment
for its employees.
To prompt this commitment, company discloses the following policy on occupational health and safety.
ABC management is committed to comply with all relevant OSH national laws and
regulations, and other requirements to which the organization promises;
We are committed to take every responsible effort to eliminates
the hazards that create accidents and injuries.
We are committed to ensuring that employees and their representatives are consulted and encouraged to participate actively in the OHS activities.
We are also committed to
- Establish
an effective Safety Committee
- Establish
and maintain a safety management system.
- Provide
resources and financial support.
- Provide
enough qualified personnel, define responsibility and delegate the authority.
- Ensure the
provision of OHS induction and training.
- Check the Policy and OHS performance
- Ensure continual improvement of safety by conducting regular reviews of the OHS policy (once in a year) to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate to the organization.
- Ensure proper communication or dissemination of OHS Policy and necessary information and instruction to all employees.
- This policy will be available for all interested party including employs, and other stakeholders.
- The policy statement may include:
a.
Who is
responsible for occupational safety and health policy?
b.
The general
responsibilities of all employees.
Responsible person and responsibility:
The employer of ABC Apparels Limited is responsible for the health and safety of its workers.
Management responsibility is to develop, implement and review, in participation with its employees, the organization’s occupational safety and health policy OSH Policy.
All
employees are essential to understand the policy and the benefit of the policy.
They should know their responsibilities to support the organization in
achieving the OSH policy that has been set.
The workers of ABC Apparels Limited will be required to support this organization’s health and safety initiative and to cooperate with the Safety Committee.
Supervisors, managers, contractor and
visitors with all stakeholders, they are expected to perform their duties and
responsibilities in a safe and healthful manner. They are accountable for the
Health and Safety of themselves and others.
Supervisors must be trained on OHS
policy and procedure and held responsible to ensure that the workers, under
their supervision, follow this policy.
Worker should report to the supervisor
or manager, as soon as possible, any hazardous conditions, injury, accident, or
illness related to the workplace. Also, workers must safeguard their health and
safety by complying with applicable laws and regulation by following policies,
procedures, rules and, instructions as prescribed by the management.
- Improper performance of safety and health duties will not be abided.
ABC Apparels Limited will take
disciplinary action where individuals fail to work in a healthy and safe
manner, or do not comply with applicable legislation or corporate policies and
procedures.
- The organization's basic safety and health philosophy (best practice).
ABC Apparels Limited expects that everyone
will join in our efforts to provide a healthy and safe working environment on a
continuous day to day basis. Only through the dedication and efforts of all
individuals can ABC Apparels Limited succeed in providing a healthy safe
working environment.
The policy should
be covered/protected:
The employer, in consulting with
employees and their representatives, shall set out in writing an OHS policy,
which shall be:
a) Explicit to the organization and
appropriate to its size and the nature of its activities;
b) Concise, visibly written, dated and made effective by the signature of the employer or the most senior accountable person in the company;
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