SAFETY MANAGEMENT – Describe as a set of action or procedures relating to health and safety in the

workplace
-WORLD HEALTH ACT (DUTY OF CARE)

The employee most ensures the ff:

 Hazards and risks are identified and risks controlled.
 Personnel are consulted on health and safety issues.
 Appropriate information, instruction, training and supervision are provided.
 Appropriate systems of work are in place in workplaces under their control.

*DECEMBER 1992
-WORK HEALTH (OH&S) REGULATIONS is introduce

*ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP A SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 RESPONSIBILITIES
 CONSULATION
 IDENTIFY HAZARDS, ASSESS RISKS
 CONTROL THE RISKS
 INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING
 MONITORING
 RECORD KEEPING

*HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS – or the number of ways on controlling the risks in the workplace
 ELEMINATING THE HAZARDS
 SUBSTITUTE WITH SOMETHING OF A LESSER RISK
 ISOLATE THE HAZARD
 ENGINEERING CONTROL
 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL
 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
*INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING

-INFORMATION – things that should be communicated to personnel

 THE NATURE OF THE HAZARDS AND RISKS
 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
 WORK PROCEDURES
-INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING
-examples of instruction and training :
 INDUCTION PROGRAMS FOR NEW OR RELOCATED STAFF
 REFRESHER COURSES TO KEEP PERSONNEL UP TO DATE
*CONSULATION
EXAMPLES:
 MANAGEMENT MEETING
 SAFETY COMMITTEES
 TOOL BOX MEETING
 SHIFT MEETING
*IDENTIFY HAZARDS , ASSESS RISKS

HAZARD- IS SOMETHING WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HARM

HOW TO IDENTIFY HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE:

 A WALK THROUGH SURVEY COMPILING A HAZARD LIST AS YOU GO
 TALK TO PERSONNEL
 LOOK AT SYSTEMS OF WORK INCLUDING ERGONOMICS
 LIAISE WITH OTHERS IN A SIMILAR INDUSTRY
 CONTACT WORK HEALTH FOR ASSISTANCE OR CURRENT LITERATURE
*ASSESS THE RISKS
-A RISK IS LIKELIHOOD OF A HAZARD ACTUALLY CAUSING HARM.
TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL (OR SEVIRITY) OF RISK YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
-OUTCOME
 FATALITY
 MAJOR INJURY
 MINOR INJURY
 NO INJUR
-PROBABILITY
 INEVITABLE
 UNLIKELY
-EXPOSURE
*MONITORING
EXAMPLES OF TYPE OF MONITORING ARE THE FF:
 PLANNED REVIEW OF HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
 REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAINING PROGRAMS
 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
-AIR
-LIGHT
-NOISE

SAFETY MANAGEMENT – A SYSTEMATIC ORGANIZED PROCESS TO REDUCE THE HUMAN AND FINANCIAL
COSTS OF WORKPLACE INCIDENTS.

 MORAL OBLIGATIONS
-quality of life
-protection of those you employ from illness or injury
-good conscience
 FINANCIAL BENEFITS
 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
-workers compensation act
-highway traffic act
-building codes
-fire codes
-criminal codes
-workplace safety and health act
*FOLLOWING PROPER PROCEDURES IN CASE OF INJURY
 GIVING FIRST AID IMMEDIATELY
 GETTING THE PERSON TO THE DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL IF NECESSARY
 INVISTIGATING THE INCIDENT AND REPORTING THE INJURY, WITHOUT DELAY, TO THE PROPER
AUTHORITIES.
WHAT IS HAZARD?
-A HAZARD IS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF HARM OR ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECT ON A PERSON OR
PERSONS.
-A CONDITION THAT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.
*HARM-A PHYSICAL INJURY OR DAMAGE TO HEALTH.

FOUR MAIN TYPES OF WORKPLACE HAZARD:

-PHYSICAL HAZARDS
-ERGONOMIC HAZARDS
-CHEMICAL HAZARDS
-BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
-PSYCHOSOCIAL

MAIN WAYS TO CONTROL HAZARD:

-ELIMINATION (INCLUDING SUBSTITUTION)
-ENGINEERING CONTROLS
-ADMINISTRATICE CONTROLS
-PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

WHERE ARE CONTROLS USED?

-AT THE SOURCE
-ALONG THE PATH
-AT THE WORKER