TOPIC 2:

OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

BY;
ZARINA SYUHAIDA SHAARANI
LECTURER,
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, PTSB
CONTENT;

• The concepts of safety management

• OSH Safety Management
• The FIVE components of OSH-MS 1722
• OSH Safety Committee establishment
FACTS…
• Roughly there are about 415,000 registered employers in
• Malaysia.
• • About 8.9 million employees.
• • Around 14,000 permanent disability per year with a loss of
• around RM4 billion per year.
• • Malaysian government spent about RM2.9 million/yr on pusat
• serenti.
• • 88% incident led to catastropy thru unsafe acts.
THE CONCEPT OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT…

• To provide guidelines related to safety & health of

workers.
• This guidelines should contribute to the protection of
workers from hazards and to the elimination of work
related injuries, ill health, diseases, incidents and
deaths.
AN EFFECTIVE OSH-MS ESSENTIAL FEATURES…
To be effective, OSH-MS should…
Visible management commitment to
safety
Sound safety policy
Safety to be a line management
responsibility
Competent safety advisers
High, well understood, safety
standards
 Techniques to measure safety
performance
Realistic safety targets and objects
Audits of safety standards and
practices
Effective safety training
Thorough investigation and follow-up
of injuries & incidents
Effective motivation and
communication
OSH-MS 1722 COMPONENTS…
COMPONENT EXPLANATION
Policy Policies endorsed by government on the needs
of OSH implementation.
Organizing Developing system planning, OSH objectives,
development and implementation
Planning & Establishing responsibility and accountability,
Implementation competency and training, hazard control system
Evaluation Performance measurement; accident / incident
investigation; auditing
Action for Preventive and corrective action, continuous
improvement improvement
 THE 5 COMPONENTS OF OSH-MS 1722…

Is the
responsibilities of
the organization
management /
employer!
COMPONENT 1: POLICY
• The employer + workers + workers representative, should set out IN
WRITING an OSH policy. The policy should be….
(a) specific to the organization and appropriate to its size and the nature of its
activities
(b) concise, clearly written, dated and made effective by the signature or endorsement
of the employer or the most senior accountable person in the organization
(c) communicated & readily accessible to all persons at their place of work
(d) reviewed for continuing suitability
(e) made available to relevant external interested parties, as appropriate.
COMPONENT 1: POLICY (…CONT.)

EMPLOYER MUST MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS &

THE OSH REPRESENTATIVES ARE…
the OSH committee is
Participating actively established, efficient
(given time & consulted, informed & recognised
resources in the OSH and trained accordance to
processes) national law &
practice.
COMPONENT 2: ORGANIZING
OSHMS • Provide protection of workers safety & health as
Documentation well as leadership for OSH activities
(accordance to the • Allocate responsibility, accountability & authority to
size and nature of achieve the OSH objectives.
the organization)

• Receiving, documenting & responding to internal &

Communication external comm. related to OSH
(arrangements & • Ensuring the internal communication between relevant
procedures should
established & levels and functions
maintained for;) • Ensuring the concerns, ideas and inputs from workers or
representatives are received, considered and
responded to.
 COMPONENT 3: PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION

 The purpose of planning should be to create an OSH

management system that supports…
(a) as the minimum, compliance with national laws and
regulations
(b) the elements of the organization's OSH management system
(c) continual improvement in OSH performance
 COMPONENT 3: PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION
(…CONT)
Planning & Implementation consist of following agenda;
 Initial review
 Establishing OSH Objectives
 Hazard prevention
 Prevention & Control Measures
 Management of Change
 Emergency prevention, preparedness & response
 Procurement
 Contracting (arrangements for contractors working on site)
COMPONENT 4: EVALUATION
Evaluation component consists of;
 Performance monitoring & measurement (qualitative &
quantitative)
Investigation of work-related injuries, ill health, diseases &
incidents, and their impact on safety & health performance
Audit
Management Review
COMPONENT 5: ACTION FOR IMPROVEMENT

Action for improvement component consists of;

Preventive & corrective actions
Continual improvement
 OSHA 1994 (ACT 514) PART VII SECTION 30

• OSH Committee shall be established if;

 There are >40 employees at the place of work
OR
 The Director General directs the establishment
of such committee at the work place
 COMPOSITION OF OSH COMMITTEE
• Consist of a CHAIRMAN, a SECRETARY, REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYER &
REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES.
CHAIRMAN The employer / his authorised manager
SECRETARY Appointed by the employer / committee

EMPLOYER  2 persons if ≤ 100 employees

REPRESENTATIVE  4 persons if ≥ 100 employees
 Personnel in managerial position
EMPLOYEE  2 persons if ≤ 100 employees
REPRESENTATIVE  4 persons if ≥ 100 employees
 Workers not in managerial position
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