OSH PROGRAMMING

HSE International Consultancy Marnie Alfar

HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT OSH Practitioner
 What is an OSH Program?

• It is a plan or outline of activities prepared

to promote safety awareness among
management and workers in order to
prevent, minimize or eliminate accidents or
illnesses in the workplace.

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 Types of OSH Program
There are two (2) types of OSH Program:

1. Occupational Safety Program / Safety

Program
2. Occupational Health Program / Health
Program

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 Key Elements of OSH
Programs:

• Key elements of the Safety Program

– Accident prevention
– Safety promotion
• Key elements of the Health Program
– Health protection and maintenance
– Health awareness and promotion

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 What is OSH Programming?
• It is the responsibility of the management to
assign obligation for accident prevention,
safety and health promotion, health
protection, and maintenance, and thereby
ensure active performances under that
responsibility.

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 Basic Elements of a Successful
OSH Program:

There are seven (7) basic elements of a successful

safety program:
1. Management Leadership
2. Assignment of responsibility
3. Maintenance of safe working conditions
4. Establishment of safety trainings
5. Accident record system
6. Medical and First aid system
7. Acceptance of personal responsibilities

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 Management Leadership

• Management has to make a written

statement of its attitude toward safety
and health in the workplace.
• This can be set forth in a POLICY which
must be brief and clearly defines
management attitude towards safety
and health of workers.

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 Defined Management
attitude towards OSH
• Enforcing of safety and health practices and
conditions
• Compliance with company policies
• Following safety and health instructions
• Obtaining good preventive maintenance of
equipment or selection of proper equipment when
purchasing.
• Regular monitoring of workers health through
annual physical exams, special examinations,
periodic conduct of WEM.

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 A company OSH policy should
basically state that.
• The safety and health of employees, the
public and the company operations are
paramount.
• Every attempt will be made to reduce the
possibility of accident and illnesses
occurrence.
• The company intends to comply with all
OSH laws, standards and ordinances.

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 Assignment of Responsibility

–When safety and health policy has

been set, the management
delegates the everyday task of
carrying out said policy to the
safety manager, company doctor,
supervisors, foreman and/or health
and safety committee.

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 Assignment of Responsibility

–The establishment of a safety

and health committee is
another excellent means of
developing, implementing and
maintaining safety and health
prevention measures in the
company.
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 Maintenance of safe and
healthful working conditions
Revise operational methods to eliminate
risks/hazards
 Apply mechanical guarding
 Isolate hazardous operations or storage
 Use PPEs
 Adequate and proper ventilation, lighting

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 Maintenance of safe and
healthful working conditions
Proper use and maintenance of tools and
equipment
 Sanitation / housekeeping
 Fire control measures
Substitute hazardous materials with less
hazardous

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 Establishment of safety
and health trainings
Training courses should be both for supervisors and workers:
For new workers – to orient and or familiarize newly
hired personnel
On-the-job training – for those already in the service
for some time
Refresher – to reacquaint or refresh memories
Supervisory training
Participation in safety and health activities

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 Accident Record System
• Includes accident analysis, reports on injuries,
and measurement results
• Provides means for an objective evaluation of the
safety program.
• Identify high-injury rate areas, departments.
• Provide information on the causes of accidents
contributory to high injury rates.

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 Medical and First Aid
System
The medical department of a company is
tasked with the following activities:

 Conducts pre-employment physical exams for proper

physical check-up and proper placement of workers.
 Conducts periodic Physical Exams of workers
 Recommends workers exposed to harmful toxic
substances for special examinations.

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 Medical and First Aid
System
Arrange surveys of new operations or
processes, to know what exposures are
detrimental to safety and health of workers.
Establishes a system for assigning injured
workers on the kind of job they can handle
despite of their condition.
Provisions for emergency situations

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 Acceptance of personal
responsibility of workers
Observe safe and health practices and procedures
Have regard at all times for the safety and health of
fellow workers
Report any unsafe condition that may call his
attention
Suggest, recommend, contribute ideas for the
improvement of working conditions
Participate actively whenever appointed with
responsibility
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 Factors which promote
interest in safety and health
• Fear of Personal injury
• Protection of others
• Fear of economic loss
• Desire for leadership
• Desire for reward
• Desire to excel and be outstanding
• Creating a favorable impression

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 How to promote safety and
health in the workplace?

• Examples by management
• Examples by supervision
• Education and training

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 Methods of promoting safety
and health at work

• Regular meetings
• Use of posters, bulletin boards,publications
• Contests
– Injury rate
– Interdepartmental / intergroup
– Intra-plant / intra-departmental
– Personalized contests (safety slogans, poster,
housekeeping)
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 How to start a Safety
and Health Program
1. Management initiative and leadership
2. Setting up the staff
3. Outlining policy and general methods of procedure
4. Studying plant’s safety and health history / status
5. Detailed study of accident / illnesses statistics
6. Involvement of the different departments
7. Preparation of the health and safety program

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 OSH Program Implementation
and Evaluation :
• Phase I Management Commitment
& Involvement
• Phase 2 Establish a Baseline
• Phase 3 Set Goals
• Phase 4 Implement Strategies
• Phase 5 Review and Adjust

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 Nokia Life Saving Rules – Zero Tolerance

1 2 3
Life Saving Rules Zero Tolerance Consequence and
Who’s waiting for you to come home safely?
Reward

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 Supplier Reward and Recognition
Creating balance between “stick” and “carrot”

3. Highlight and
1. Thank 2. Praise 3.Reward 5.Partner
promote

Demonstrates Demonstrates Consistently Develops a way Works “hand in hand”

expected control and implementation that engages, brings ideas of working that with Nokia to address
behavior. is expected but is to Nokia, is proactive “moves the needle”, Industry, location or
above the “norm” in meeting customer changes Nokia customer related H&S
for the given market. expectations. perception and challenges in
expectation for the a way that benefits
positive. Prioritizes the safety of
safety in a way that everyone working for
demonstrates that it Nokia.
is a real priority for
their company.

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 Personal Consequences for Actions
Life Saving Rules are non-negotiable and applicable to everyone

5. Review
4. Final
1. Educate 2. Reinforce 3. Warning employment /
Warning
Dismissal

Verbal Verbal warning Documented Formal, Gross

discussion with from line disciplinary investigated and misconduct
line manager. manager. review with line recorded – future
manager and HR. disciplinary employment
review resulting with Nokia
in questioned.
a written Action in line
warning. with country
policy in relation
to gross
misconduct.

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 Personal Reward and Recognition
Increasing scale against benefit

4. Highlight
1. Thank 2. Praise 3. Reward 5. Champion
and Promote

Follows a Acts in a Acts in a Develop, Acts in a way

known H&S rule way that way that creates a way of that puts safety
or encourages challenges a working / first, reflects
demonstrates others to work practice that persistently Nokia values
an expected safely or work is inherently acts in a way and positively
behavior. in a way that or obviously that positively contributes to
keeps others unsafe. influences the making sure
safe. way in which an numerous
area of the people go home
business / safely
project runs at the end of
that positively the day.
impacts.

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 “A successful and practical
safety program requires
teamwork, enthusiasm, interest
and cooperation.
To make it succeed, there must
be a real desire on the part of
all concerned”.

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