Key Principles of Occupational Safety and Health

Posted on Mar 14, 2025 in Business Administration and Innovation Management

1. Principles of Occupational Safety and Health

  • Precautionary principle
  • Principle of information and training
  • Principle of accountability
  • Principle of protection
  • Principle of cooperation

2. The Function of the Health and Safety Supervisor

  • Report any incident or accident immediately.
  • Participate in safety and health inspections.
  • Ensure compliance with internal rules and existing health and safety regulations.
  • Conduct health and safety inductions for staff.
  • Participate in internal audits of safety and health.

3. Management System and Steps (SYSO)

  • General requirements
  • Policy and SYSO
  • Planning
  • Implementation and operation
  • Verification
  • Management review

4. Dust Classification by Shape and Composition

  • Form: Fibers and dust
  • Composition: Animal, plant, and mineral
  • Size: Settleable, inhalable, respirable, and visible

5. Extinguisher Inspection Frequency

Extinguisher inspections should be performed more frequently than monthly under the following circumstances:

  1. High-risk classification
  2. Common outbreak of fire
  3. Repeated physical or visual obstructions
  4. Location prone to mechanical damage
  5. Possibility of malicious or irresponsible handling

6. Causality of Losses (Opportunity for Losses)

PRE-CONTACT:

  • Lack of Control: Inadequate programs, inadequate enforcement of standards, inadequate program standards
  • Basic Causes: Personal factors, work factors
  • Immediate Causes: Events and substandard conditions

CONTACT:

  • Incident: Contact with energy or substances

POST-CONTACT:

  • Loss: Persons, property, and process

1. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (OHSAS)

According to OHSAS, what should be taken into account during hazard identification and risk assessment?

  1. Routine and non-routine activities
  2. Activities of all personnel who have access to the workplace (including contractors and visitors)
  3. Performance, capacity, and other factors associated with people
  4. Identification of hazards originating outside the workplace that can adversely affect the health or safety of persons under the organization’s control within the workplace.
  5. Hazards created in the vicinity of the workplace or work-related activity under the organization’s control

2. Incident Reporting

If an accident happens, if somebody dies, to whom should incidents be reported?

Employers in all sectors of economic activity are required to:

  • Notify the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion of all fatal industrial accidents within 24 hours of the event.
  • Communicate other accidents to the medical care center where the injured worker is treated. Also, the public/private care medical center, military police, or social security where the injured worker is attended is required to report such accidents to the Ministry of Employment Promotion and Work until the last business day of the next month.
  • In the event of a hazardous incident that puts at risk the health and physical integrity of the machinability and/or the stock, the employer must report it to the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion within 24 hours of the incident.

3. Differences Between Old and Current OHSAS

  • Gives greater emphasis and importance to health.
  • Recognizes it as the norm and not as a specification or document.
  • The definition of tolerable risk is changed to acceptable risk.
  • Significant improvements in alignment with ISO 14001:2004 and improved compatibility with ISO 9001:2000.
  • The term ‘accident’ is included within the definition of ‘incident’.
  • There are new requirements for the investigation of incidents.