CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION.
Due to fast industrialization, industrial employees are exposed to many sort of hazards and accidents. Every year millions of employees are injured as a result of mechanical, chemical, electrical and radiation hazards and it ends up in partial or total impairment. Therefore in recent years, larger attention is given to health and safety as a result of pressure from government, trade unions, labour laws and awareness of employers.
The efficiency of employees depends to a great extent on the environment within which they work. Work surrounding consists of all the factors that act and react on the body and mind of a worker. The first aim is to make an environment that ensures the best easy work and removes …show more content…
Occupational health problems are usually given less attention than occupational safety issues as a result of the previous are typically harder to confront. However once health is addressed, so is safety, as a result of a healthy workplace is by definition conjointly a safe workplace The converse, though might not be true - a so-called safe workplace isn’t necessarily also a healthy workplace. The very vital point is that problems of both health and safety should be addressed in each workplace.
Work plays a central role in people's lives, since most employees spend at least 8 hours per day in the workplace, whether or not it is on a plantation, in a workplace, factory, etc. Therefore, work environments ought to be safe and healthy. Sadly some employers assume very little responsibility for safeguarding workers' health and safety. In fact, some employers don’t even understood that they have the moral and often legal responsibility to protect the workers.
1.2 WHAT IS …show more content…
Management Leadership & Organizational Commitment:
For the above system to be effective, management ought to show leadership and commitment to the program. To achieve this, management ought to place the organization's expectation around health and safety into writing a health and safety policy. Workers who forms an integral part of the health and safety committee, ought to be concerned in writing/framing the policy, and to be signed by senior operating officer, to show the commitment of management.
2. Roles & Responsibilities :
Clearly stated and well communicated health and safety roles and duties for all levels of the organizations can produce an expectation of a daily level of performance and answerability among staff, contractors, and guests. All levels should bear in mind of their individual roles and responsibilities as per each state laws and company’s standards and regulations.
3. Management Commitment:
For a health and safety management system to be effective, management at all levels, ought to demonstrate their support of the health and safety program. This could be demonstrated through management’s participation in health and safety leadership coaching, conferences, facility inspections incident investigations
1.1 INTRODUCTION.
Due to fast industrialization, industrial employees are exposed to many sort of hazards and accidents. Every year millions of employees are injured as a result of mechanical, chemical, electrical and radiation hazards and it ends up in partial or total impairment. Therefore in recent years, larger attention is given to health and safety as a result of pressure from government, trade unions, labour laws and awareness of employers.
The efficiency of employees depends to a great extent on the environment within which they work. Work surrounding consists of all the factors that act and react on the body and mind of a worker. The first aim is to make an environment that ensures the best easy work and removes …show more content…
Occupational health problems are usually given less attention than occupational safety issues as a result of the previous are typically harder to confront. However once health is addressed, so is safety, as a result of a healthy workplace is by definition conjointly a safe workplace The converse, though might not be true - a so-called safe workplace isn’t necessarily also a healthy workplace. The very vital point is that problems of both health and safety should be addressed in each workplace.
Work plays a central role in people's lives, since most employees spend at least 8 hours per day in the workplace, whether or not it is on a plantation, in a workplace, factory, etc. Therefore, work environments ought to be safe and healthy. Sadly some employers assume very little responsibility for safeguarding workers' health and safety. In fact, some employers don’t even understood that they have the moral and often legal responsibility to protect the workers.
1.2 WHAT IS …show more content…
Management Leadership & Organizational Commitment:
For the above system to be effective, management ought to show leadership and commitment to the program. To achieve this, management ought to place the organization's expectation around health and safety into writing a health and safety policy. Workers who forms an integral part of the health and safety committee, ought to be concerned in writing/framing the policy, and to be signed by senior operating officer, to show the commitment of management.
2. Roles & Responsibilities :
Clearly stated and well communicated health and safety roles and duties for all levels of the organizations can produce an expectation of a daily level of performance and answerability among staff, contractors, and guests. All levels should bear in mind of their individual roles and responsibilities as per each state laws and company’s standards and regulations.
3. Management Commitment:
For a health and safety management system to be effective, management at all levels, ought to demonstrate their support of the health and safety program. This could be demonstrated through management’s participation in health and safety leadership coaching, conferences, facility inspections incident investigations