THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH: MANAGEMENT ASPECTS

Occupational Safety and Health Management System Cycle

activities working?” Safety performance should be evaluated in an organization in the same manner as productivity and other aspects of the business. Areas to evaluate include determining the overall effectiveness of a particular intervention, where a company’s safety performance stands with regard to other companies, identifying potential impediments to safety success, and determining the trend...

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Occupational Health and Safety: management accounting failure

On a global level, it is estimated that over 5,000 people die every day due to accidents, injury or sickness contracted at work. For each fatality there is another 1,000 injuries which lead to incapacitation (Else, 2003). These figures raise the question of whether this is a necessary side-effect of present day society, or the result of failure to address key issues. This paper presents a brief...

Evaluation of the Establishment of the Emergency Management System Based on Health, Safety, and the Environment Management System and Oil and Gas Producers Standards

Background Emergency action plans and procedures importance in occupational health issues in Iran's industry.  Objective Research was conducted to evaluate the emergency action plan based on HSE-MS standards. Methods This article is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study that was conducted in a large food industry company in 2017. A questionnaire was designed and used based on HSE-MS an...

Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Management in Selected Plastics Manufacturing Organizations in Awka Metropolis Nigeria

The concept of Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM) involves the identification of hazards and risks in the workplace and the definition of the rights, roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the implementation of control and or preventive measures. The study identifies 5 different classes of hazards to include – chemical, biological, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial hazar...