1. OSH Management System
(OSH-MS)
Safety And Health Officer Certificate
Course
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2. Learning Objectives
• To define what is a system
• To define what is an OSH
management system
• To describe the purpose of a system
• To explain 5 components of typical
OSH-MS
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3. Scope
• Introduction to concept of “system”
• Application of Management System to
Occupational Safety And Health
• Review of existing Occupational Safety
And Health Management Systems
• Typical occupational safety and health
management systems elements
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4. What is a System
• An orderly set of components that work
together for a certain purpose
• E.g. the blood circulatory system
– Components:
• Heart and blood vessels (artery, veins, capillaries)
– Purpose:
• To transport blood which contains oxygen and
nutrients to all parts of the body
• To carry wastes away to be filtered out of the body
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5. What is an OSH Management
System
• An OSH management system
– Components:
• Arrangements (plans, implementation), etc.
– Purpose:
• To ensure safety, health and welfare of
workers
• To comply with regulation
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6. Why Do You Need a System
• A system is useful when there are:
– Many activities have to be managed
together
– Complex information that are changing
have to be taken into account at all times
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7. Why Do You Need a System
• A system organises and simplifies
complexity
• A system provides order, structure, and
focuses on the purpose and objective
of activities
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8. Typical OSH-MS “Components”
1. Policy
2. Plan - System planning, OSH objectives,
development and implementation
3. Do -
Responsibility and accountability;
Competence and training, Hazard
control system
4. Check -Performance measurement;
Accident / incident investigation;
Auditing
5. Act -
Preventive and corrective action,
Continual improvement
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9. An OHS-MS System Model
OHS-MS such as MS1722:2003 & OHSAS
18001 are based on the Quality Management
System components of Plan, Do, Check and
Act (PDCA)
INPUTS
PLAN
DO
POLICY OBJECTIVES
VISION
HAZARDS
LEGISLATION
THIRD PARTY INPUTS
Identify Hazards
Make Arrangements
Assign Responsibility
Arrange resources
Enforce Procedure
Supervise
Respond Emergency
Train
Communicate
ETC
Safe & healthy
Workers
Productivity
Organisation Image
ACT
Corrective Action
Review
Improve
CHECK
Monitor
Surveillance
Inspect
Investigate
Audit
Record & Analyse
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10. Existing OSH Management
System
• There are two occupational safety and
health management system standards:
– OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety
Management System standard
• This standard was established in 1999
• Widely used and certifiable
– MS1722:2003 management system standard
• This standard was published in 2003
• This is a guidance standard
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11. MS1722:2003 Management System
Model
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12. Continual
improvement
OH&S
policy
Management
review
Planning
Checking and
corrective action
Implementation
and operation
OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health &
Safety Management System Model
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13. Policy
• Promoting health and preventing
accidents, diseases and other workrelated health effects
• Complying with OSH legal requirements
and other requirements
• Recognizing OSH performance is an
integral part of business performance
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14. Policy
• Workers and their representatives are
consulted
• Ensuring that management and workers
are competent and understand their rights
• Allocating the necessary resources
• Continual improvement 2005/1
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15. Initial Review
Compare what you have with:
a) Requirements of relevant legislation dealing
with OH&S management issues
b) Best practice and performance in your industry
sector and other appropriate sections
c) Efficiency and effectiveness of existing
resources devoted to OH&S management
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16. OSH Objectives
• Based on the initial review and consistent
with the OSH policy set measurable and
quantifiable objectives to implement the
policy
• Communicate objectives to all relevant
functions and levels of the organization
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17. Organising
• Responsibility and accountability for OSH
performance for managers & supervisors
• Competence and training of employees
• Management System documentation
should be established and maintained
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18. Organising
• Procedures should be established and
maintained for communications externally,
internally
• Cooperation on OSH aspects between the
employer, management and workers
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19. Implementing
• Ongoing hazards identification and
assessment
• Preventive, protective measures
implemented in order of priority
• Procedures must be relevant to identified
risk
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20. Implementing
• Before any changes Assess risk, take
steps and inform, train employees before
implementing
• Have an emergency preparedness and
response arrangements
• Procedures for purchasing and contracting
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21. Monitoring And Measurement
• Performance measurement
• Accident, disease and incident investigation
• Auditing
• Management review
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22. Action Elements
• Preventive and corrective action
• Continual improvement
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23. MS1722:2003 Standard
Requirements
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The MS 1722:2003 standard contains
the following components:
Policy
Organizing
Planning and Implementation
Evaluation
Management Review
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24. Policy
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Management must have a written OSH
policy
Management must commit themselves
to:
1. Promoting health and preventing accidents,
diseases and other work-related health effects
in the workplace
2. Complying with OSH legal requirements and
other requirements
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25. Policy
3. Workers and their representatives are
consulted when making workplace rules and
regulations
4. Providing the necessary resources to ensure
that work and the workplace is safe
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26. Organizing
• Management as a whole is responsible
for OSH
• Ensuring that management and workers
are competent to carry out their tasks,
especially the hazardous ones
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27. Organizing
• Employees are informed of hazards
they are working in and procedures are
established to ensure their safety and
health
• Management must promote safety and
health
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28. Planning and Implementation
• Hazards identification and assessment is
made the basis of OSH management
• Preventive, protective measures must be
implemented
• Have an emergency preparedness and
response arrangements
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29. Planning and Implementation
• There must be procedures for
purchasing and contracting to ensure
safety and health requirements are
incorporated in purchased materials and
equipment as well as in contracting
activities
• OSH management activities must be
planned and performance targets set
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30. Evaluation
• OSH management programmes must be
monitored
• Investigate work-related injuries, ill
health, diseases and incidents, and their
impact of OSH performance
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31. Evaluation
• Carry out regular audits
• Management must review its activities to
ensure OSH risks in the workplace are
ALARP, that the OSH programme is
efficient and that its OSH performance
targets are met and improved upon
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32. Summary
•
A system is a set of components that
work together for a certain purpose
•
In an OSH Management System the
input for the system is workplace
hazards, legislation and expectations
of others
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33. Summary
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The components of OHSMS are Policy,
PDCA
•
The objective or purpose of an OHSMS
such as MS1722:2003 or OHSAS 18001
is to ensure the welfare safety and health
of workers and compliance with
regulations.
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