Occupational Health and Safty in the Workplace
1. OHS is very important at the workplace because it is to prevent work-related injury and disease. It is also create a work environment that promotes and ensures everyone has a safe workplace. Every industry has to following appropriate OHS procedures to ensure a safe system for the people who are employed or people around in the premise.
2. The different types of OHS legislation in SA: • Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986
• Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 2010
• Dangerous Substances Act 1979
• Dangerous Substances Regulations 2002
• Explosives Act 1936
• Explosives Regulations 1996
• Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920
• Mines and Works Inspection Regulations 1998
3. The legal roles and responsibilities of employers and employees as stated in the Act:
+ Employer: provide a maintain places employment, equipment and the procedure of using the equipment to make sure that it is safe and not cause any injuries or illnesses to employee while at work and to other places if related to work. In order to ensure for the people in the workplace are working in a safe environment, employer also need to provide information, instruction and training in an appropriate languages so that the employees could understand really well and clear. Employers must report and keep work injuries, accidents to Safework SA, in addition to Workcover equipment.
+ Employee: must take responsible for their own health and safety and avoid to do any things that might affecting the health and safety of others. At workplace employees must use any equipment and obey the instruction that provide to protect health and safety. No alcohol or a drug in the workplace because it can be affect to their own safety and the others who are working around or in the same area.
4. Some potential hazards in an office environment are: - Lighting: the basic requirement light in the office is that the work must easy to
2. The different types of OHS legislation in SA: • Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986
• Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 2010
• Dangerous Substances Act 1979
• Dangerous Substances Regulations 2002
• Explosives Act 1936
• Explosives Regulations 1996
• Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920
• Mines and Works Inspection Regulations 1998
3. The legal roles and responsibilities of employers and employees as stated in the Act:
+ Employer: provide a maintain places employment, equipment and the procedure of using the equipment to make sure that it is safe and not cause any injuries or illnesses to employee while at work and to other places if related to work. In order to ensure for the people in the workplace are working in a safe environment, employer also need to provide information, instruction and training in an appropriate languages so that the employees could understand really well and clear. Employers must report and keep work injuries, accidents to Safework SA, in addition to Workcover equipment.
+ Employee: must take responsible for their own health and safety and avoid to do any things that might affecting the health and safety of others. At workplace employees must use any equipment and obey the instruction that provide to protect health and safety. No alcohol or a drug in the workplace because it can be affect to their own safety and the others who are working around or in the same area.
4. Some potential hazards in an office environment are: - Lighting: the basic requirement light in the office is that the work must easy to