Introduction to OSHA

What does OSH stand for?

• Offensive Safety and Health

• Occupational Safety and Health

• Organization of Service and Health

• Overactive safety and Health

Scopes of OSHA covers the following except

• Construction

• Transportation

• Public services

• Armed Forces

Whose responsibility is it to maintain safe work environment?

• Employer

• Employee

• Both parties

Occupational health concerned about...

• Concerned with situation that cause illness and disease and deals with adverse reaction to exposure over prolonged periods to hazards that are usually less severe, but still dangerous.

• Concerned with situation that cause health hazard in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large.'

• Concerned with situation that can cause injuries and deals with hazard that lead to severe and sudden outcomes.

There are several national bodies with occupational safety and health implementation responsibilities in Malaysia except:

• DOSH

• NIOSH

• SOCSO

• FMA

Application of safety according to OSHA is important in the workplace for the following reasons except

• Teach the workers to pay attention to their

  surroundings

• Protects employees and the employer from death or injury

• Restricting employee movement in workplace

• Protects companies from law suits, citations and

  fines

EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBILITIES PART IV, SECTION 17 of OSHA covers

• General duties of employers and self-employed

  persons to persons other than their employees

• General Duties of Employers and Self-employed

  persons to their employees

• Duty to formulate Safety and Health Policy

• Duties of an occupier of a place of work

  to persons other than his employees

According to OSHA LIST EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITIES

"Duty not to interfere with or misuse things

provided pursuant to certain provisions"

fells under

• SECTION 24

• SECTION 25

• SECTION 26

• SECTION 27

Section 24 -27 requires employees to follow as below except

• Follow instructions and training related

  to health and safety provided by the

  employer.

• Report any situation at the workplace

  which they believe is hazardous

• Use equipment provided for health

  and safety purposes.

• Protect the company during audit to ensure workplace good name

ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY

ACT 1974 LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT

• an Act relating to the prevention, abatement, control of pollution and enhancement of the environment

• an Act to provide for the control of factories with respect to matters relating to the safety, health and welfare of person therein, the registration and inspection of machinery and for matters connected therewith.

• an Act to make further provisions for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to safety or health in connection with the activities of persons at work