osh legis - safety and health officer
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Who are SHOs?
How do you loose your status?
How do you maintain your status?
Sad truths?
Who are Safety and Health Officers?
NB: Have your OSHA&R 2010 Ed.
beside you. Open it up and mark the
sections.
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What makes a person a Safety &
Health Officer?
Many job titles:
Safety & Health Executive;
Safety & Health Manager;
Safety & Health Director;
Penolong Kanan, Keselamatan & Kesihatan Pekerjaan
Only ONE requirement
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You are a SHO if and only if:
You are registered
with & by DOSH as a
Safety and Health
Officer.
(Reg. 4, Occupational
Safety & Health
(Safety and HealthOfficer) Regulations
1997)
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Qualifications
Graduate from a DOSH-
approved professional body or
institution; Completed DOSH-approved OSH
training & passed the exams plus
3 years experience;
10 years experience in OSH; or
Other qualifications per DOSH.
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After Being Registered
Be convicted for any
offence under OSHA1994;
Convicted of any criminaloffence bringingincarceration >1 year or
>RM2,000 or both. Bankrupt
Stopped serving as SHO.
Annual continuous
education programme; Serving as SHO;
Be appointed as SHOafter being registered;
Satisfied requirements;
Executed duties perOSHA;
Continuous education.
How to loose registration? Maintaining and renewing?
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What you can expect from your boss:
Notify DG, DOSH, of your appointment and
termination/resignation;
Facilities, incl. training equipment & appropriate
information;
Attending continuous education annually;
Cooperation from supervisors in your investigation.
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Whats expected of you?
Principal advisor on
OSH;
Inspect for OSH
compliance;
Investigate;
Assist boss/SHComm;
Secy. To SHComm.
Effectiveness and
efficiency Inspector for
SHComm;
Registrar of Statistics;
Assist OSHA-
empowered officers;
Execute instructions.
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Reports
Activities Report to Boss
before the 10th of each
month;
Discuss with you within 14days after receiving your
report;
Received = countersigned by
boss;
Keep for 10 years.
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OSH legislation, toxicology, industrial hygiene, management, leadership, communication,
interpersonal matters, process engineering, microbiology, chemistry etc. etc,
Ready or not, you are the expert!
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While it says employer, most of the time theActs referring to you the employers OSH
expert
SHOs Jobs Under OSHA 1994
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Burden of the Employers
Ensure, as far as is practicable, the workers safety,
health and welfare including independent
contractors and their own employees and subcons;
Write, revise and communicate OSH policies,
procedures and organisation;
Protect 3rd parties by informing them.
(Ss. 15-18, OSHA94)
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When you work for manufacturers
Plant is safe and no
risk to health when
properly used;
Test and examines
performance and
compliance;
Maintain it safe; Conduct research;
Its construction is safe.
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Chemicals at work
So far as practicable,
ensure safe and no risk
to health with proper
use;
Test and exam
performance;
Record andmaintenance;
R&D.
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Employees Duties
Duty of Care;
Duty to cooperate;
Duty to adorn PPE/C; Compliance with OSH
measures.
Guilty? Fine RM1,000
or/and go to jail 3
months max.
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OSHA et al.
Occupational Health Physicians
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Occupational Health Physicians
Registered medical practitioner (Medicine Act &
MMA) who is trained in OH or a SHO;
Conducts Medical Surveillances;
Access information through reg. 10(1), CPL;
Medical Surveillance Programme (reg. 27(1),
USECHH 2000);
Medical removal protection (reg. 28, USECHH2000).
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Beyond secretaryship
SHOs functions per SHComm
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Besides being Secretary
Supplies SHComm with findings report to facilitateits investigation at the workplace;
Submit report to employer/manager a
report/recommendation after inspection of theworkplace and discusses with them or thechairperson, and record the outcome in that report;
Right to minutes of meetings, if he is not already
preparing them; Orient new SHComm members and supply them with
information.
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Failure to comply
Anyone who disobeys the OSH (SHComm)
Regulations 1996, gets to enjoy:
A fine RM5,000;
Jail term 6 months;
Or Both
for each offence.
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Preventing major catastrophes or its proliferationduring/after an act of God.
SHOs Role under CIMAH
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Facilitating and Assisting the Employer
Advise the Employer on what needs to be reported
under CIMAH identification, adequacy of safe
operation and its review;
Liaises with Competent Person, DOSH &
Employees;
Conducts drills and training to comply with On-Site
and Off-site emergency plans; Notifies DOSH of major accident
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Competent Person?
Registered with DOSH
as Competent Person
Consulted by Employer
to prepare, modify
and update:
Report on IndustrialActivity;
On-Site Emergency
Plan;
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OSH (Classifications, Packaging, Labelling ofHazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997
SHOs Role under CPL
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Roles of the SHO
Trains employees to refuse to accept:
chemicals delivered without MSDS;
unreadable labelling; or
bad condition of the chemical.
Creates awareness on the meaning of the danger
symbol, safety precautionary measures, safety and
risk phrases.
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OSH (Use and Standards of Exposure ofChemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations
2000
Exploring USECHH
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Your role as SHO
Ensure Register ofChemicals Hazardousto Health are
updated; Ensure workers
involved in the use areinformed and trained;
Monitors a workersexposure being underthe PEL;
Liaises with the DOSH-registeredassessor;
Advises on action to
control exposure ofworkers;
Apply ESIEAP;
Ensure labelling &
relabelling; Conducts, reviews and
modifies training;
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Hygiene Technician
Registered with DOSH;
Monitors exposure at workplace.
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Illuminated, Visible, Bilingual, Dark red against white background.
Adequate Warning Signs
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OSH (Notification of Accident, DangerousOccurrence, Occupational Poisoning and
Occupational Disease) Regulations 2004
Your Role Under NADOOPOD
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General Rule
Report any death, injury or conditions to DOSH:
Notified as quick as possible to DOSH;
File, in 7 days, a report on that event.
Exceptions to general rule:
Patient undergoing treatment at hospitals or
undergoing surgery by medical practitioners;
Self-employed injured in own premises.
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What NADOOPOD Wants
Injury robbing 4
working days; Death-causing
incidents within 12-months of it
happening; Occupational
poisoning and diseases
No interference at
scene of accident; Maintain record and
send annual extracts to
DOSH.
Report Investigate & Record
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Factory and Machineries Act 1967
Roles of SHO under FMA
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A Recap of this Presentation
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You were told
Whos an SHO
The Burden of the
Employer is why youre
hired;
Your roles under the
various legislations;
General rule &eceptions;
Registration key to
title;
How to cite an Act,
Regulation and Order.
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Thank you & all the best for your Finals!
Finis