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You may have fire extinguishers strategically placed around your offices and factory. You may even have a first aider, a Health & Safety Representative, evacuation symbols and staff with safety boots, but does this mean that your company is compliant with the requirements of Occupational Health & Safety Act? ... In most cases, probably not.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act 85/1993 requires that all employers to bring about and maintain, as far as reasonably practicable, a work environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its employees.
Employers must ensure that their workplace is free of hazardous substances, articles, equipment and processes that may cause injury, damage or disease to all persons on site. Where this is not possible, the employer must inform workers of these dangers, how they may be prevented, and how to work safely, and provide other protective measures for a safe workplace.
In order to successfully achieve such requirements in most business, particularly those with more than 20 employees, a complete Health & Safety
Management System must be implemented. This will assist the employer in effectively identifying, assessing, monitoring and controlling common Health & Safety related problems in the workplace, thus enabling them to achieve a higher level of compliance.
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