WEB BASED OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

On the previous class, my group had do a presentation about web based occupational safety and health. Occupational safety and health is about developing procedures and also policies that can help employees and employers by preventing them from being injured or become ill due to the hazards occur in their workplaces. It is important to have OSH in the organization in order to reduce the incident happens.

In order to ensure effective action, it is essential to establish occupational safety and health (OSH) management systems at all workplaces for continual improvement of working environment and preventive measures.

Many of the organization promote the occupational safety and health in the workplace.  The example of government bodies that are responsible to this HR function are the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health and Safety Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Council.

 Besides, In Malaysia, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) under the Ministry of Human Resource is responsible to ensure that the safety, health and welfare of workers in both the public and private sector is upheld. DOSH is responsible to enforce the Factories and Machinery Act 1967 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. There are responsible to protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment.

Moreover, this web based system also helps the organizations to avoid employee injuries in the workplace and ensure that employees comply with OSHA standards through OSHA Compliance Assistance in their web based system that contains both online and written resources. These include e-Tools, factsheets on specific health and safety topics, employee training resources and guidelines for complying with specific regulations. The e-Tools are stand-alone, interactive, web-based training tools on occupational safety and health topics.

 Furthermore, the web based occupational safety and health systems have many advantages. For example is the process is more systematic which means that the data entry of employee in courses provided such as fire training or medical claims are collected and it kept in good condition and well organized in the systems. All the accidents that happen in the workplace will be recorded in this system. Besides, it is also reduce time because what they need to do is just keep in the information in the systems and the employers feel unburden because they don’t need to work with many form.