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    Employee safety and health are important concerns for managers due to the shocking number of work-related accidents. Over 6,000 US workers died in recent workplace incidents, and there were over 6.2 million nonfatal injuries. One study estimated that workers actually suffer 13.2 million nonfatal injuries and 862,200 illnesses annually, costing $171 billion total. Various acts like the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 were passed to address this issue and protect workers. The OSH Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to set and enforce safety and health standards through inspections, and ensure employers provide hazard-free work environments.

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    Employee safety and health are important concerns for managers due to the shocking number of work-related accidents. Over 6,000 US workers died in recent workplace incidents, and there were over 6.2 million nonfatal injuries. One study estimated that workers actually suffer 13.2 million nonfatal injuries and 862,200 illnesses annually, costing $171 billion total. Various acts like the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 were passed to address this issue and protect workers. The OSH Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to set and enforce safety and health standards through inspections, and ensure employers provide hazard-free work environments.

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    EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND HEALTH

    Why Employee Safety & Health


    are Important
    Safety and accident
    prevention concerns
    managers for several reasons,
    one of which is the shocking
    number of work-related
    accidents.
    For example,

    a total of 6,218 U.S. workers recently died in
    workplace incidents, and there were over 6.2
    million nonfatal injuries and illness resulting
    accidents at work
    And, many safety experts believe such figures
    actually underestimate the true numbers.





    One study, published in the Journal of the
    American Medical Association in 1998, said
    workers actually suffer an estimated 13.2 million
    nonfatal injuries, and 862,200 illnesses annually,
    for a total cost of $ 171 billion each year. Many
    injuries and accidents, the theory goes, just go
    unreported.
    Health & Safety at Work Act,
    1974 (In Britain)
    23 minimum work days lost a year by
    accident & diseases.

    Every year about 1000 people were killed.

    About a half a million injured each year.
    All the matters relating to Health and Safety
    are taken care of under this Act.
    Occupational Safety and Health
    Act, 1970 OSHA (USA)
    Purpose

    The Occupational Safety and Health
    Act was passed by Congress in 1970
    to assure so far as possible every
    working man and woman in the
    nation safe and healthful working
    conditions and to protect our human
    resources.
    Under the acts provisions, the
    Occupational Safety and Health
    Administration (OSHA) was created
    within the Department of Labor.
    OSHAs basic purpose is to administer
    the act to set and enforce the safety
    and health standards that apply to
    almost all workers in the United
    States.
    The standards are enforced
    through the Department of Labor;
    OSHA has inspectors working out
    of branch offices throughout the
    country to ensure compliance.
    OSHA Standards
    OSHA operates under the
    general standard that each
    employer:
    Shall furnish to each of his [or
    her] employees employment
    and a place of employment
    which are free from
    recognized hazards that are
    causing or are likely to cause
    death or serious physical
    harm to his [or her]
    employees.
    To carry out this basic mission, OSHA
    is responsible for publicize legally
    enforceable standards. These are
    contained in five volumes covering
    general industry standards, maritime
    standards, construction standards,
    other regulations and procedures, and
    a field operations manual.
    Inspections
    1. General surprise inspections
    2. follow up inspection
    3. inspections in response to
    specific employee complain
    4. Inspection in response to
    major accident occurred
    Safety Programs
    1. Support by Top Management
    2. Appointing a safety Director
    3. Engineering a safe plant and operations
    4. Educating a safe plant and operations
    5. Record Keeping
    6. Accident Analysis
    7. Safety Contests
    8. Enforcing rules
    1. Support by Top Management
    2. Appointing a safety Director
    Safety Director/Safety Engineer
    3. Engineering a safe plant
    and operations
    Work place clean, properly
    ventilated.
    4. Educating a safe plant and
    operations
    Educating the people to act, think and work safely.

    a. Induction of new employees
    b. Emphasis on safety points during training or in
    training service.
    c. Special efforts made by the 1st level supervisor.
    d. Establishment of employee safety committees
    e. Holding of employee safety meeting.
    f. Charts, Posters and displays showing need to act
    safely.
    5. Record Keeping
    Number of accident,
    occupational illness and lost
    work days and to be shown
    to inspectors.
    6. Accident Analysis

    Cost and causes of accidents
    7. Safety Contests
    As form of employee education
    8. Enforcing rules
    Disciplinary action

    In Pakistan, the factories Act,
    1934 is applicable on matters
    related to Health and Safety.

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