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L4 - Occupational Safety & Health Matters
L4 - Occupational Safety & Health Matters
the Workplace
Ir Siow Yun Tong
Vehicle prop
Creative use of
an excavator
Definition of Safety
Concept of risk
Degree of safety?
Effectiveness of OSH
Moderate:
first aid
medical
treatment
Major:
extensive
injuries
Catastrophic
: fatalities
Very likely
High
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
Likely
Moderate
High
Extreme
Extreme
Moderate
Low
High
Extreme
Extreme
Unlikely
Low
Moderate
High
Extreme
Highly
unlikely
(rare)
Low
Moderate
High
High
Risks explained
The scope of the act, not only focuses on safety, but also
bounds companies to focus on health and welfare oriented
issues.
Safety
Health
In the health part, the most critical problem is back pain
among the workers. 64% of the respondents said that they
have back pain problem.
The stress problem among the electronic workers is 49%.
This health problem is almost similar with the survey that
was done among the MTUC affiliates, from variety sectors,
last year that is 50%.
Ear damage among the workers also shows a high
percentage. 51% of the respondents said that they have
ear problem due to their work.
Even though quite a number of the respondents
experienced the health problems, only 46% of the
respondents were away from work because of the illness.
According to the finding, 50% of the respondents said that
they were on leave for 1-5 days because of the illness.
OSH culture
Implementation
It is quite amazing that only 27% of the respondents said that
they know about DOSH and 73% do not know about DOSH.
50% of the respondents said that their company have OSH
policy but 46% of the respondents said that they do not know
whether they have OSH policy or not.
33% of the respondents said that the management selected
the worker representatives to the OSH committee.
According to the finding, 54% of the respondents said that the
OSH committee in their company is not functioning.
51% of the respondents said that the OSH committee in their
workplace does not carry out any inspections in the
workplace.
52% of the respondents stated that the Safety Officer in their
workplace does not observe whether the workers are using
the PPE or not.