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OHSA(Occupational Health and Safety Act) (SECTION 1 Definitions…
OHSA(Occupational Health and Safety
Act)
OBJECTIVES
• Scope the Act
• Discuss legal accountability and responsibility of the employer and employees in the workplace
Summary of the Act
Provide for the Health and Safety of persons at work
• Protect people other than employees from the hazards of the work
• Establish an advisory council for Occupational Health and Safety
Areas of Focus!
• There are two main areas in the occupational environment that this
Act regulates!
• Namely: (1) Occupational Diseases!
(2) Occupational Injuries!
Management’s Main Responsibilities
Financial
Legal
Moral
Scope of the Act
• Sections: 50 (Principal Act)
• Regulations and Sub regulations ± 1240.
Regulations
(A few Examples)
• General Admin Reg.
• General Safety Reg.
• Asbestos Reg.
• Electrical Installation Reg.
• Environmental Reg.
• Hazardous Chemical Reg
• General Machinery Reg.
• Pressure Equipment Reg.
SECTION 1 Definitions
“Reasonably practicable” means practicably having regard to:
(a) the severity and scope of the hazard or risk
concerned
(b) the state of knowledge reasonably available
concerning that hazard or risk and of any means of removing or mitigating that hazard or risk
(c) the availability and suitability of means to
remove or mitigate that hazard or risk, and
(d) the cost of removing or mitigating that hazard or
risk in relation to the benefits deriving there from
“Biological Monitoring”
Means a planned programme of periodic collection and analysis of
body fluid, tissues, excreta or exhaled air in order to detect and quantify the exposure to or absorption of any substance or organism
by persons.
Medical Surveillance”
• Means a planned programme of periodic examination (which may include clinical examinations, biological monitoring or medical tests) of employees by an occupational health practitioner or, in prescribed
cases, by an occupational medicine practitioner.
“Risk”
• Means the probability that injury or damage will occur
“Hazard”
• Means a source of exposure to danger.
“Premises”
• Includes any building, vehicle, vessel, train or aircraft.
“Workplace”
• Means any premises or place where a person performs work in the
course of his employment.