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eloborate about Safety&Health Officer regulation 1997 (definition (The…
eloborate about Safety&Health Officer regulation 1997
definition
The Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Officer) Regulations 1997 came into force on August 22, 1997. This regulationis intended to ensure that the employers under the class or type of industry specified in the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Officer) Regulations 1997 employ a safety and health officer for the purpose of managing matters relating to workplace safety and health. Safety and Health Officer duties are outlined under Regulation18 of the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Officer) Regulations 1997.
section 6
holds a diploma in occupational safety and health or the equivalent thereof from any
professional body or institution, approved by the Minister, on the recommendation of the
Director General;
(b) has successfully completed a course of training in occupational safety and health and
passed any examination for that course or the equivalent thereof, approved by the Minister,
on the recommendation of the Director General, and has a minimum of three years
experience in occupational safety and health;
(c) has been working in the area of occupational safety and health at least for a period of ten
years; or
(d) holds such other qualification or has received such training as prescribed from time to
time by the Minister pursuant to subsection 29(4) of the Act,
shall be entitled, on application made by him, to be registered as a safety and health officer.
section 15
Facilities.
An employer of a place of work shall provide the safety and health officer employed by him
adequate facilities, including training equipment, and appropriate information to enable the safety
and health officer to conduct his duties as required under the Act.
section 18
Duties of safety and health officers.
It shall be the duty of a safety and health officer-
(a) to advise the employer or any person in charge of a place of work on the measures to be
taken in the interests of the safety and health of the persons employed in the place of work;
(b) to inspect the place of work to determine whether any machinery, plant, equipment,
substance, appliances or process or any description of manual labour used in the place of
work, is of such nature liable to cause bodily injury to any person working in the place of
work;
(c) to investigate any accident, near-miss accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational
poisoning or occupational disease which has happened in the place of work;