2.

2 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 2

2.1 UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OF

SAFETY MANAGEMENT
2.1.1 Define the OSH management system
2.1.2 Explain five components of typical OSHMS
1722

DEFINE THE OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

An OSH management system
- Components :
Arrangements (plans,implementation)
- Purpose :
To ensure safety , health and walfare of
workers
To comply with regulation

components of
typical
OSHMS

5 COMPONENT OF TYPICAL OSH-MS

1.POLICY - Establish within policy satements what
the requirements are organization in terms resources , defining
management cimmittee and defining
OSH targets
2.PLAN - systems planning , OSH objectives ,
development and implementation

3. DO

- Responsibility and accountability ;

competence and training , Hazard
control system

4 . CHECK - Perfomance measurement ;

Accident / incident investigation
; Auditing

5 . ACT - Preventive and corrective action ,

continual improvement

2.2 UNDERSTAND THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
2.2.1 Explain section 30 OSH 1994
2.2.2 Determine composition of committee
2.2.3 Classify spesific function of committee

SECTION 30 OSHMS 1722

1) Employer to establish committee ifa) 40 or more person employees

2) The composition , election or appointment

of persons , the powers of the members
and any other matter shall be as
prescribed.
Chairman (manager) , secretary (Safety Officer),
employer member , employee member
< =100 employee , 2 member each
> 100 employee , 4 member each

3) Employer consult the committee to the

making and maintenance of arrangements
in promoting and developing measures
and checking the effectiveness of such
measures.
4) A person who contravenes shall be guilty,
to be fine not exceeding RM5k or
imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or
both

Determine composition of committee

 A safety and health committee must consist of a chairman, a

secretary, representatives of employer and representatives of
employees.
Under the regulations the employer or his authorized manager shall
be the chairman of the safety and health committee.
Where 100 persons or less are employed, there should be at least 2
representatives each from employer and employees.
Where more than 100 persons are employed, there should be at
least 4 representatives each from employer and employee.
Those with managerial responsibilities may be included as employer
representatives while those who are not in managerial position could
be included as employee representatives.

2.3 UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF THE

MANAGEMENT
2.3.1 Explain the roles of the management
2.3.2 Explain the procedures in policy , standard
and safety guideline development
2.3.3 Develop rules and workplace procedures

ROLE OF MANAGEMENT
To promote safety and health culture
Prepare framework of implementation
safety and health
Provide infrastucture tools
Encourge skill and knowledge
enchancement

ROLES OF THE MANAGEMENT

There a number of strategies that can be used by organizations to
ensure a healthy and safe workplace and ensure compliance with
legal requiments
For Example :
Design

safe and healthy systems of work

Exhibit

Strong management commitment

Inspect

Workplace for health and safety problems

Establish

Procedures and controls for dealing with health and

safety issues

Develop

Training programs

Set Up

Health and safety committees

Monitor

Safety policies

Draw Up

Action and checklist

POLICY , STANDARD AND SAFETY

GUIDELINE
POLICY

This is a statement of the principles governing decision

making . They can only be changed by the Management
and are mandatory

PROCEDURES

Describes the functional steps used to implement policies.

Examples are those used by Safety and Health to promote
adherence to management policy and are mandatory

GUIDELINES

Describes specific aspects of working to the requirements

of procedures where extended explanation is required
and provided by Safe and Health . They contain
recommended methods and statements with the
objective of achieving certain standards or outcome

SAFETY HANDBOOKS
AND MANUALS

These documents can provide both procedural

instuctions and guidance on a specific subject . They
are intended to describe a generic approach
(e.g.Contractor Safety Handbook) and may describe
activities which are routinely carried out as part of the
normal functioning of the are (e.g. Laboratory or
Workshop manuals).

SAFETY MANAGEMENT

This is a summary of the appropriate Safet and Health

policies , procedures and guidelines which govern all
aspects of task planning . It provies a framework within
which tasks or activities can occur.

JOB SAFETY

The area superviosr ensures that all task planning

accords with a Safety Management Plan detailing
applicable Safety Management Plan detailing
applicable Safety and Health Policies , Procedures and
Guidelines (including Handbooks and Manuals).

DEVELOP RULES AND WORKPLACE

Enforcement the safety procedure
The action plan must be implemented in a way that is
compatible with a professional rules and practices as
well as with existing procedures

Follow-up the safety management system

The effectiveness of the system implemented must be
checked and follow-up , and if a new risk or hazard
factor is identified there must be response . Audits
must be systematically carried out and analysed
in order to select corrective actions