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CHA

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Accidents at the workplace: injury, lost of life and proper

Worker involved in the accident and the employer loss thincome/profit

Accident cost higher than expected (indirect cost)

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Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH

Should be avoid by reducing accident rates to preventaccidents at workplace

Through implementation of an effective safety and heaprogramme Other benefits:

Reduce absenteeism, lower turnover and higher producompany

Motivate and increase their awareness to act; could be

accident rates

DOSH developed a calculator to assist employers estimaccident costs and increase awareness of total of cost

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Cdamage : product,raw materials, equipment,machinercost of cleaning and returning the working area to a funstate

Cmedical : immediate medical treatment (transport, payhospitalization and medical equipment)

Cfine : fines and claims may be imposed by authorities

event an accident as violations of safety procedures Cinsurance : insurance premium paid by company ( lea

absence, number of days of hospitalization, severity, ladamage of equipment, commodities and facilities

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Human factor (most crucial)

Inadequate equipment and

procedure insufficiency

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The safety officer: responsible for monitoring safety geconstruction sites such as:

Repair any unsafe condition

Correct any unsafe practices

Ensure regulations and the laws are complied

Communicate directly with contractors safety supervis

Employees need to be notified of any unwanted workconditions

Distraction by others, inappropriate positions, lack of p

training also as factor contributing of accidents

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Inadequate equipment

The management would take the blame if fails to provipersonal protection equipment. Example : install fire

extinguishers or fire alarm Employees not exempted. Will be charged for removin

devices that lead to inadequacy of equipment (OSHA,

Procedure insufficiency

Does not provide written work procedures for employeunderstand the operations of the company, may misjudsituation

Poor literacy skills among senior workers lead to failure

understanding the manual on procedure by the compa

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DOSHs Annual Report 2010 had outlined a Strategic P

2005-2010. Main objectives of this plans:

Reduce the rate of fatal accidents (20%)

Reduce the rate of accidents ( death, non-paralytics diand paralytic disabilities

Increase the enforcement activities by 100% Increase the number of workplaces employing Safety a

Health Officers by 20 %

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4 key strategies to achieve OSH-MP15:

Fostering and enhancing government leadership and p

Inculcating preventive workplace culture

Industry leadership and business and community enga

Strong partnership locally and internationally

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Developed by Professor Rollin H. Simonds of Michigan

College Divided into : insured and uninsured costs

Class 1 accident: lost workday. Permanent partial disaand temporary total disabilities

Class 2 accident: treatment by a physician outside thecompanys facility

Class 3 accident: locally provided first aid, property daless $100 or the loss of less than 8 hour of work time

Class 4 accident: injuries that are so minor that they do

required the attention of physician, result in property da

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Lost work hours

Medical cost

Insurance premium and administration

Property damage

Fire losses

Indirect cost

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