OSH Legis - Safety and Health Officer

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Who are SHOs?

How do you loose your status?

How do you maintain your status?

Sad truths?

Who are Safety and Health Officers?

NB: Have your OSHA&R 2010 Ed.

beside you. Open it up and mark the

sections.


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What makes a person a Safety &

Health Officer?

Many job titles:

Safety & Health Executive;

Safety & Health Manager;

Safety & Health Director;

Penolong Kanan, Keselamatan & Kesihatan Pekerjaan

Only ONE requirement


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You are a SHO if and only if:

You are registered

with & by DOSH as a

Safety and Health

Officer.

(Reg. 4, Occupational

Safety & Health

(Safety and HealthOfficer) Regulations

1997)


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Qualifications

Graduate from a DOSH-

approved professional body or

institution; Completed DOSH-approved OSH

training & passed the exams plus

3 years experience;

10 years experience in OSH; or

Other qualifications per DOSH.


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After Being Registered

Be convicted for any

offence under OSHA1994;

Convicted of any criminaloffence bringingincarceration >1 year or

>RM2,000 or both. Bankrupt

Stopped serving as SHO.

Annual continuous

education programme; Serving as SHO;

Be appointed as SHOafter being registered;

Satisfied requirements;

Executed duties perOSHA;

Continuous education.

How to loose registration? Maintaining and renewing?


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What you can expect from your boss:

Notify DG, DOSH, of your appointment and

termination/resignation;

Facilities, incl. training equipment & appropriate

information;

Attending continuous education annually;

Cooperation from supervisors in your investigation.


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Whats expected of you?

Principal advisor on

OSH;

Inspect for OSH

compliance;

Investigate;

Assist boss/SHComm;

Secy. To SHComm.

Effectiveness and

efficiency Inspector for

SHComm;

Registrar of Statistics;

Assist OSHA-

empowered officers;

Execute instructions.


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Reports

Activities Report to Boss

before the 10th of each

month;

Discuss with you within 14days after receiving your

report;

Received = countersigned by

boss;

Keep for 10 years.


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OSH legislation, toxicology, industrial hygiene, management, leadership, communication,

interpersonal matters, process engineering, microbiology, chemistry etc. etc,

Ready or not, you are the expert!


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While it says employer, most of the time theActs referring to you the employers OSH

expert

SHOs Jobs Under OSHA 1994


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Burden of the Employers

Ensure, as far as is practicable, the workers safety,

health and welfare including independent

contractors and their own employees and subcons;

Write, revise and communicate OSH policies,

procedures and organisation;

Protect 3rd parties by informing them.

(Ss. 15-18, OSHA94)


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When you work for manufacturers

Plant is safe and no

risk to health when

properly used;

Test and examines

performance and

compliance;

Maintain it safe; Conduct research;

Its construction is safe.


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Chemicals at work

So far as practicable,

ensure safe and no risk

to health with proper

use;

Test and exam

performance;

Record andmaintenance;

R&D.


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Employees Duties

Duty of Care;

Duty to cooperate;

Duty to adorn PPE/C; Compliance with OSH

measures.

Guilty? Fine RM1,000

or/and go to jail 3

months max.


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OSHA et al.

Occupational Health Physicians


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Occupational Health Physicians

Registered medical practitioner (Medicine Act &

MMA) who is trained in OH or a SHO;

Conducts Medical Surveillances;

Access information through reg. 10(1), CPL;

Medical Surveillance Programme (reg. 27(1),

USECHH 2000);

Medical removal protection (reg. 28, USECHH2000).


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Beyond secretaryship

SHOs functions per SHComm


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Besides being Secretary

Supplies SHComm with findings report to facilitateits investigation at the workplace;

Submit report to employer/manager a

report/recommendation after inspection of theworkplace and discusses with them or thechairperson, and record the outcome in that report;

Right to minutes of meetings, if he is not already

preparing them; Orient new SHComm members and supply them with

information.


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Failure to comply

Anyone who disobeys the OSH (SHComm)

Regulations 1996, gets to enjoy:

A fine RM5,000;

Jail term 6 months;

Or Both

for each offence.


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Preventing major catastrophes or its proliferationduring/after an act of God.

SHOs Role under CIMAH


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Facilitating and Assisting the Employer

Advise the Employer on what needs to be reported

under CIMAH identification, adequacy of safe

operation and its review;

Liaises with Competent Person, DOSH &

Employees;

Conducts drills and training to comply with On-Site

and Off-site emergency plans; Notifies DOSH of major accident


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Competent Person?

Registered with DOSH

as Competent Person

Consulted by Employer

to prepare, modify

and update:

Report on IndustrialActivity;

On-Site Emergency

Plan;


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OSH (Classifications, Packaging, Labelling ofHazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997

SHOs Role under CPL


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Roles of the SHO

Trains employees to refuse to accept:

chemicals delivered without MSDS;

unreadable labelling; or

bad condition of the chemical.

Creates awareness on the meaning of the danger

symbol, safety precautionary measures, safety and

risk phrases.


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OSH (Use and Standards of Exposure ofChemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations

2000

Exploring USECHH


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Your role as SHO

Ensure Register ofChemicals Hazardousto Health are

updated; Ensure workers

involved in the use areinformed and trained;

Monitors a workersexposure being underthe PEL;

Liaises with the DOSH-registeredassessor;

Advises on action to

control exposure ofworkers;

Apply ESIEAP;

Ensure labelling &

relabelling; Conducts, reviews and

modifies training;


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Hygiene Technician

Registered with DOSH;

Monitors exposure at workplace.


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Illuminated, Visible, Bilingual, Dark red against white background.

Adequate Warning Signs


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OSH (Notification of Accident, DangerousOccurrence, Occupational Poisoning and

Occupational Disease) Regulations 2004

Your Role Under NADOOPOD


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General Rule

Report any death, injury or conditions to DOSH:

Notified as quick as possible to DOSH;

File, in 7 days, a report on that event.

Exceptions to general rule:

Patient undergoing treatment at hospitals or

undergoing surgery by medical practitioners;

Self-employed injured in own premises.


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What NADOOPOD Wants

Injury robbing 4

working days; Death-causing

incidents within 12-months of it

happening; Occupational

poisoning and diseases

No interference at

scene of accident; Maintain record and

send annual extracts to

DOSH.

Report Investigate & Record


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Factory and Machineries Act 1967

Roles of SHO under FMA


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A Recap of this Presentation


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You were told

Whos an SHO

The Burden of the

Employer is why youre

hired;

Your roles under the

various legislations;

General rule &eceptions;

Registration key to

title;

How to cite an Act,

Regulation and Order.


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Thank you & all the best for your Finals!

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