Essays on OSH

Auto repair industry is probably the most accident prone industry throughout the world and is an issue of major concern for the ILO, employees, government authorities and employers. Not only does health and safety related accidents and diseases have traumatic effects on the auto repair workers, they require owners to pay huge compensation and medical bills to the victim and penalties for OSH violations. The major health and safety hazards comprise of accidents or deaths caused by getting crushed under inadequately supported vehicles, toxic emissions from exhausts, asbestos fumes, cuts and bruises from tools, burns, eyesight damage, stress and ...

CONTENTS 1. Part I - Occupational Health and Safety Law 3 1.1. The UK Approach to Regulating Occupational Health and Safety 4 1.1.1. The Role of Legislation (Civil, Criminal and Administrative), other sources of law and recommendations 4 1.1.2. The Role of Law Enforcement and Specialized Agency 6 1.1.3. The Role of Courts 7 1.2. Comparison between the UK and the Brazilian approaches to OSH regulation 8 2. Part II – Management and its Impact on OSH 8 2.1. Administrative approach to management 9 2.2. Scientific management 9 2.3. Behavioral approach to management 10 2.4. Co-operative social systems approach 11 ...

Introduction

Occupations safety and health (commonly abbreviated as OSH) is an important aspect of any professional environment. The purpose of this toolkit is ensure that safety, health and welfare requirements of the people, who are employed by the organization, are duly protected. In addition, among the purposes of OSH include the protection of outsiders, customers, the natural environment and other stakeholders, who may be potentially affected by any unforeseen emergencies of a business institution, or by the dangerous production process of its industrial units (Roughton & Mercurio, 2002). The present case focuses on the analysis of occupational security procedures followed by ...

Occupational safety and health is an issue of great concern for most institutions as it describes one of the sensitive areas for working conditions and compliance with policies. Critics state that the Bush administration had ignored the promotion of safer workplace practices, and the Obama regime seeks to provide the necessary changes (Spanos par. 4). The leaders are looking to implement newer policies that enhance the compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) and also provide some improvements on it. The interest lies in establishing the new ways that the administration wishes to approach ...

The EEO is an acronym for Equal Employment Opportunity. In a nutshell, EEO is a branch of labor law that governs workplace discrimination. It seeks to protect employees from being discriminated against on the basis of religion, race, sex, national origin, color and disability (Gutman, Koppes, & Vodanov, 2011, p. 1). To this end, there are several laws that fall under the aforementioned category. Some of them are enforced by the established Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on one hand (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2016) whereas others though furthering the same course are not specifically enforced by the said ...

Discussion Questions

Question 1 In the control of contamination, focus should be put on the source control. As an indication by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, there is need for observing proper hierarchy of controls as enforcement and policy matter. Several source contaminant methods involve personal protective equipment, administrative, training, special, education, engineering and surveillance in health. Engineering controls are done at design stage. It involves a layout that is systematic to physical building, whereby systems comply with OSH such as contemplating moisture to reduce microbial growth likelihood. The system should have desirable as well as purposeful features. There are ...

The level of concern an organization gives to its Occupational Health and Safety matters determines its productivity rates. Internal strengths and weaknesses help in bridging the gap that exists between the current status of the organization and its future. The strengths within the organization is determined by its employees, the venue, skills and expertise, the events that take place within the organization and the manner in which it cares for its staff including training and development (Robinson, 2009). The weaknesses within are determined by lack of adequate funds for expansion, low manpower, poorly laid down structures of governance and ...