1.0 AN INTRODUCTION - PURPOSE OF OSHA

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OSH 1994(Act 154) is an act to make further provisions for:

1. Securing the safety, health and welfare of persons at work

2. Protecting others against risks to safety or health in connection with the activities of persons at work.

Legislation on occupational safety and health was made in the year 1994.

The fact that the Factory and Machinery Act 1967 only covers occupational safety and health in the manufacturing, mining, quarrying and construction industries, whereas the other industries are not covered.

Workers that are covered by Factory and Machinery Act 1967 consists only of 24% of the nation’s total man power, while Occupational Safety and Health 1994 would cover 90% of the nation’s total man power

PURPOSE OF OSHA

To promote and encourage occupational safety and health awareness among workers and to create organisation along with effective safety and health measures.

CONTAIN OF OSH 1994

1. 15 section- is a measure that supersedes any conflict in existing occupational safety and health laws
2. Regulation and Legislation
3. The responsibilities of employers, manufacturer, employees, self-employed workers,designers, importers and vendors


LEGISLATION THAT CONNECTED TO OSHA
  1. Act
  2. Regulation
  3. Code of Practice
  4. Order
  5. Guideline

OBJECTIVES OF OSHA


—to secure the safety, health and welfare of persons at work against risks to safety or health arising out of the activities of persons at work;


—to protect persons at a place of work other than persons at work against risks to safety or health arising out of the activities of persons at work;

—to promote an occupational environment for persons at work which is adapted to their physiological and psychological needs;

— to provide the means whereby the associated occupational safety and health legislations may be progressively replaced by a system of regulations and approved industry codes of practice operating in combination with the provisions of this Act designed to maintain or improve the standards of safety and health.

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