Ensure A Safe Workplace : Muhammad Talha. Automotive Industry And A & T Autoworks N & S Report

This case is followed by the laws and regulations of OSHA. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) is an organization that has been put into place to ensure the safety of employees while on their jobs. These regulations are put into place to help reduce the number of on the job injuries and deaths.

In any work place there will be guidelines and procedures you have to follow to ensure the organisation or service is to the health and safety at work standards. Ways of working consistent with these

Due to the high rate of illnesses, accidents and injuries in the industry, the organization further developed a hazard recognition program. This was greatly supported by the directives and the standards the organization drafted. The organization also set a safety and health program. This mainly depended on the credibility of management’s involvement in the program. This program provided for the inclusion of the employees in the program. The program also provided for the inclusion of the employees in the different decision making processes such as the safety and health decisions. The employees were also to be included in the decisions that involved change in the work site practices and conditions. The program addressed hazards despite failure by the government standard to regulate it (Brain Mass, 2010).

Employees are expected to obey safety rules, follow established safe work practices and exercise caution in all their work activities. Failure to abide by established safety procedures can result in disciplinary, up to and including termination.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a critical factor in today's growing workforce, not only for the employee but for the employer as well. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a topic that affects every individual who has a job. OSHAs’ main mission is to ensure that employers and employees have safe and healthy working conditions by reducing work injuries, illnesses, drug exposure, and blood borne pathogens in the workplace.

Safety at workplace is of key importance so that employee and staff member can work appropriately. It supports in

When employers hear the word OSHA they fear the worst. However, the purpose of OSHA is to provide a safe working environment for all personnel (Bernardin & Russell, 2013). The majority of the time companies that panic over OSHA is organizations that are lacking knowledge regarding rules and policies. The OSHA website has an abundant amount of resources available for both employees and employers to conduct research as well as training. After visiting the www.OSHA.gov website, the additional recommendations are given to the Dynamic Duo Inc. owners to ensure the company is establishing a safety culture among their employees.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) role is to protect employees from injuries that are caused from work accidents and protect employees from physical or emotional illness. OSHA requires employers to provide a safe and healthy place to work. They work with employers and employees to make the working environment a better place. Employers need to remember OSHA holds them responsible to create a workplace that is free from hazards that can cause death or serious harm.

Workplace safety is a commonly used phrase that many do not consider until an accident occurs. Throughout, the US workplace injuries occur on a daily basis. This has been an issue in the workplace for many years, until the Occupational Health and Safety Administration was enacted in 1970. OSHA is a federal organization (part of the Department of Labor) that ensures safe and healthy working conditions for Americans by enforcing standards and providing workplace safety training. As a result, OSHA has helped my grandparents, mother, father, and myself escape hazardous workplaces.

“Our Duty to People demands a safe and healthy work environment (Zukunft)” Duty to People is one of the Commandants three guiding principles that addresses work place safety as a top priority. In District Seven, Unit Safety Coordinator’s (USC) are not properly trained in eliminating work place hazards. Unit Safety Coordinators are ill-equipped to perform their duties because of the limited seats available for the Unit Safety Coordinator course, no in-depth training for their responsibilities and the lack of training on how to use the Health, Safety & Work-Life Service Center to enter critical unit information. The importance for USC’s to attend the Unit Safety Coordinator Course cannot be overstated.

There are many ways OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) provides a safe and effective work place for employees. Some ways they offer a safe working environment are, preventing work place injuries and illnesses by doing inspections and charging the employer if they do not follow regulations, improving compliance with laws, reducing costs, including significant reductions in workers' compensation premiums, engaging the worker in what they are doing, enhancing their social responsibility goals, and increasing productivity and enhancing their overall business operations

It is important it have a written work Health and Safety Policy for the organizations and businesses which have management systems. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 addresses Major Hazard Facilities in Regulation 558 and Schedule 17(1.2) and requires that the Safety Management System includes a Safety Policy, including the operator’s broad aims in relation to the safe operation of the major hazard facility, and that the safety policy must include and express commitment to ongoing improvement of all aspects of the safety management system. A Work Health and Safety Policy is an explicit statement of business commitment to work health and safety. It will include a statement outlining the importance which is placed on work health and safety and how it is to be implemented.

According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the cost of workplace injuries and disease is in excess of $20 billion dollars per year (Behm, et.al, 2004). Obviously, these figures are alarming and would suggest that Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) should be a top priority for management (Lawrence Wynn, 2008). However, a survey from 2011 revealed that many companies have no written OHS policy and nearly half have no formalized occupational health and safety program (Kristensen, 2011). A relatively high number of risks and hazards exist in the workplace. These include gas, fire and electrical dangers, personal security and violence, biological hazards, dangers from improper equipment handling, and exposure to hazardous substances.

Occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace requires an effective systematic approach with strategies to control and monitor OHS risks and which is consistent with relevant OHS legislative requirements.

Active involvement of all workers in the workplace ensures success of any OHS management program, and helps to develop a ‘safety culture’ in the workplace. Open communication between management and workers support OSH activities. Employees provide critical OSH information as they are often in the immediate work area and identify hazards. They can provide valuable advice about risks and possible solutions (Commonwealth of Australia, 2005). In Kenya the OSH Policy demands that workers