Health And Safety Performance Through Integration Of Integrated Management Systems

All employees of Robinson’s Excavation are valued members of the organization which is why safety must always come first. The construction industry is traditionally a hazardous work environment, but with vigilance, dedication, and training, the dangers can be significantly reduced. In order to provide the employees of Robinson’s Excavation with a safe work environment, all employees, regardless of status, are required to follow and enforce all safety procedures, which are not all inclusive. Additionally, the following protocol is in compliance with all state and federal OHSA regulations.

If there is 'high risk' construction works, obtaining safe work method statements for all such work. High risk work includes, but is not limited to, working at heights where the fall is greater than 2 metres, demolition,

Contractor Safety provided support during OSHA’s investigation of a contractor who fell from a scaffold inside the Unit 3 boiler at Comanche by ensuring the safety of the compliance officers while at the site and that proper protocols were followed. OSHA spent several days investigating the incident which included worker interviews, documenting incident scene, and air sampling.

Effective health and safety policies have a set direction for every organisation to follow.They share all different aspects of a business to see their performance and to look at the business and see if it’s going to make any improvements. There are cost effective paths to perpetuate and develop the physical and human resources, which will then lower the financial losses and liabilities.

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Falls from elevated heights are the leading deaths in the construction industry. They constitute 40% of all fatalities in the construction industry. Statistics have shown that every year the number of fatalities from falls to lower level is increasing instead of decreasing, despite all of the equipment and training is out there for employers. It is a very serious issue, not just in the construction industry but in all of the work force. OSHA has strict work practice for employers to protect their employees from unsafe conditions. OSHA has a National Safety Stand Down every year that focuses on fall protection. They have been successful in the past and continue to progress to reach their goal of 5 million workers, which would be over half of the construction workforce.

Over the years, OSHA had conducted an inspection that reveals that NOYRBIZ was in violations of OSHA policy for not complying with regulatory policy. These regulations call for the implementation of workplace safety policy through managerial leadership, as well as safety goals that seek to promote zero accident rate through training, planning and evaluation. Therefore, EHS professionals at NOYRBIZ recognizes that

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.

OSHA'S decision to issue new construction standards (1926.501) demonstrates an application of safety procedure through design. This new standard is aimed at saving or safeguarding the lives of workers working on residential construction sites. It aims at protecting the lives of those employees who are working at a height level beyond six feet from falling. Under this standard, the enforcers of the regulations expect all construction employers to adhere to three crucial steps to prevent falls. These steps include planning, providing, and training. Full compliance to these procedures will not only be in compliance with the OSHA safety procedures but will also keep the workers safe from injuries and even death (Bahr and Stallcup, 2003).

As posited in Hypothesis 1a, we found support that the independent variable, Culture of Safety, on client project within a firm positively relates to the operational performance on the project when we measured safety culture as the number of safety certifications obtained by mangers on the project. In essence, we found that an unintended positive consequence of a culture of safety prevention motivates personnel to perform better and increases worker productivity, as also noted in Mossink’s work (2002) Second, we also found support that the independent variable, Safety Plan, positively relates to the operational performance on the project, as posited by Hypothesis 2a, when we use Inspections as an indicator of Safety Plan. Importantly this means that organization process systems, in the form of a safety management system, play a role in increasing the performance of the organization (Fernández-Muñiz et al., 2007b; 2009). Moreover, the strength of the relationship between Safety Plan and project operational performance was unexpectedly stronger than the link between Culture of Safety and operational performance.

The research paper is conducted to give awareness to all parties involved in construction industry and to identify the common hazards at site. In construction industry, accidents are likely to occur due to human error, hazards of the surrounding environment, and failure to comply with safety instructions. Generally, safety aspects should be the main priority at constructions site to minimize the accidents. The data were collected using questionnaire that distribute to Selangor and Kuala Lumpur area only. So, further research need to be conducted at other states in order to get more details and precise data.

In the United States, construction has always been one of the most dangerous industries to work in. The number of fatalities that occur in this industry year after year demonstrate this. In 2014, 19.6% of worker fatalities, in private industry, were in construction (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015) despite the industry comprising only 6.8% of the total work force. This epidemic is not unique to the United States. Essentially every country faces similar problems regarding construction safety. For example, in 2004 the Australian construction industry employed approximately 8% of the countries workforce. However, workers compensation statistics indicated that the industry’s incidence rate was 28.6 per 1000 employees,

Construction work always includes heavy machinery and the handling of hazardous materials, tools and the trade is traditionally plagued with high accident rates. International statistics are no better, and governments around the world have implemented health and safety measures for the protection of the workers.

The construction sector is labelled as quite dangerous industry globally. According to the UK’s statistical record, the UK Construction Industry encompasses a place of being the most Hazardous industry even after the remarkable improvements made during the last decade. The reason due to which the construction industry is remarked as hazardous is due to its poor safety measures and catastrophic events that occurred throughout the history. Statistics from the HSE (Health & Safety Executive UK) showed that in the year 2009-2010 there were 42 accidents that proved fatal to the workers, making the UK construction sector approximately five times more vulnerable to the construction site hazards (Whitelaw, 2001, pp.22-24).

An Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) is a planned, documented and verifiable method of managing workplace hazards and their associated risks (Pillay, 2016). An OHSMS provides a structure that allows an organisation to identify and control health and safety risks within the organisation. The implementation of such structures promotes a safe and healthy working environment which, in turn, will reduce the potential for accidents in the workplace whilst aiding legislative compliance and improving the overall performance of the organisation. Comparing and contrasting OHSMSs through the analysis of available literature allows one to determine the most appropriate management system for their organisation.