OSH EAR by Dr Sharudin NIOSH
- 2. EMPOWERMENT
• Empowerment is defined as “freedom
and authority given to employees to
pursue their unique vision”. When this
is provided to safety committee,
strong commitment and support is
evident.
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- 3. ACCOUNTABILITY
• Accountability is a concept in ethics
and governance with several
meanings. It is often used
synonymously with such concepts as
responsibility, answerability,
blameworthiness, liability and other
terms associated with the expectation
of account-giving.
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- 4. RESPONSIVE
• Responsive is a comparative measurement
of the time taken to response to a particular
action. The measurement could be
concerned with the speed of emergency
response to a critical situation but may
equally be used to judge the behavior f an
organisation towards, for example, an
industrial incident or accident.
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- 6. EMPOWERMENT
Personal empowerment and self
sufficiency.
New opportunities and challenges
for today’s OSH practitioner.
Congruence between personal
expectations, company’s priorities
and societal changes.
- 8. EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY (S.15)
“So far as is practicable…”
• provision and • provision of such
maintenance of plant information, instruction,
and systems of work that training and supervision
are safe and without risks • maintenance of it in a
to health; condition and means of
access to and egress from it
• ensuring safety and that are safe and without
absence of risks to health such risks;
in connection with the • working environment that is
use or operation, safe, without risks to health,
handling, storage and and adequate as regards
transport of plant and facilities for their welfare at
substances; work.
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- 9. WHAT EMPOWERMENT - IS
Responsibility and Ownership.
Working independently towards common
objectives.
Understanding “Why?” so that guidelines can be
applied.
Weighing the impact of decisions on all affected
stakeholders.
Making more trade -offs, not less.
An earned privilege. It is not a
given right!!
- 10. WHAT EMPOWERMENT - IS NOT
Throwing out the rule book.
Bypassing everyone who will say “No”.
Doing the “Fun Parts” of someone else’s
job.
Freedom to unilaterally make decisions that
impact others.
- 11. GIVE POWER AWAY
“Power is an ‘expandable pie’… power is
not a zero-sum commodity, requiring that
for others to have more, the leader must
have less.”
“You have to give power to
gain power.”
- 13. Accountability
Safety and
Health
Officer
Authority
OSH
Committee
Task Responsibility
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- 16. A safety management system shall clearly define
lines of safety accountability throughout the
[organization], including a direct accountability
for safety on the part of senior management.
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- 18. WHAT IS ACCOUNTABILITY?
• Most common responses refer to negative
consequences for failure to perform
• Dictionary: Liable or Answerable
• It is the ability to account for or to measure
• Obligation to fulfill a task…or else
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- 19. RESPONSIBILITY FOR OSH :
TOWARDS SELF - REGULATION
100 %
RESPONSIBILITY
PRIVATE SECTOR
FOR OSH
GOVERNMENT
0%
NOW TARGET
- 20. RESPONSIBILITY VS.
ACCOUNTABILITY
• Responsibility is an obligation to perform duties
• It relies on personal integrity
• It does not necessarily have associated consequences
• Accountability requires consequences
• Consequences should be balanced
• Someone is accountable when his/her
performance is measured
• When someone is responsible, his/her performance
is not necessarily measured
• The objective is to motivate performance
- 21. WHAT IS EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY?
Effective Accountability =
Authorized Behaviors + Objective Evaluation + Appropriate
Consequences
The “condition” of effective accountability
exists when an employee’s authorized
behavior is objectively evaluated and
results in appropriate consequences.
- 22. WHAT IS EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY?
Authority Evaluation
At least three types of authority are necessary for a Evaluation is a judgment.
responsible person to perform assigned safety and
• Judge the behavior, not the person
health tasks effectively--these are:
• Judgment should be based on facts, not
1. Authority over the work
fiction
(employee/supervisor)
2. Authority over needed resources
Consequence
(employee/supervisor)
The result or effect caused by our behavior.
3. Authority over employees (supervisor)
• Positive or negative
Behavior • Natural consequences – hurt or health
Behavior is an observable action. It’s something we do. • System consequences – discipline or positive
recognition
- 23. FUNCTION OF OSH COMMITTEE
PART III ( OSHA 1994 )
Assist in development of Safety & Health rules
and safe system of work
Review the effectiveness of Safety & Health
Programmed
To investigate any safety & health matter
brought to attention of employer.
Review Safety & Health policies and
recommend to employer for revision of such
policies.
- 27. WHAT IS - RESPONSIVE
1.Reacting quickly and positively
2.Responding readily and with
interest or enthusiasm
3.Answering
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- 28. STRATEGY 2 : INCULCATING
PREVENTIVE WORKPLACE
CULTURE
PROGRAM 4 : DESIGN AND DEVELOP SAFE WORK
ENVIRONMENTS, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS
Source : DOSH
- 29. MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER
……..An enterprise implementing a good OSH
management system and integrating that into its own
overall business management system will also tend to
make improvements management-wise which will
translate into better efficiency and productivity. This
will contribute to the formation of a safe, healthy and
productive pool of human capital. That, I believe, will
dovetail perfectly with our collective national
aspirations of becoming a fully developed country in
the not too distant future.
Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam,
Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia
Source : DOSH
- 30. Top Management Conceptual /
Policy /
Budget
Middle Management Plan / Review
Follow- / Audit /
Commit
through
Line Management Execution /
Understanding
/
Focus /
Committee
Experience Outcomes
- 31. Adds Business Value and Competitive
Advantage …
Ability to Enhanced
compete Reputation
Access to Cost and Risk
Global Markets Safety and Reduction
Health
Employee Improved
morale quality
Improved Improved
efficiency productivity
CONCLUSION: ‘ BEST PARCTICE ‘
- 33. THANK YOU
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