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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 1 (OSH)

Understand the Occupational Safety and Health Define the concepts of OSH Explain the history of OSH Explain the importance of safety in workplace Describe the major safety terminologies Classify types of accident
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OSH is study concerned with protecting the safety, health & welfare of all people/personnel/stakeholders engaged in work place or employment; including workers, co-workers, employers, family members, customers, suppliers, nearby communities and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace environment.
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Work is central role in peoples lives. Most worker spend min.8 hour/day Work place must safe & healthy Worker faced multitude health hazard; dust, gases, noise, vibration, high temperature

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Some employer , little responsibility for protecting workers health & safety. Some do not even know they have the moral and often legal responsibility to protect worker Lack attention - work-related accidents and diseases are common in all parts of the world.
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OSH role existence since 120 years ago. The history, can be explained in 5 eras. - Steam Boiler Safety Era (before 1914) - Machinery Safety Era (1914 - 1952) - Industrial Safety Era (1953 1967) - Industrial Safety and Hygiene (1970 1994) - Occupational Safety and Health Era (after 1994)
http://www.dosh.gov.my/
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Boiler surveyor system was terminated in 1900 Machinery Enactment of 1913 was abolished and replaced with Machinery Enactment of 1932

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1st of January 1914, the steam boiler enactments of the Allied Malay States were abolished and were replaced with Machinery Enactment of 1913 job title of Inspector of Boiler was also abolished and was replaced with inspector of Machinery and Assistant Inspector of Machinery
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inspectors were not only to inspect steam boilers but also had to inspect machineries, including self-combustion engines, water turbines and other related auxiliary machineries.

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Machinery Department form in 1953 In 1953, all of the machinery inactments of the Allied Malay States (NegeriNegeri Melayu Bersekutu), Non-Allied Malays States (Negeri- Negeri Melayu Tidak Bersekutu) and Strait States (Negeri-Negeri Selat) were abolished and replaced with the Machinery Ordinance 1953
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1967, the Factory and Machinery Act was approved by the Parliment 1970, the Factory and Machinery Act and eight regulations under the act were enforced. Machinery Ordinance 1953 was abolished

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The inspectors who enforce the act are renamed as Factory and Machinery Inspector overcome the weaknesses in the Machinery Ordinance 1953

Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) approved by the Parliament in 1993 and was gazetted on February 1994. Workers that are covered by Factory and Machinery Act 1967 consists only of 24% of the nations total man power

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Occupational Safety and Health 1994 would cover 90% of the nations total man power Exempt those working on ships and in the armed forces
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"employee

- means a person who is employed for wages under a contract of service on or in connection with the work of an industry

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"employer - means the immediate employer or the principal employer or both.

"near-miss accident" - means any accident at a place of work which has the potential of causing injury to any person or damage to any property;.

"principal employer - means the owner of an industry or the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service
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loss-time injury" - means an injury which prevents any worker from performing normal work and leads to a permanent or temporary incapacity of work; Hazard" - something that can cause harm if not controlled.
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outcome - is the harm that results from an uncontrolled hazard. risk - is a combination of the probability that a particular outcome will occur and the severity of the harm involved.

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accident - is an unexpected or unplanned events or occurrences which results in injuries, fatalities, loss of production or damage to property.

incident - is unexpected or unplanned events in a sequence of events that occurs through a combination of causes which results in physical harm, damage to property, near miss or combination of the above..

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Slips, Trips & Falls near miss - is an event which did not result in injury or damage to property but had the potential to do so. It shares the same root causes as accident but because of chance no harm or damage has occurred. Related to machineries Related to in contact with electricity Related to in contact with chemicals, toxic or radioactive materials Related to exposure to high temperature, noise, pressure.
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What is safety sign available now? Find it at least FOUR (4)

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INSTRUCTION:
You are required to present your findings on 6/1/2011(Thursday) for not more than 5 minutes per group. You are allowed to form a grouping of not more than (4) persons Work presented and written in English will be given bonus marks.
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PREPARED BY MOHD FAIZ HUSNY BIN YUSOF Lecturer, JKE, POLISAS

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