2. Describes the purpose of the policy and states a common goal for an organization.

For employees throughout the department, ensure a healthy and safe work
environment for them based on the following objectives.
Practicable, hospitals, offices, systems and equipment should be provided and
maintained, they should be safe and without any risks to the health of personnel.
Before resorting to personal protective equipment, any hazard or potential
hazard to the health and safety of employees should be eliminated or mitigated as
far as practicable.
During the storage, processing, handling, production, use and transport of
articles with toxic substance, arrangements should be carried out to make sure that
safety and absence of risks as far as practicable.
Any machinery or plant and any substance or article which is handled, stored,
produced, used, processed or transported which is applied in business should be
establish the hazards to the safety or health of people who are attached to any work
performed as far as practicable. Also, such works machinery, article, plant or
substance should be further established precautionary measures need to be taken to
protect the safety and health of people as far as reasonably practicable, and
providing the essential means to apply such precautionary measures.
In order to ensure a safely and healthy workplace for all employees, such
supervision, information, training and instructions are necessary to be provided.
Unless the precautionary measures contemplated, any employee to do any
work or to store, handle, produce, use, process or transport any substance or article
or to operate any machinery or plant should not be permitted.
Under the control of the Department where machinery or plant is applied, all
essential measures should be taken to make sure that everyone on premises or in
employment is comply the requirements in terms of OSH legislation.
In the interest of safety and health, enforce such measures as may be essential.
The work and machinery should be ensured that they are performed or used a
person’s general supervision, that person should be trained to understand the
hazards related to it and has the authority to make sure that employer is taking
implemented precautionary measures.

A common goal for an organization

Prevent Illness and Injury

In order to reduce the employee’s injuries and illnesses in the workplace, safety
and health procedures are carried out. In your work environment, your employees
and you are able to understand the potential hazards through these procedures.
Training is vital and effective because it will educate your workers on appropriate
behavior, procedures and practices in the workplace in order to avoid possible illness
and injuries or contamination from inappropriate hygiene. To be honest, the bottom
line will be affected negatively by paying for work-related illnesses and injuries, that
is the major reason why it is essential to carry out the implementation of safety and
health.

Reduce Health and Safety Hazards

Potential hazards are common in almost every work environment. Certain
activities and behaviors, chemicals, equipment and even furniture can potentially
cause harm or injury to your workers or you. The range of health hazards starts from
contamination of food caused by unsafe handling to preparation practices to and
infectious disease outbreak due to inappropriate hygiene and personal care.
If your work environment contains certain dangerous gases or chemicals, there
is always the risk of inappropriate storage, handling or maintenance, which can lead
to dangerous exposure for your workers and you. In such cases, you should follow
particular hazardous material instructions by OSH legislation, and you should have
evacuation and emergency plans in place.

Avoid Serious Consequences

You should follow the instructions of OSH legislation while creating safety and
health procedures. If your employees working in a work environment which is not
safe provided by you, you will probably receive a penalty, or your business will be
shut down temporarily or permanently, relying on the magnitude of your
contravention. Many businesses cannot afford such things happen. If you do not
meet with the safety and health standards, your company may lose customers,
business and money.
Contravening or not have health and safety procedures in workplace may have a
tremendous influence on your business. You could lose vendors, money, clients,
respect, workers, productivity and potentially your whole business. Although the
insurance for worker’s compensation covers workplace illnesses and injuries, you
need to pay for much more costs if you have made any mistakes. These costs include
litigation, clean-up and repair, accident investigation, claims management and the
training and hiring of new employees. However, if you realize the importance of
owning a safety and health program and implement it into your company’s
infrastructure, much of such costs can be avoided.