CONTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM IN

OSH MANAGEMENT
• Data related with the management of
occupational safety & health could be
stored, processed and analyzed as
required by users. Computers ability to
collect, analyzed, stored and present
huge amount of data has been proved
to help in increasing the efficiency of
safety & health management.

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CONTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM IN
OSH MANAGEMENT
Avoid record
duplication
Improve
communication
Standardization &
ensure data accuracy
Improve analytical
ability

Cost efficient

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1. AVOID DUPLICATION OF RECORD
• Records duplication from so many departments,
divisions or units within an organization are costly and
time consuming.
• Information technology helps to solve this problem
through automation system.
• Through information sharing, all information and data
could be stored and accessed from a single
centralized source.
• Any updates could also be shared with all
departments automatically.

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2. IMPROVE COMMUNICATION

• Internet and networking would help OSH

professional to communicate with each other
more efficiently without boundary.
• Communication could be done via electronic
mail, tele and video conferencing.
• ‘Authorised user’ could access any files fast
and easy from database.

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3. STANDARDIZATION & ENSURE DATA
ACCURACY

• Certain format could be applied to the

database so that all data and information
entered are standardized.
• Filtering prior to data entry could ensure that
all the inputs are accurate
• Accuracy could also be ensured by restricting
the display, routine editing and regular
reviewing of the records.

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4. IMPROVE ANALYTICAL ABILITY
• Computers have the ability to compile, analyze data
and information simultaneously from many sources at
a time.
• Appropriate software is needed suitable with the
organization's needs.
• This feature is very useful in managing OSH where
OSH professionals need information and data to be
collected, analyzed and presented routinely.

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5. COST
• Information system is a cost-efficient technology, it
helps to collect, analyze and spread information fast,
with ease and up to date.
• It also helps in safety engineering and reduce human
involvement through automation and robotic.
• This could help reduce man-machine contact,
reducing accidents and improving safety and health
management system.

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WEAKNESSES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IN OSH
• Purchasing cost of hardware and software
• Design & installation cost
• Initial training cost
• Continuous training and ‘state of the art’ evaluation
because technology are dynamic and ever changing.
• Maintenance cost and system replacement
• Data security
• Over dependence on computers

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SOFTWARE APPLICATION IN OSH MANAGEMENT

Incident Management

Workplace Conditions

Environmental Agents

Control Measures

Worker’s Health

Location and Tasks Records

Regulation, administration and action item

Statistical Analysis

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• A system for keeping records, analyzed and reports
from data incidents.
• Incidents data such as workplace accidents and
property damage
• Individual accidents report, summary based on
category and analysis on the cause of the accidents.

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• Physical health of workers, industrial hygiene,
environmental sampling, audits and other
system management which could quantify the
workplace.
• Sampling for industrial hygiene for instance
could be used as input to generate exposure
profile for the workplace.

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Environmental Agents

• Information system helps to monitor the

environmental data & info
• Environmental agents inventory
• Toxicology data
• Information on toxic agents in the workplace

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Control Measures

• Information system could manage the occupational

safety and health through:
• Engineering control such as fume chamber and air
ventilation
• Administrative control for health hazards
• PPE
• Courses or training
• Documentation and organization of information could
ensure regulations compliance.

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Worker’s Health

• Used to monitor the worker’s health

• Health records and data could be used as a part of management decision making
process.

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Location and Tasks Records

• Should contain the records for all the tasks

and location for work for each and every
workers
• This records could be used as a link between
workers health and exposure to hazards

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Regulation, administration and action item

• Information system which might include

OSHA’s permissible exposure limits, plan of
action, standards such as guideline by
American Conference Government Industrial
Hygienist (ACGIH), threshold limit values (TLVs)

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Statistical Analysis

• Used for analysis of data

• To interpret and give meaning to data and information

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The end