OSH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

(OSH-MS)
SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (SHEP)
 What Is An OSH Management
System

An orderly set of components that work

together for the following purposes :
• To ensure safety, health and welfare of workers
• To comply with regulation

Components of OSH MS:

OHSAS 18001 : Policy/Plan/Do/Check/Action
MS 1722 : Policy/Organising/Plan,Do/Evaluate/Action

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 An OSH-MS System Model
OSH-MS such as ILO & OHSAS 18001 are based on
the Quality Management System components of
Plan, Do, Check and Act (PDCA)
INPUTS PLAN DO POLICY OBJECTIVES

VISION Identify Hazards Enforce Procedure

HAZARDS Make Arrangements Supervise Safe & healthy
LEGISLATION Assign Responsibility Respond Emergency Workers
THIRD PARTY INPUTS Arrange resources Train Productivity
Communicate Organisation Image
ETC

CHECK
ACT
Monitor
Corrective Action Surveillance
Review Inspect
Improve Investigate
Audit
Record & Analyse

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 ILO OSH Management System Model- MS 1722

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 An OSH-MS System Model

The ILO-OSH Management System Standard

contains the following components:
1. Policy
2. Organizing
3. Planning and Implementation
4. Evaluation
5. Management Review [Action]
POPEA

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 Policy
 Management must have a written OSH policy

 Management must commit themselves to:

1. Promoting health and preventing accidents,
diseases and other work-related health effects in
the workplace
2. Complying with OSH legal requirements and other
requirements
3. Workers and their representatives are consulted
when making workplace rules and regulations
4. Providing the necessary resources to ensure that
work and the workplace is safe

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 Organizing
 Management as a whole is responsible for OSH.

 Ensuring that management and workers are

competent to carry out their tasks, especially the
hazardous ones.

 Employees are informed of hazards they are

working in and procedures are established to
ensure their safety and health.

 Management must promote safety and health.

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 Planning and Implementation

 Hazards identification and assessment is made the basis

of OSH management.
 Preventive, protective measures must be implemented.
 Have an emergency preparedness and response
arrangements.
 There must be procedures for purchasing and
contracting to ensure safety and health requirements
are incorporated in purchased materials and equipment
as well as in contracting activities.
 OSH management activities must be planned and
performance targets set.

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 Evaluation
 OSH management programmes must be
monitored.
 Investigate work-related injuries, ill health, diseases
and incidents, and their impact of OSH
performance.
 Carry out regular audits.
 Management must review its activities to ensure
OSH risks in the workplace are ALARP, that the OSH
programme is efficient and that its OSH
performance targets are met and improved upon.

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 ACTION
Preventive and Corrective
Continual Improvement

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 SUMMARY
All lessons learned in Module 1 is useful for
the SHO to perform their duties ( and
manage OSH ) in line with the requirement
of OSH Management System.
The importance of managing risk in
fulfillment of Sec. 15. OSHA 1994.
The need for Continual Improvement

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