Unit IA1 : Principles of Health and

Safety Management
Types of Management System and Your
Reasons for Managing Health and Safety Role as a Health and Safety Practitioner
Models for
Management
Health and
Reasons for Managing Systems
Safety
Health and Safety
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Part 2
Reasons
Other MS
for/against
Models
Integration

Societal Factors which

influences Health and
Safety Standards and Roles and
Health and
Responsibilities
Priorities Safety Policy
of Practitioner

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Safety Management

Societal Factors which

Reasons for Managing influences Health and
Health and Safety Safety Standards and
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Safety Management
Moral
Concept of employers owing a duty of reasonable
care to workers, as no worker expects to get
hurt/killed in his line of duty.

Reasons for Legal

ILO Occupational S & H Convention C155, identifies
Managing Health basic general legal duties of employers.
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Economic
Accidents and ill-health are costly. Employers have to
ensure that they have insurance coverage. However,
there are things that cannot be insured such as:
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Safety Management
Legal
ILO Occupational S & H Convention C155,
identifies basic general legal duties of
employers.
Legal reasons for employers to manage risk:
Reasons for I. Preventive
Managing Health Enforcement notices (improvement or
and Safety prohibition ) can be issued by inspectors.
II. Punitive
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Criminal courts imposes fines and
imprisonments for breaches of legal duties
and as a form of punishment.
III. Compensatory
Employees are able to sue in the civil courts
for compensation

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Economic
Non-insurable:
1. Product and material damage
2. Lost of production time
3. Legal costs in defending claims,
Reasons for prosecutions and enforcement action.
Managing Health 4. Overtime / extra costs to replace injured
and Safety worker.
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incidents.
6. Fines from court prosecution
7. Loss of staff
8. Loss of morale of staff
9. Poor publicity

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Societal Factors which influences Health
and Safety Standards and Priorities
Economic
Climate
Rich Countries
can afford OSH
priority
Corporate
Government
social
Policy
responsibility
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Factors Risk Profile of

Social Industry
expectations of Higher risk
equality requires higher
OSH standards

Globalisation
Migrant
workers Unity in safety
standards

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 Corporate Social Responsibility
• Term used to describe voluntary actions that
businesses take that is above required legal standards.
• A form of management concept whereby companies
integrate social and environmental concerns in their
business operations and interactions with heir
stakeholders, i.e. responsible business.
• Benefits includes saving money by operating more
efficiently, but more importantly on the social good by
“upping their game” to set an example to similar
industries.

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