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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

HEALTH 1(OSH)

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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.3

• Work is central role in people’s 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 worker’s 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)

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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 (Negeri-Negeri 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

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• 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 nation’s total man power

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• Occupational Safety

and Health 1994

would cover 90%

of the nation’s 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

OSH Act 199416

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"employer“ - means the immediate

employer or the principal

employer or both.

"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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"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;.

OSH Act 199418

“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.

OSH Act 199420

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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.

OSH Act 199421

“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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“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.

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• Slips, Trips & Falls

• 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 YUSOFLecturer,JKE, POLISAS 28