Occupational health and safety is an area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a safe and healthy work environment. OHS may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment.
Occupational health and safety can be important for moral, legal, and financial reasons. All organisations have a duty of care to ensure that employees and any other person who may be affected by the companies undertaking remain safe at all times. Moral obligations would involve the protection of employee's lives and health. Legal reasons for OHS practices relate to the preventative, punitive and compensatory effects of laws that protect worker's safety and health. OHS can also reduce employee injury and illness related costs, including medical care, sick leave and disability benefit costs. OHS may involve interactions among many subject areas, including occupational medicine, occupational hygiene, public health, safety engineering, industrial engineering,chemistry, health physics, ergonomics and occupational health psychology.
No comments:
Post a Comment