How to be Accountable for How to be Accountable for Your Safety & Health at Your Safety & Health at Work.Work.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anuar Bin SuunUITM, Shah Alam

Question: How to be?Question: How to be?

Question: Are you a Question: Are you a manager now?manager now?or going to be?or going to be?

Question: What is manager?Question: What is manager?

What is accountable?What is accountable?

Responsible, answerable &liable.Liable to be required to give account. or In charge

Manager is? (If you are manager)Manager is? (If you are manager)

Any executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue & cost element of a company’s income statement.

Also responsible for leading or coordinating the strategic planning functions of the company.

General Principles (Health & Safety)General Principles (Health & Safety)

Main responsibilities and duties:-

To ensure the health & safety at mark of their employees & that of any other person who may be affected by their activities.To have a written policy & safety.

ObjectiveObjective

Describe the lines of responsibility and authority for the office’s safety management function consistent with OSH manual / document.

Organizational FunctionOrganizational Function

The head or top most manager will look or manage the following aspect / function:Administration Public Affairs LegalAuthorizationTechnical Advisory Strategic Planning

Function: Safety & HealthFunction: Safety & Health

The might be responsible for the following (specific ) tasks. Health & Safety Fire Protection Radiation protection Emergency Preparedness Industrial Safety

Office of Safety & HealthOffice of Safety & Health

To serve to the CEO or senior manager responsible for the safety & health of the worker, the public & the environment.

Accomplishes this mission by providing leadershipleadership and strategicstrategic vision pertaining to coordinating & integrating compliant safety & health program.

It also places duties on employees to:-

1. Take reasonable care of their own health & safety.

2. To cooperate with their employer ( to comply legal duties).

3. Not to interfere or misuse anything provided in the interest of health, safety or welfare.

Organizational Function & Organizational Function & Responsibilities For Safety & HealthResponsibilities For Safety & Health

To assign primary functions as described in various element of applicable public laws, federal regulation & DOSH directives ( policies, manual, notices, guidance & standard).

Integrated Safety Management Integrated Safety Management ApproachApproach

A. Provide Guidance

B. Define scope of work:-Translate mission into work Set Expectation Prioritize TasksAllocate Resource

Continued…Continued…

C. Analyze Hazards:- Identify & analyze hazards Categorized hazards

D. Develop / Implement Control:- Identify standard & requirements Identify controls to prevent hazards Establish safety control Implement control

Continued…Continued…

E. Perform Work Confirm readiness Perform work safely

F. Feedback / Improvement Collect feedback inform Identify improvement opportunities Make change to improvement Oversight & enforcement

WORK WORK SAFELYSAFELY

(Healthy)(Healthy)

Specific Guidance for Managers.. Specific Guidance for Managers.. (example)(example)

Specific area of health & safety (it’s necessary for a manager to have a basic working knowledge – duties & requirement).

Depending on work circumstance & area concerned:- Risk assessmentAccident & incident reporting Use of work environment Manual handling

The Role & Responsible of the The Role & Responsible of the ManagerManager

Who at work Have access for their workplace Perform work activities

The Duties / ResponsibleThe Duties / Responsible

Establishing a proactive system to manage health & safety.

Implementing the department’s health & safety procedures @ guidelines.

Ensuring safe work practices & procedures, established & maintain.

Providing information , training, supervision to employees.

Continued…Continued… Ensuring that accidents & incidents are

recorded, notified & investigated to allow corrective action.

Ensuring health & safety is considered prior to the purchase of any new piece of equipment, tools & chemicals.

Implement procedures to manage visitors & contractors activities within the plant / scho

Ensuring consultative forums for health & safety are established.

Case Example…Case Example…

Overall purpose of the role:-To oversee health and safety issue

associated with the ……………… by providing independent, authorized advice, support & asset to the organization on the function of health & safety.

What Should Be The Education / What Should Be The Education / Qualification?Qualification?

Diploma in OHS Full, detailed understanding on the law Trained in accident investigation Trained in auditing techniques Basic IT skills Membership of a recognized body EXPERIENCESEXPERIENCES SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & STRENGTHSKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & STRENGTH

Skills , Knowledge & StrengthSkills , Knowledge & Strength1. Good communication skills2. Able to develop working relationship Employees Contractors External Stakeholders

3. Organize, with the ability to prioritize work loads & tasks

4. Proactive & pragmatic in applying experience to operational issues

5. Keep up to-date through continual professional develop

People Quote….People Quote….

A bad manager confuses activity with performance.

The productivity of work not the responsibility of the workers but of the manager.

Peter F. Drucker

A leader knows what’s best to do: a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Ken Adelman

Continued…Continued…

An employee’s motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager

Bob Nelson

Conclusion…Conclusion…

Manager (example) must implement an integrated safety management system that is designed to protect the safety of the workers & the public/stake holder. (Don’t forget prevention too)

Manager –…” I’m not the manager because I’m

always right but I’m always right because I’m manager”

A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the carriers of those who work for him

H.S.M Burns