Chap 1 OSH Management System

OSH Management System
(OSH-MS)
Learning Objectives
 To define what is a system

 To define what is an OSH management
system
 To describe the purpose of a system
 To explain 5 components of typical OSH-MS
Scope
 Introduction to concept of “system”

 Application of Management System to
Occupational Safety And Health
 Review of existing Occupational Safety And
Health Management Systems
 Typical occupational safety and health
management systems elements
What is a System
 An orderly set of components that work together
for a certain purpose
Example: the blood circulatory system

 Components:
 Heart and blood vessels (artery, veins, capillaries)
 Purpose:
 To transport blood which contains oxygen and
nutrients to all parts of the body

 To carry wastes away to be filtered out of the body
What is an OSH Management System
 An OSH management system

 Components:
 Arrangements (plans, implementation), etc.
 Purpose:
 To ensure safety, health and welfare of workers
 To comply with regulation
Why Do You Need a System
 A system is useful when there are:

 Many activities have to be managed together
 Complex information that are changing have to be
taken into account at all times
 A system organises and simplifies complexity
 A system provides order, structure, and
focuses on the purpose and objective of
activities
Typical OSH-MS “Components”
1. Policy
2. Plan - System planning, OSH objectives,
development and implementation
3. Do - Responsibility and accountability;
competence and training, hazard
control system
4. Check - Performance measurement;
accident / incident investigation;
auditing
5. Act - Preventive and corrective action,
continual improvement
An OHS-MS System Model
OHS-MS such as MS1722:2003 & 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 Safe & healthy

HAZARDS Make Arrangements Supervise Workers
LEGISLATION Assign Responsibility Respond Emergency Productivity
THIRD PARTY INPUTS Arrange resources Train Organisation Image
Communicate
ETC
CHECK
ACT
Monitor
Corrective Action Surveillance
Review Inspect
Improve Investigate
Audit
Record & Analyse
Existing OSH Management System
 There are two occupational safety and health

management system standards:
 OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety
Management System standard
 This standard was established in 1999
 Widely used and certifiable
 MS1722:2003 management system standard

 This standard was published in 2003
 This is a guidance standard

MS1722:2003 Management System Model
OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety
Management System Model
Continual
improvement
OH&S
Management policy
review
Checking and Planning

corrective action
Implementation
and operation
Policy
 Promoting health and preventing accidents,
diseases and other work-related health effects
 Complying with OSH legal requirements and
other requirements
 Recognizing OSH performance is an essential
part of business performance
 Workers and their representatives are consulted
 Ensuring that management and workers are
competent and understand their rights
 Allocating the necessary resources
 Continual improvement
Initial Review
 Compare what you have with:

 Requirements of relevant legislation dealing with
OH&S management issues
 Best practice and performance in your industry
sector and other appropriate sections
 Efficiency and effectiveness of existing resources
devoted to OHS management
OSH Objectives
 Based on the initial review and consistent

with the OSH policy set measurable and
quantifiable objectives to implement the
policy
 Communicate objectives to all relevant
functions and levels of the organization
Organising
 Responsibility and accountability for OSH

performance for managers & supervisors
 Competence and training of employees
 Management System documentation should be
established and maintained
 Procedures should be established and maintained
for communications externally, internally
 Cooperation on OSH aspects between the
employer, management and workers
Implementing
 Ongoing hazards identification and assessment
 Preventive, protective measures implemented in
order of priority
 Procedures must be relevant to identified risk
 Before any changes assess risk, take steps and
inform, train employees before implementing
 Have an emergency preparedness and
response arrangements
 Procedures for purchasing and contracting
Monitoring And Measurement
 Performance measurement
 Accident, disease and incident investigation
 Auditing
 Management review
Action Elements
 Preventive and corrective action
 Continual improvement
MS1722:2003 Standard Requirements
 The MS 1722:2003 standard contains the

following components:
1. Policy
2. Organizing
3. Planning and Implementation
4. Evaluation
5. Management Review
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
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
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
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
*The ALARP principle is that the residual risk shall be as low as reasonably practicable.
Summary
 A system is a set of components that work
together for a certain purpose
 In an OSH Management System the input for
the system is workplace hazards,
legislation and expectations of others
 The components of OHSMS are Policy, PDCA
 The objective or purpose of an OHSMS such
as MS1722:2003 or OHSAS 18001 is to
ensure the welfare safety and health of
workers and compliance with regulations.
For a risk to be ALARP, it must be possible to demonstrate
that the cost involved in reducing the risk further would be
grossly disproportionate to the benefit gained.
The ALARP principle arises from the fact that it would

be possible to spend infinite time, effort and money attempting
to reduce a risk to zero. It should not be understood as simply
a quantitive measure of benefit against detriment. It is more
a best common practice of judgement of the balance of risk
andsocietal benefit.

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OSH Management System

 To define what is a system

 Introduction to concept of “system”

Example: the blood circulatory system

nutrients to all parts of the body

 An OSH management system

 A system is useful when there are:

OHS-MS such as MS1722:2003 & OHSAS 18001 are

INPUTS PLAN DO POLICY OBJECTIVES

VISION Identify Hazards Enforce Procedure Safe & healthy

 There are two occupational safety and health

 Widely used and certifiable

 MS1722:2003 management system standard

 This is a guidance standard

Checking and Planning

 Compare what you have with:

 Based on the initial review and consistent

 Responsibility and accountability for OSH

 Preventive and corrective action

 The MS 1722:2003 standard contains the

 Management must have a written OSH policy.

 Management as a whole is responsible for

The ALARP principle arises from the fact that it would

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