Safe Workplace

Safe Workplace

Safe Workplace

Q1: Using a table format similar to the one shown below list 5 physical and 5 mental/emotional benefits of a safe work place?

Since 1950, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have shared a common definition of occupational health.

It was adopted by the Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health at its first session in 1950 and revised at its twelfth session in 1995.

The definition reads: "Occupational health should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well

being of workers in all occupations; the prevention amongst workers of departures from health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of the worker in an occupational environment adapted to his physiological and psychological capabilities; and, to summarize, the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job."

Q2: Using vthe book Coles Hierarchy of Risk control flow chart choose 3 of the potential risks out lined in question 1 and follow these through to there logical conclusion. This includes clearly itemising any actions or stragies that you put into place to minimise or eliminate those risks

Occupational health psychology (OHP), a related discipline, is a relatively new field that combines elements of occupational health and safety, industrial/organizational psychology, and health psychology.[2] The field is concerned with identifying work-related psychosocial factors that adversely affect the health of people who work. OHP is also concerned with developing ways to effect change in workplaces for the purpose of improving the health of people who work. For more detail on OHP, see the section on occupational health psychology.

The reasons for establishing good occupational health and safety standards are frequently identified as:

Moral - An employee should not have to risk injury or death at work, nor should others associated with the work environment.

Economic - many governments realize that poor occupational health and safety performance results in cost to the State (e.g. through social security payments to the incapacitated, costs for medical treatment, and the loss of the "employability" of the worker). Employing organizations also sustain costs in the event of an incident at work (such as legal fees, fines, compensatory damages, investigation time, lost production, lost goodwill from the workforce, from customers and from the wider community).

In Australia there are a number of legislative criteria in tems of OH&S. In the following table list one key legislation in Victoria and your organization in terms of acts, regulations, and codes of practice.

Legal - Occupational requirements may be reinforced in civil law and/or criminal law; it is accepted that without the extra "encouragement" of potential regulatory action or litigation, many organisations would not act upon their implied moral obligations.

Keeping your employees safe and healthy is good for your business. To do that:

Offer prevention and wellness activities

Have options in place so injured employees can receive immediate treatment

Consistently search for and eliminate workplace hazards

Offer early intervention and rehabilitation ...