The future of health and safety legislation and the role of different stakeholders in occupational safety and health legislation

2017 ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
O. Nicolaidou ◽  
C.M. Varianou ◽  
G. Boustras
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Sandra Regina Cavalcante ◽  
Alessandro José Silva ◽  
Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia Vilela

O processo histórico de maturação do tratamento destinado à saúde e segurança do trabalho (SST) demonstra evolução, pelo menos no âmbito conceitual, em direção ao empoderamento do trabalhador. No Brasil, a Saúde do Trabalhador (ST) surgiu como crítica à visão unicausal entre doença e agente específico vigente na Medicina do Trabalho e Saúde Ocupacional, passando a situar a saúde como direito fundamental e o adoecimento no trabalho como assunto complexo. Na nova estrutura institucional e normativa, os trabalhadores passaram a sujeitos depositários de saber emanado da experiência e agentes essenciais de ações transformadoras. Contudo, há diversos desafios para efetivar tais promessas, dentre elas: a legislação delega para a gestão privada pontos centrais da proteção da ST e da prevenção de acidentes; a dispersão da responsabilidade pela proteção da SST por um excessivo número de órgãos estatais e a falta de unidade na atuação dos mesmos; a criação de aplicativos e sites para facilitar e estimular a denúncia, pelos próprios trabalhadores, de exploração de direitos a ambientes de trabalho inseguros, é bem vinda, mas insuficiente, pois fará pouca diferença se não houver estrutura fiscal para cuidar da demanda. A melhoria do controle social deve passar pela intensificação do protagonismo dos sindicatos e pela atuação coordenada e colaborativa dos órgãos estatais responsáveis pela proteção da SST. Urgente pensar caminhos para que a participação ativa do trabalhador na SST, a ação sobre os determinantes dos acidentes e a priorização de medidas preventivas passem a fazer parte da realidade da ST no Brasil.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Saúde do Trabalhador. Saúde e Segurança do Trabalho. Saúde Pública. Legislação. Política Pública. Abstract The historical process of maturation of the treatment for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) demonstrates, at least in the conceptual scope, an evolution towards the empowerment of the worker. In Brazil, “Worker's Health” (WH) has emerged as a criticism of the ‘single cause’ view between disease and specific agent currently held in the field of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine, and has placed health as a fundamental right and sickness at work as a complex issue. In this new institutional and normative structure, workers became bearers of knowledge emanating from their experience and essential agents of transformative actions. However, there are several challenges for implementing such promises, such as: the legislation delegates to private management core issues of WH protection and of accident prevention; the dispersion of responsibility for the protection of OSH by an excessive number of state organs and the lack of unity in their actions; the creation of applications and websites to facilitate and encourage the workers themselves to exploit rights to insecure work environments is welcome but insufficient because it will make little difference if there is no fiscal structure to handle demand. The improvement of social control must include the intensification of the leading role of unions and the coordinated and collaborative action of the state organs responsible for OSH protection. It is therefore urgent to think of ways for the active participation of workers in OSH, the action on the determinants of accidents and the prioritization of preventive measures to become part of the reality of WH in Brazil.KEYWORDS: Worker's health. Occupational safety and health. Public health. Legislation. Public Policy.


1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Campbell

If regulation is to be effective, not only must changes take place in the mode of regulation but also the concepts held by many in management ranks. Misconceptions often abound which, it is suggested, stem from a lack of appreciation of accident causation, the part that the management system plays or a tendency to blame the victim. Thus, too much attention continues to be paid to operator error, whereas in reality, it is frequently the organization that has failed. However, when management recognizes the pivotal role of the system, and makes greater use of quality control methods, the way will be open for the inspectorate also to be more innovative. They will then be initially auditors of the management of the occupational health and safety policy. Without that change the enforcers will, of necessity, continue to be searchers for violations and investigators after the event. It is also likely that the health hazards of the working environment will continue to be given inadequate attention. With the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health Bill into Parliament in 1990, followed by a change of government bringing its new agenda and thus casting an ominous shadow of concern, such factors assume a greater degree of importance.


Author(s):  
Kristin A. Horan ◽  
Mindy K. Shoss ◽  
Cynthia Mejia ◽  
Katherine Ciarlante

Contextual nuance holds value for occupational health and safety, particularly as workplace challenges and solutions become more complex. However, disciplines that inform occupational safety and health vary in the degree to which they target breadth and depth of understanding. The future of work presents challenges related to work, the workplace, and the workforce, and an appreciation of the context of industry will ready researchers and practitioners with the most informed solutions. Broadly developed solutions for future of work challenges may flounder without an appreciation for the context of industry, as evidenced by two examples provided in this review. As occupational safety and health disciplines answer the call provided by the future of work, this review provides an account for the value of industry context and recommendations for achieving both breadth and depth of scientific inquiry and practical reach.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla Wanjiku Ndegwa ◽  
Wario Guyo ◽  
George Orwa ◽  
Robert Ng’ang’a ◽  
Elishba Muthoni Murigi

Recent trends in the organization of work have increased the risk of occupational safety and health (OSH) in Kenyan industries through exposure to hazardous substances, work related accidents and increased stress-related illnesses. According to International lab our organization (ILO) everyone is entitled to the right to safe and healthy working conditions and therefore the corpus of law in Kenya dealing with occupational safety and health should be embedded in the international OSH legal instruments. Specifically the occupational health and safety Act (2007) is expected to provide for safety, health and welfare of workers and all persons lawfully present at workplaces. The purpose of this study therefore was to investigate legal framework as a determinant of implementation of occupational health and safety programmes in the manufacturing sector in Kenya. It focused on six legal areas predicted as affecting implementation of OSH. These factors were national OSH policy, OSHA (occupational safety and health Act) familiarity with OSHA, government OSH inspections and audits, ease of implementation of OSHA, Government support in the implementation of OSH and OSHA implement ability. The study adopted descriptive cross-sectional survey design but however intended to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. A self administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 257 OSH officers drawn randomly from 735 manufacturing industries registered by Kenya manufacturers association. 252 questionnaires were received back and analyzed with the help of SSPS window version 21. Both correlation and regression analysis were conducted and the results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between legal framework and implementation of OSH programmes. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 07011
Author(s):  
Supriyadi ◽  
Hadiyanto

Occupational Safety and Health Experts in Indonesia have an important role in integrating environmental health and safety factors, including in this regard as human resources assigned to undertake hazardous waste management. Comprehensive knowledge and competence skills need to be carried out responsibly, as an inherent professional occupational safety and health profession. Management leaders should continue to provide training in external agencies responsible for science in the management of toxic waste to enable occupational safety and health experts to improve their performance in the hierarchy of control over the presence of hazardous materials. This paper provides an overview of what strategies and competencies the Occupational Safety and Health expert needs to have in embracing hazardous waste management practices.


ON A WINTRY DAY LAST DECEMBER, nearly 20 years to the day after the nation's lawmakers approved the Occupational Safety and Health Act that aimed to substantially curb the injury, illness and death that are an everyday fact of life in America's workplaces, New Solutions convened a panel of invited guests at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., to gauge just how far we have come. Earlier, in the premiere issue of New Solutions, we had run Charles Noble's analysis of “OSHA at 20.” It gave us starting points for a searching discussion of workplace health and safety in this country from the many perspectives that were represented by our panelists (see box, page 65). All of the opinions and comments made during the discussion represent the participants' own viewpoints and are in no way a reflection of the opinions or views of the agencies or organizations with which they are associated. We asked panelists Charles Noble and Richard Pfeffer to begin the discussion with their analyses of the problems. The talk went on for hours, all of it captured on tape. Insights were plentiful; frustrations were obvious; the suggestions, many. Here is Part 1 of a two-part edited transcript of the Roundtable on OSHA, the agency that is 20 years old this April, and the OSH Act which established it. Part 2 will run in an upcoming issue of this journal. We invite you to join the controversy with your letters and longer comments.


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