Occupational safety and Health: employers' perspective

1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Farlow
Keyword(s):  
Health Reform ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
To Come ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Missed Opportunity

In this discussion of the principles and objectives for proposed occupational health and safety legislation, I shall draw quite heavily on the public discussion paper put out in June 1988 by ACOSH, Occupational safety and health reform. The statements in that report remain true. Further, it is important to realise that the recognition of these problems provides the prime rationale behind the desire for reform. The present problems as experienced by employers result at least as much from the fragmented and inconsistent administrative process as from the difficulties with the existing legislation. Thus, the driving force for reform is aimed at the administrative arrangements, while recognising that, in order for such changes to occur, significant legislative changes would be necessary. In addition, there exists the opportunity to tidy up the legislative mess that currently exists - but this must be done properly because a missed opportunity now will lose the momentum towards refonn and bad new legislation will be very difficulty to alter, giving us different problems for some time to come.

How Cheap is a Life?

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Berman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
First Time ◽  
Privately Owned

The owners of capital in the United States have successfully transferred most of the costs of industrial casualties onto the working class and the public at large. This has been accomplished by the creation of the privately owned workers' compensation insurance system and the corporate-dominated safety establishment. This “compensation-safety establishment” has been able to take over most of the federal apparatus created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Nevertheless, workers and unions and their allies have begun to challenge the establishment's hegemony over job health and safety policy for the first time in seventy years.

Why Work Kills a Brief History of Occupational Safety and Health in the United States

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Berman
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Research Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Elite ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
History Of ◽  
Work Accidents

In the early 20th century, U.S. monopoly corporations responded to the movement against work accidents by setting up a business-controlled “compensation-safety establishment,” which kept down compensation costs but did little to improve working conditions. This “establishment” was able to keep the issue of occupational safety and health out of public debate until the late 1960s through its control of research, education, compensation, and government appointments in the area, and by creating the public impression that the problems of occupational disease were almost nonexistent. Despite the occurrence of sporadic rank-and-file uprisings, unions have been seriously involved in health and safety only since the late 1960s, when they mobilized in an effort to pass the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The passage of the OSHA law was made possible by the help of progressive professionals, worker dissatisfaction, the new environmental consciousness, and a general climate of social unrest. Although the corporate elite, through the “compensation-safety establishment,” has been able to dominate the operation of the federal institutions created by the new law, the question of occupational health and safety is now on the permanent agenda of workers, unions, and the public.

Upaya Penanggulangan dan pencegahan penyakit akibat kerja pada perawat Di Rumah Sakit

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Natal Riang Gea
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Disease ◽  
Management System ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Occupational Accident ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Government

Abstrak. Sumber daya manusia sebagai tenaga kerja dalam perusahaan tidak terlepas dari adanyamasalahyangberkaitan dengan Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (K3). Kejadian Penyakit AkibatKerja (PAK)danKecelakaan Akibat Kerja (KAK) di Indonesia tahun 2011 tercatat 96.314 kasus dengan korbanmeninggal 2.144 orang dan cacat 42 orang. Pada tahun 2012 kasus PAK dan KAK meningkat menjadi103.000 kasus. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa penerapan Sistem Manajemen Keselamatan dan KesehatanKerja (SMK3) di Indonesia belum berjalan dengan baik. Masalah K3 tidak hanya menjadi tanggungjawab pemerintah tetapi tanggung jawab dari semua pihak terutama pengusaha, tenaga kerja dan masyarakat. Pelaksanaan SMK3 adalah salah satu bentuk upaya untuk menciptakan tempat kerja yang aman, sehat, bebas dari pencemaran lingkungan sehingga dapat mengurangi dan atau bebas dari PAK dan KAK, pada akhirnya dapat meningkatkan efisiensi dan produktivitas kerjaKata kunci: Penyakit akibat kerja, pencegahan Abstract.Human resources as labor in the company is not separated from the problems associated with the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). Occupational disease and occupational accident in Indonesia on 2011 recorded 96 314 cases with 2,144 deaths and disabled people 42 people. In 2012 the case of occupational disease and occupational accident increased to 103,000 cases. This indicates that the application of the occupational safety and health management system in Indonesia has not been going well. OHS problem is not just the responsibility of the government but the responsibility of all parties, especially employers, workers and the public. The occupational safety and health management system implementation is one of the efforts to create a workplace that is safe, healthy, free from environmental pollution so as to reduce and or free of the occupational disease and occupational accident , can ultimately improve efficiency and productivity. Keywords : Occupational disease, prevention

scholarly journals Legal Framework as a Determinant of Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Programmes in the Manufacturing Sector in Kenya.

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla Wanjiku Ndegwa ◽  
Wario Guyo ◽  
George Orwa ◽  
Robert Ng’ang’a ◽  
Elishba Muthoni Murigi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Safety And Health

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. 

scholarly journals The role of health and safety experts in the management of hazardous and toxic wastes in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 07011
Author(s):  
Supriyadi ◽  
Hadiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Toxic Waste ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Experts

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.

Roundtable on OSHA at 20: What Now?

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-65
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
The Many

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.

scholarly journals The Effect of Work Experience and OHS on Tax Office Staff’s Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Agus Bandiyono, Renzo Ilham Ryandhi Yuni Betti Mariani
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Analysis Models

This research aims to see the effect of work experience and occupational health and safety (OHS) on the staff’s performance at the Tax Service Office (KPP). In this study, the research took place at KPP Madya Palembang and KPP Minyak dan Gas Bumi. The research method used is quantitative research. The population in this study were all staff at KPP Madya Palembang and KPP Minyak dan Gas Bumi totaling 70 people. Sampling using Slovin with a standard error of 10%. The data collection techniques used were interview and questionnaire techniques. The data were processed using multiple linear regression analysis models with the help of the SPSS program. From the research results, it is known that work experience and occupational safety and health have a positive and significant effect on the staff’s performance of the tax service office.

Workers and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals: Developing the Relationship

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-116
Author(s):  
Michael B. Lax
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Technical Issue ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Class Power ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Relationship

The occupational safety and health movement has been transformed from a struggle emphasizing workplace democracy to a de-politicized technical debate. Professionals involved in occupational safety and health (OSH) are continuously urged to keep “politics” out of their work. However, “politics,” defined as the participation in knowledge production and decision-making that profoundly affects working life, is inherent to the work of OSH professionals. These professionals function within specified roles largely created and shaped to meet the needs of the corporate class. In this context, there is a need for professionals who are explicitly allied to workers struggling for health and safety. However, there are powerful constraints to the development of this alliance, including professionals’ need for jobs, job security, and credibility. Additionally, many professionals seeking an alliance with workers remain under the sway of hegemonic myths that limit their ability to function as worker allies. These myths include non-recognition of class power and its effects on workplace health, a view of OSH as purely a technical issue, and a failure to recognize how OSH knowledge is shaped by its political/economic context. Ideas for developing an alternative praxis are offered.

STRATEGI PENERAPAN MANAJEMEN KESELAMATAN DAN KESEHATAN KERJA OLEH PLN (PERSERO) UNIT INDUK P3B SUMATERA DI KOTA PEKANBARU

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noni Valen Kristiani ◽  
Abdul Sadad
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Descriptive Approach

The purpose of this study was to determine the Strategy for the Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management (K3) implemented by the company to minimize or reduce the number of accidents and occupational diseases. This type of research is a qualitative research using a descriptive approach and the data needed are primary data and secondary data derived from observations, interviews and documentation analyzed by researchers so as to obtain accurate and clear data regarding the strategy for implementing K3 Management by PLN (Persero) UIP3B Sumatra in Pekanbaru City. The results of this study indicate that the Strategy for Implementation of Occupational Safety and Health (K3) Management by PLN (Persero) UIP3B Sumatra in Pekanbaru City However, the implementation of occupational safety and health management carried out by PLN (Persero) UIP3B Sumatra has not achieved the expected goals, this happens because there are still inhibiting factors, namely low employee competence, lack of awareness from employees of the importance of K3 and lack of K3 supervision with reference to Government Regulation Number 50 of 2012.

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