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Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (OSHMS)

- An Overview

EurOSHM Phil Bates BSc, CMIOSH, Senior Policy and Technical Adviser

Legislative System

Employer and Employees

European UnionCommission

Trade/employee/

employer and professional

bodies

HSE

UK parliamentand HSE

IOSH

Compliance

EU Directive

Sector/Task systems of

workOSHM systems

ACOP and Guidance

Regulations and Acts

IOSH

- IOSH is a Chartered professional membership organisation, that sets a competency frame work and standards for Health and Safety Professionals and prescribes levels of qualifications, competencies (skills and experience) and schemes of continuing professional development .

- This ensures that the level of advice and guidance given by our members is of the highest standard, quality and up to date with current legislation and good practice.

- The Rules of IOSH and therefore the competency requirements and grade of membership are governed by a Royal Charter (decree) issued by the Monarch .

IOSH

- IOSH is self funding from membership subscriptions, training courses and publishing of books.

- IOSH also provides free advice and guidance material on occupational safety and health.

- IOSH develops training and provides accreditation for training courses

- IOSH provides funding for research into occupational safety health and wellbeing.

- IOSH campaigns and lobbies the Government and Regulators in order effect positive changes to occupational health and safety legislation and guidance.

Guidance on Management systems:

FREE to download:

www.iosh.co.uk/techguide

Is regulation and Management of Occupational Safety and Health a good thing?

- UK has a good balance of Prevention and Protection Regulation and Management.

- It is not over prescriptive but based on risk assessments and what is reasonably practicable.

- There is a calculation based on the hazard, the severity of harm and likelihood of such harm occurring.

- Prevention and Protection controls need to be proportionate to the risk.

Number & rate of fatal injuries to workers after the introduction of the HSAWA1974

GB statistics for 2010/11

- 1.2 Million working people were suffering from work related illness

- 171 people were killed at work

- 12,000 people die each year as a result of occupational exposure ( latent deaths)

- 115,000 injuries resulting in 3 or more days of work

- 26.4 Million working days lost due to work related illness and work place injury

The Burden of these statistics

The social cost to employees and their families

- loss of life

- life long injury/illness

- health and medical care

- loss of earning

- impact on the family

The cost to business

- stopped production

- repair work

- damaged to equipment

- replacing staff

- retraining staff

- reputation/lost business

The cost to GB

The estimated cost to the economy for work related illness and injury is around £22 billion a year

GDP for 2009 was £1,406 billion

So the cost to the economy for work related illnessand injuries is around 1.5% of GDP!

The Global Cost

- 2.3 million people killed by workplace accidents and diseases

- 337 million workplace accidents

- 160 million people affected by occupational disease

- around 4% of world GDP = cost of occupational accidents and diseases

Cost Saving of Good health and safety legislation and management

- Global cost of poor health and safety is 4% of GDP

- UK cost of poor health and safety is 1.5% of GDP

- So if UK did not have the current legislative and management frame work the cost of poor health and safety could be as much as 4% GDP ie £56 billion compared to current cost of £22 billion.

- That is a saving of £35 billion or 2.5% of GDP

PDCA

PLAN DO

CHECKACT

THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

PDCA

- Plan: Policy planning Hazard identification and risk assessment

- Do : Implement and operation of control measures

- Check: Performance assessment, input, outputs and outcomes

- Act: review performance and plan do things need to be changed

Summary of Key points of Developing an OSHMS

- Remember management systems are not a universal remedy!

- Make sure the system is adapted to suit the organisation or company

- Focus on preventive and protection measures – not on the system itself

- Don’t forget worker participation – an OSHMS can’t work properly without communication.

- All employees at all levels of the organisation should be aware of what their responsibilities are and how they can participate.

Phil Bates CDGP V1 Apr2013

Thank You

Any questions?