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OVERVIEW OF MODERN HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES

OVERVIEW OF MODERN HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES. AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA. PRESENTED BY. Dr Olugbenga O. Bejide M.B., B.S., M.B.A., M.P.H., F.N.I.M. OUTLINE. Introduction Early Occupational Health Workers Early Development of OHS in Nigeria

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OVERVIEW OF MODERN HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES

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  1. OVERVIEW OF MODERN HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA JABULANI CONSULTS

  2. PRESENTED BY Dr Olugbenga O. Bejide M.B., B.S., M.B.A., M.P.H., F.N.I.M. JABULANI CONSULTS

  3. OUTLINE • Introduction • Early Occupational Health Workers • Early Development of OHS in Nigeria • Types of OHS services in Nigeria • Health & Safety Management Systems in Nigeria • Prospects, Challenges & Recent Trends of OHS • Summary and Conclusion JABULANI CONSULTS

  4. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH • ………….a speciality concerned with the two-way relationship between health and work HEALTH WORK JABULANI CONSULTS

  5. Bernadino Ramazini (1633-1714) • Father of Occupational Medicine • Physician and a professor of Medicine, Modena and Padua • In 1700, published ‘De MorbisArtificumDiatriba’ • The first to recommend that physicians should enquire about patient’s kind of job JABULANI CONSULTS

  6. OTHER WORKERS IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE Sir Thomas Legge (1863-1932) He was the first Inspector of Factories in Britain and developed a medical inspectorate which was effective in improving working conditions in the factories JABULANI CONSULTS

  7. OTHERS Charles Turner Thackray (1795-1833) …..a British physician and a great pioneer of Occupational Medicine who published a book entitled ‘ The effects of the Principal Arts, Trades and Professions and of Civic States and Habits of Living on Health and Longetivity’ This was the first British book on occupational diseases which helped to bring about legislations on improvements to factory conditions JABULANI CONSULTS

  8. OTHERS F. Ferisman (1842-1915) • Was a pioneer in public health in Russia • Campaigned for the improvement of the environmental conditions in factories JABULANI CONSULTS

  9. OTHERS PhillipaFlowerday • The first recorded Occupational Health Nurse • She worked with J.J. Coleman’s mustard factory in Norwich (1878) • She took care of illness and injuries at work • She also visited the sick workers at home JABULANI CONSULTS

  10. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA • 1945 Labour Code • 1955 Factory Ordinance • 1956 Factory Act • 1941 Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance • MrBritnell was the first Chief Inspector of Factories and organised the first National Industrial Safety Conference in Lagos in August 1962 • Prof G.O. Sofoluwe: Father of Occupational Medicine in Nigeria in 1968 JABULANI CONSULTS

  11. NISCN …..a tripartite organisation of government, employers and employees formed in May 1964 to address, advise and regulate occupational health and safety matters in Nigeria but currently in the process of re-structuring JABULANI CONSULTS

  12. NISP • ……a technical arm of the NISCN formed in 1980 comprising mainly safety professionals but currently in the process of re-structuring JABULANI CONSULTS

  13. OH CONCEPT • ILO WHO Committee aims at the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations • In summary: ‘the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job’ JABULANI CONSULTS

  14. THE OH TEAM • Occupational Health Physician • Occupational Health Practitioner • Occupational Health Nurse • Occupational Hygienist • Industrial Psychologist • Ergonomist/Safety Engineer • Safety Officer JABULANI CONSULTS

  15. TYPES OF OH SERVICES IN NIGERIA • No doctor or nurse but a clinic attendant/assistant on ground • Company GP sends a doctor or a nurse to run the facility from time to time • Full-time Nurse working alone • Full-time Nurse with part-time visiting doctor otherwise engaged • Full-time OH team (see previous slide 14) JABULANI CONSULTS

  16. FOR YOU WHAT TYPE OF OH SERVICE IS YOURS? (SEE PREVIOUS SLIDE 15) JABULANI CONSULTS

  17. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (I) • SHE e.g. Heineken • HSE e.g. Shell • EHS e.g. BAT • SSHE • SHEQ JABULANI CONSULTS

  18. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (II) • OHSE • OHS • OSH • OH • OS Yellow=UKwhile Green= US JABULANI CONSULTS

  19. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (III) • Top Management Safety Anchor • Safety Committee • Safety Department/Unit • Safety Manager/Officer • Line Manager JABULANI CONSULTS

  20. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (IV) • Occupational Health Physician • Occupational Health Nurse • Occupational Hygienist • Industrial Psychologists • Toxicologist • Ergonomist JABULANI CONSULTS

  21. TPM MODELS • TPM Safety Pillars • Steps and Modules • Evidence-based methodologies • Result-oriented • Integrated with other pillars • Sustainable JABULANI CONSULTS

  22. PROSPECTS (I) • Legislative Requirement • Corporate Social Responsibility • Motivation of employees • Public perception • Buyers’ Market JABULANI CONSULTS

  23. PROSPECTS (II) • Society’s awareness of rights • Pressure from CSO and HRO • Indemnity and possibility of litigation • Increasing power of the Chief Inspector of Factories • Demand for good governance at all levels JABULANI CONSULTS

  24. CHALLENGES (I) • Cheap labour market • High level of unemployment • Low level of industrialisation • Labour overconcentration on wages • Labour underconcentration on work conditions JABULANI CONSULTS

  25. CHALLENGES (II) • Poverty in the land • Ignorance of workers • Inadequate local statistics of OHS diseases and conditions • Poor publicity of OHS injuries • Undue Partisanship JABULANI CONSULTS

  26. RECENT TRENDS (1) • OHS policy statements with copies to employees, stakeholders and government and also framed copies displayed in the premises • Occupational Health and Safety Committees • Risk Assessment ( Hazard Inventory) • Greater focus on Ergonomics • Computerised access control • Smarter working uniforms JABULANI CONSULTS

  27. RECENT TRENDS (2) • Employee Assistance Programmes e.g. Du Point and Heineken on alcoholics • HIV/AIDS workplace programs • Pedestrian and Vehicular WALKWAYS • Main gate SAFETY DATA BOARDS • Safety digital boards on production floors • Safety tags JABULANI CONSULTS

  28. RECENT TRENDS (3) • Safety Guides for visitors • Publicised OHS Weeks • Road Markings • 5S Markings of the shopfloors • Housekeeping audits • Administrative control JABULANI CONSULTS

  29. RECENT TRENDS (4) • Speed Breakers • First Aid Boxes and Trained First Aiders • Hanging Functional Fire Extinguishers and Trained Fire Fighting Executives • Conspicuous Fire Assembly Points • Safety awards and bonuses • Safety sanctions JABULANI CONSULTS

  30. RECENT TRENDS (5) • Conspicuous display of framed copies of the Factory Act within the factory premises • Safety video clips and induction for guests • PPE provision for all guests • OHS as a full-fledged department • Hearing Conservation program • Health Insurance/Capitation JABULANI CONSULTS

  31. RECENT TRENDS (6) • Brief safety talk at every forum/meeting • Fame and shame boards • Near Miss reporting • TPM Safety Pillar • Break exercises • Keep-fit sessions/gymnasium JABULANI CONSULTS

  32. RECENT TRENDS (7) • Fire Drills • Generation of worst-case scenarios • Accident Stimulation • Computer screen log-on • Periodic Medical Examination & Periodic Health Assessment • External Safety Audits JABULANI CONSULTS

  33. RECAP • Introduction • Early Occupational Health Workers • Early Development of OHS in Nigeria • Types of OHS services in Nigeria • Health & Safety Management Systems in Nigeria • Prospects, Challenges & Recent Trends of OHS • Summary and Conclusion JABULANI CONSULTS

  34. SUMMARY & CONCLUSION We are still generally far away from where we should be in OHS in Nigeria and it will take the concerted efforts of you and I to move OHS forward in Nigeria ……….Jabulani Consults JABULANI CONSULTS

  35. FUTURE OUTLOOK ……..bright but we need to move faster! JABULANI CONSULTS

  36. THANK YOU JABULANI CONSULTS

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