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CHAPTER 13 Managing occupational health and safety

CHAPTER 13 Managing occupational health and safety. Session objectives. Trace the development of OHS programs in Australian industry

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CHAPTER 13 Managing occupational health and safety

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  1. CHAPTER 13 Managing occupational health and safety

  2. Session objectives • Trace the development of OHS programs in Australian industry • Understand the various perspectives of employers, unions and employees, and the influences of medical, paramedical and legal professions on OHS theory and practice • Explain recent OHS legislation in Australia and state government jurisdictions, and analyse its respective advantages and disadvantages

  3. Session objectives (cont.) • Describe the scope of OHS programs • Determine the roles of senior, middle, line managers and human resource management specialists in the management of OHS issues at the workplace

  4. Potential work hazards • Physical factors • Chemical agents • Other hazardous substances • Workplace organisation • Stress • Violence or physical harm from work colleagues

  5. Perspectives of OHS in Australia • Legislative base • Growth of professions with an OHS interest, all with differing perspectives • Diagnostic and management approaches

  6. OHS law in Australia • Prevention • Compensation • Rehabilitation

  7. Workers’ compensation • Legislated • Strong links to rehabilitation, which should be: • Industry based • Function-oriented • Based on early intervention • Multidisciplinary • Shared responsibility

  8. Creating a safe and healthy work environment • Issues: • Accidents at work • Smoking in the workplace • Occupational stress • Potential hazards of mobile telephones • AIDS • VDUs • Occupational overuse syndrome (RSI) • Sick building syndrome • Personal problems

  9. Program management • Consultative • Strategic link to HRM • Commitment • Communication • Availability of facilities • Recording systems

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