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i. Complexity
The complexity of the Organization can mean all types of risk fail to be identified across the disciplines
Financial and budgeting planning may be involved in complex solutions leading to their own problems
Time
Expertise
Money
Focus may be placed on immediate costs rather than longer term health and safety programmed
Potential conflict on resources between productivity and health and safety to detriment of health and
safety
Even when an organization has identified solutions, the behavior of managers, supervisors and workers
can prevent good health and safety standards by:
i. Health
ii. “A state of well-being”
iii. Safety
iv. “Absence of danger of physical harm”
v. Welfare
vi. “Facilities for workplace comfort”
vii. environmental protection
General argument
The size of the problem
Societal expectations of good standards of health and safety
The business case for health and safety
General argument
i. Moral
ii. Social
iii. Economic
ILO has estimated that globally there are 2.2 million work-related deaths each year
Biggest groups of work-related diseases are cancers, circulatory diseases and communicable
diseases
Reported that there are 270 million accidents at work each year
In the European Union (EU), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work identified that
there were 3,691 work-related deaths in the EU (2011)
ILO estimates Health and Safety costs 4% of GDP per country
902 workplace deaths were recorded in Canada in 2013
On average, this equates to almost four work-related deaths per work day
In the USA 4,585 people suffered fatal injury which equates to over 12.56 deaths per work day
In Kuwait during 2006, 2,818 work-related accidents and 31 deaths occurred
In Bahrain the number of occupational deaths in all industry types almost doubled from 19 in
2006 to 36 in 2008
In the UK the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics reveal that:
133 workers were killed at work during the year 2013/14, representing 0.44 fatalities per
100,000 workers
The construction industry (42%) and agriculture (27%) accounted for most of these
Falls from height, being struck by a vehicle and being struck by a falling object account for
approximately 50% of all fatal injuries
More than 77,000 other injuries were reported under RIDDOR 2013 and about 28,200,000 days
were lost in total due to work-related ill-health and injury
Number of work-related deaths and accidents/incidents
*Size of The Problem Summary*
Societal expectations of good standards of health and safety
Many countries have established requirements for good health and safety standards (ILO
Convention C155)
A number of countries have established an employer’s ‘common law’ duty of care, which is owed
to workers
A legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they exercise a reasonable standard of
care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others
This duty of care could be considered as formalizing the implicit responsibilities held by an
individual towards another individual within society
In the UK the employer’s duty of care in common law has been established for some time and
obligates the employer to take ‘reasonable care of those that might foreseeably be affected by
its acts or omissions’
Criminal and civil law
In many countries the duty of care is now enshrined in national law with criminal and civil
penalties for non-compliance
Group Discussion
Identify potential:
Insured Costs:
i. Fire.
ii. Worker injury/death.
iii. Medical costs.
Uninsured Costs:
i. Conventions.
ii. Recommendations.
Conventions
Recommendations
i. Occupational Safety and Health Convention (C155) – a goal-setting policy for companies and
nations.
ii. Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation 1981 (R164) – supplements C155 and
gives more guidance on how to comply with its policies.
iii. We'll talk about these a lot during the course!
iv.
Employers’ Responsibilities
i. Ensure that workplaces, machinery, equipment, and work processes are safe and without
risks to health.
ii. Ensure that chemical, physical, and biological substances and agents are without risk to
health when protective measures have been taken.
iii. Provide adequate protective clothing and equipment to prevent risks of accidents or adverse
health effects.
Article 10 of R164:
i. Provide and maintain workplaces, machinery and equipment and use working methods that
are safe.
ii. Give necessary instruction, training and supervision in application and use of health and
safety measures.
iii. Introduce organizational arrangements relevant to activities and size of undertaking.
iv. Provide PPE and clothing without charge to workers.
v. Ensure that work organization, particularly working hours and rest breaks, does not
adversely affect occupational safety and health.
vi. Take reasonably practical measures with a view to eliminating excessive physical and mental
fatigue.
vii. Keep up to date with scientific and technical
viii. knowledge to comply with the above.
ix.
Regulatory Frameworks
K – NOWLEDGE
A – BILITY
T – RAINING
E – XPERIENCE
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