Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health

Legislation
Occupational Safety and Health Management
System
Incident Prevention
Emergency Preparedness, Response and Fire
Safety
Occupational First Aid
Hazard Identification, Risk Assesment and Risk
Control (Hirarc)
Electrical Safety
OSH/KKP- Occupational Safety and Health/Keselamatan Dan
Kesihatan Pekerjaan : Bidang

OSHA/AKKP-Occupational Safety and Health Administration
/Akta Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan : Perundangan

DOSH/JKKP-Department of Occupational Safety and Health /
Jabatan Keselamatan Dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan : Organisasi
yang bertanggungjawab (pihak berkuasa) berkaitan OSH di
Malaysia

NIOSH-National Institute Of Occupational Safety And Health/
Institut Keselamatan Dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan: Organisasi
penyedia latihan (training provider) dan juga penyelidikan
(research) berkaitan OSH


-Understand OSH Legislation
-Understand the importance of Safety in Workplace
-Understand Statutory Requirements
-Understand the role of Safety and Health
Organization in Malaysia
Philosophy of the Act that is,

Responsibility for safety and health in the
workplace lies with:

1. Those who create the risks (employers)
2. Those who work with the risks (employees).
FALSAFAH & KONSEP AKTA

Tangungjawab memastikan keselamatan
dan kesihatan di tempat kerja terletak di
atas mereka yang bekerja dengan bahaya
tersebut (pekerja) dan mereka yang
mengwujudkan bahaya tersebut (majikan)


Konsep setakat yang PRAKTIK atau
MUNASABAH
FALSAFAH & PRINSIP AKTA


Peraturan Kendiri atau Pengurusan
Tempat Kerja Sendiri (Self Regulation)

Kerjasama Pekerja (Cooperation) dan,

Perundingan (Consultation)
PERATURAN-PERATURAN DI BAWAH OSHA1994

Employers Safety and Health General Policy
Statements Exception Regulations 1995

Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards
Regulations 1996

Safety and Health Committee Regulations
1996

Classification, Packaging and Labeling of
Hazardous Chemical Regulations 1997
PERATURAN-PERATURAN DI BAWAH OSHA 1994

Safety and Health Officer Regulations 1997

Safety and Health Officer Order 1997

Use and Standard Exposure of Chemical
Hazardous to Health 2000

Notification of Accident, Dangerous
Occurrence, Occupational Poisoning and
Occupational Disease Regulations 2004
SKOP AKTA

merangkumi dan melindungi semua
orang yang bekerja dalam semua aktiviti
ekonomi termasuk perkhidmatan awam,
badan berkanun dan sektor swasta
kecuali :


Angkatan Tentera
Mereka yang bekerja di atas kapal
perdagangan
SKOP AKTA
Pengilangan
Perlombongan dan Kuari
Pembinaan
Pertanian, Perhutanan dan Perikanan
Kemudahan Elektrik, Gas, Air dan Perkhidmatan Kebersihan
Pengangkutan, Penyimpanan dan Komunikasi
Perdagangan Borong dan Runcit
Hotel dan Restoran
Kewangan, Insurans, Hartanah dan Perkhidmatan Perniagaan
Perkhidmatan Awam dan Pihak Berkuasa Berkanun
To secure the safety, health and welfare of
persons at work against risks to safety or
health arising out of the activities of
persons at work;
To protect persons at place of work other
than persons at work against risks to
safety or health arising out of the activities
of persons at work;
To promote an occupational
environment for persons at work which
is adapted to their physiological and
psychological needs;
To provide the means whereby the
associated occupational safety and
health legislations may be
progressively replaced by a system of
regulations and approved industry
codes of practice operating in
combination with the provisions of this
Act designed to maintain
or improve the standards of safety and
health.

TUJUAN AKTA OSHA
Untuk memastikan keselamatan, kesihatan dan
kebajikan orang-orang yang sedang bekerja.
Untuk melindungi orang-orang di tempat kerja
(selain daripada orang-orang yang sedang bekerja).
Untuk mengalakkan suatu persekitaran pekerjaan
yang bersesuaian dengan fisiologi dan psikologi
orang-orang yang sedang bekerja.
Untuk mengadakan suatu sistem perundangan yang
berasas kepada peraturan-peraturan dan tata amalan
industri disamping peruntukan Akta.
PART I - PRELIMINARY
PART II - APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
PART III - NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
PART IV - GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS
PART V - GENERAL DUTIES OF DESIGNERS, MANUFACTURAERS AND
SUPPLIERS
PART VI - GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES PART VII- SAFETY AND HEALTH
ORGANISATION
PART VIII - NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS, DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE
OCCUPATIONAL POISONING AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND
INQUIRY
PART IX - PROHIBITON AGAINST USE OF PLANT OR SUBSTANCE
PART X - INDUSTRY CODES OF PRACTICE PART XI - ENFORCEMENT AND
INVESTIGATION
PART XII - LIABILITY FOR OFFENCES
PART XIII - APEALS
PART XIV - REGULATIONS PART XV- MISCELLANEOUS

Section 15. General duties of employers and
self-employed persons to their employees.
Section 16. Duty to formulate safety and
health policy
Section 17. General duties of employers and
self-employed persons to persons other than
their employees
Section 18. Duties of an occupier of a place
of work to persons other than his employees
Section 19. Penalty for an offence under
section 15, 16, 17 or 18
(1) It shall be the duty of every employer and
every self-employed person to ensure, so far
as is practicable, the safety, health and
welfare at work of all his employees.
Seksyen 15: KEWAJIPAN AM MAJIKAN &
ORANG BEKERJA SENDIRI
Bah. IV Seksyen 15 ( 1 )
SETAKAT YANG PRAKTIK
Teruknya bahaya atau risiko terlibat
Pengetahuan mengenai hazad, risiko dan
cara mengawalnya.
Kewujudan dan Kesesuaian kaedah
pengawalan
Kos yang terlibat bagi mengawal bahaya atau
risiko tersebut
a) the provision and maintenance of plant
and systems of work that are, so far as is
practicable, safe and without risks to
health;
b) the making of arrangements for
ensuring, so far as is practicable, safety
and absence of risks to health in
connection with the use or operation,
handling, storage and transport of plant
and substances;

c) the provision of such information, instruction,
training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so
far as is practicable, the safety and health at work of
his employees;
d) so far as is practicable, as regards any place of work
under the control of the employer or self-employed
person, the maintenance of it in a condition that is
safe and without risks to health and the provision
and maintenance of the means of access to and
egress from it that are safe and without such risks;

e) the provision and maintenance of a
working environment for his employees that
is, so far as is practicable, safe, without risks
to health, and adequate as regards facilities
for their welfare at work.
KEWAJIPAN AM MAJIKAN & ORANG YG BEKERJA
SENDIRI
Mengada dan menyelenggara loji dan sistem kerja
yang selamat dan tanpa risiko kepada kesihatan
Membuat perkiraan tentang langkah-langkah yang
perlu diambil dalam penyimpanan, pengendalian,
penyimpanan dan pengangkutan loji dan bahan.
Menyediakan maklumat, arahan, latihan dan
pengawasan ke atas aktiviti-aktiviti berbahaya
Menyelenggara tempat kerja serta menyediakan
laluan keluar dan masuk yang selamat.
Menyediakan dan memelihara persekitaraan tempat
kerja yang selamat dan dengan kelengkapan yang
mencukupi.
it shall be the duty of every employer and
every self-employed person to prepare and
as often as may be appropriate revise a
written statement of his general policy with
respect to the safety and health at work of
his employees and the organization and
arrangements for the time being in force for
carrying out that policy, and to bring the
statement and any revision of it to the
notice of all of his employees.
Prepare a written policy
Employers are therefore required to review
the policy periodically.
These policies are acceptable as long as
information on organization and
arrangements to ensure safety and health in
the workplace are included in the policies.
The employee should be informed
KEWAJIPAN AM MAJIKAN & ORANG BEKERJA
SENDIRI
Bah. IV : Seksyen16

Kewajipan majikan dan orang yang bekerja
sendiri menyediakan kenyataan bertulis
mengenai DASAR AMNYA berkenaan
keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerja-
pekerjanya, ORGANISASI dan PERKIRAAN yang
sedang berkuatkuasa bagi menjalankan dasar
itu dan memberitahu pekerja-pekerjanya
tentang dasar tersebut.
KEWAJIPAN AM MAJIKAN & ORANG BEKERJA
SENDIRI
Bah. IV : Seksyen16

Kewajipan menyediakan POLISI OSH
Menyediakan dasar yg bertulis.
Semakan dari masa ke semasa dasar bertulis.
Mengadakan susunatur dan perkiraan di dalam
melaksanakan dasar tersebut.
Memaklumkan kepada pekerja.
the duty of every employer and every
self employed person to conduct his
undertaking in such a manner as to
ensure, so far as is practicable, that he
and other persons, not being his
employees
Ensure that so far as is practicable, a
person other than his employees who
might be affected is not exposed to any
health and safety risk.
Provide informations about work
activities carried out
KEWAJIPAN AM MAJIKAN & ORANG BEKERJA
SENDIRI
Bah. IV : Seksyen17
Kewajipan majikan dan orang yang bekerja sendiri
terhadap orang lain selain dari pekerja mereka.
Memastikan setakat yang praktik mereka tidak
terdedah kepada risiko bahaya dari tempat
kerja
Memberi maklumat tentang aspek aktiviti di
tempat kerja
(1) An occupier of non-domestic premises
which has been made available to persons,
not being his employees, as a place of
work, or as a place where they may use a
plant or substance provided for their use
there, shall take such measures as are
practicable to ensure that the premises, all
means of access thereto and egress there
from available for use by persons using the
premises, and any plant or substance in the
premises or provided for use there, is or are
safe and without risks to health.
(a) the maintenance or repair of a place of
work or any means of access thereto or
egress therefrom; or
(b) the prevention of risks to safety and
health that may arise from the use of any
plant or substance in the place of work,
liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand
ringgit
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years
or both.

Seksyen 19: PENALTI DI ATAS PELANGGARAN
SEKSYEN 15 -18
DENDA : tidak melebihi RM 50,000.00
PENJARA : tidak melebihi 2 tahun
atau KEDUA-DUANYA SEKALI
Section 24: General duties of employees at
work
Section 25. Duty not to interfere with or
misuse things provided pursuant to certain
provisions
Section 26. Duty not to charge employees
for things done or provided
Section 27. Discrimination against
employee, etc.


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To take care to ensure the safety of himself and other
persons.
To provide full cooperation to the employer and other
persons in complying with the requirements of OSHA
1994.
To wear or use, at all times, any protective equipment
or clothing provided by the employer.-Section 24
Not to intentionally, recklessly or negligently interfere with
or misuse any item provided or activity carried out in the
interest of OSH in pursuance of the OSHA 1994.-Section
25
Penalty for failure to comply: RM 1,000 or three months
imprisonment or both.
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An employer with 40 or more employees must establish an
OSH committee. -Section 30
Both management and workers must have adequate and
equal representation in the committee.
The committee provides a path for consultation and
cooperation between management and workers in identifying,
assessing and controlling workplace hazards.
Among the committees functions are
review OSH measures undertaken;
inspect the workplace;
investigate possible hazards, accidents, near-misses;
recommend corrective action.
Penalty for failure to comply: RM 5,000 or six months
imprisonment or both
(1) It shall be the duty of every employee
while at work
(a) to take reasonable care for the safety and
health of himself and of other persons
who may be affected by his acts or
omissions at work;
(b) to co-operate with his employer or any
other person in the discharge of any duty
or requirement imposed on the employer
or that other person by this Act or any
regulation made thereunder;
(c) to wear or use at all times any protective
equipment or clothing provided by the
employer for the purpose of preventing risks
to his safety and health;
(d) to comply with any instruction or measure
on occupational safety and health instituted
by his employer or any other person by or
under this Act or any regulation made
thereunder
(2) A person who contravenes the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of an offence
and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
months or to both.
A person who intentionally, recklessly or
negligently interferes with or misuses
anything provided or done in the interests of
safety, health and welfare in pursuance of
this Act shall be guilty of an offence and
shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years or to both.
No employer shall levy or permit to be levied
on any employee of his any charge in respect of
anything done or provided in pursuance of this
Act or any regulation made thereunder.
The employer must not charge his employees
for providing personal protective equipments or
other requirements of the law.
For example the employee cannot be required to
pay for personal protective equipments (e.g.
safety boots, goggles, face mask, gloves or
safety helmet) and employees welfare facilities
(e.g. first aid box).
(1) No employer shall dismiss an employee,
injure him in his employment, or alter his
position to his detriment by reason only that
the employee:
(a) makes a complaint about a matter which
he considers is not safe or is a risk to health;
(b) is a member of a safety and health
committee established pursuant to this Act;
or
(c) exercises any of his functions as a member
of the safety and health committee.
(2) No trade union shall take any action on
any of its members who, being an employee
at a place of work
(a) makes a complaint about a matter which he
considers is not safe or is a risk to health;
(b) is a member of a safety and health
committee established pursuant to this Act;
or
(c) exercises any of his functions as a member
of a safety and health committee.
(3) An employer who, or a trade union which,
contravenes the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding
ten thousand ringgit or to a term of
imprisonment not exceeding one year or to
both.
(4) Notwithstanding any written law to the
contrary, where a person is convicted of an
offence under this section the Court may, in
addition to imposing a penalty on the
offender, make one or both of the following
orders:
(a) an order that the offender pays within a
specific period to the person against whom the
offender has discriminated such damages as it
thinks fit to compensate that person;
(b) an order that the employee be reinstated or
re-employed in his former position or, where
that position is not available, in a similar
position.

See Folder Factory & Machinery Act
Gives protection in terms of health and safety
for all workers working in factories regardless
of sex
The jurisdiction of the act covers all factories
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In the year 1967, the Factory and Machinery Act was
approved by the Parliament of Malaysia.
In 1970, the Factory and Machinery Act and eight
regulations under the act were enforced.
This act was legislated to overcome the weaknesses in
the Machinery Ordinance 1953,
They were not protected if they are working
in a workplace that doesnt use machinery.
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This legislation was made considering the fact that the
Factory and Machinery Act 1967 only covers
occupational safety and health in the manufacturing,
mining, quarrying and construction industries, whereas
the other industries are not covered.
The purpose of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
is to promote and encourage occupational safety and
health awareness among workers and to create
organization along with effective safety and health
measures.
Department of Safety and Health (DOSH)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
Social Security Organization (SOCSO)