2 April 2013

OSH MANAGEMENT - Maintaining Interest in Safety and Health






MAINTAINING INTEREST IN SAFETY AND HEALTH

By Faudzil Harun




You can maintain interest in OSH by organizing various programs on continuous basis :

Promote 

  Develop safety and health programs that getting every person involve.
  Conduct regular safety briefing (daily, weekly or monthly).
  Organize safety and health day / week / month activities.
  Organize safety campaign periodically.
  Play safety videos during intervals.
  Organize safety quiz / games.
  Invite employee to attend OSH meetings (rotation).
  Display Safety posters.


Recognize

  Practice single standard for every person.
  Make safety and health a serious consideration in performance review.
  Make safety and health a serious component of operating.
  Recognize safety and health as a required skill for job promotion.
  Conduct regular employee consultation.
  Develop positive attitude through prompt actions against complaints.
  Aim for Malaysia Society for Occupational Safety & Health Awards.


Get People Involve

  Organize poster competition.
  Organize slogan competition.
  Organize quiz competition.
  Organize safe and healthy department competition.


Train and Reward

  Make safety and health training a compulsory event.
  Establish competency scheme.
  Establish employee suggestion reward scheme.
●  Establish outstanding performer reward scheme (dept. and individual).