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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
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
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
Potential work hazards • Physical factors • Chemical agents • Other hazardous substances • Workplace organisation • Stress • Violence or physical harm from work colleagues
Perspectives of OHS in Australia • Legislative base • Growth of professions with an OHS interest, all with differing perspectives • Diagnostic and management approaches
OHS law in Australia • Prevention • Compensation • Rehabilitation
Workers’ compensation • Legislated • Strong links to rehabilitation, which should be: • Industry based • Function-oriented • Based on early intervention • Multidisciplinary • Shared responsibility
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
Program management • Consultative • Strategic link to HRM • Commitment • Communication • Availability of facilities • Recording systems