Regulation and Control in Occupational Health and Safety

1. Regulation and Control in occupational health and safety. Dr. Ardini S Raksanagara,dr.,MPH. Public Health Department Faculty of Medicine

2. To show some regulation for controlling Occupational health and safety (C2) • To understand the management control in Occupational health and safety (C2) • To understand the controlling through health aspect in Occupational health and safety (C2)

3. Danggur Kondarus, Keselamatan Kesehatan Kerja, Litbang Danggur & Partners, 2006, page 141-146

4. Introduction • Sources of law in occupational health and safety : • Acts of parliament • Regulation : the most important source of occupational health law

5. International law • ILO (international Labour Organization) • An important source of International law for occupational health • Was founded in 1919 • Consist of representatives of national government, employers and workers organization • Its aim is to improve international labour standards including occupational health and safety

6. Labour Union • The most important force in promoting safety protection and decent working condition for all workers • US : labour movement • Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) • Promote workers’ right

7. Unions have directed more attention to occupational health and safety through • collective bargaining agreements • Hiring of health professional , workplace and safety committees, educational program • Support epidemiologic study

8. The role of union • Is to represent and pursue the collective interest of workers • Wages • Hours • Benefits • Condition of employment including health and safety • Peace, justice and the quality of life

9. Workers belong to unions for a variety reasons • Two important reason are • To have input about their working conditions • To ha representation ensuring that they will be treated fairly at the workplace

10. Applying Union principles to health and safety • Union for Political action, collective bargaining • The principles of union are : 1. The right to protection unions advocate for safety programs that identify and effectively control hazards 2. The right to participate and act union advocate for the right of workers to participate fully in all aspects of workplace health and safety program 3 The right to know worker have the right to understand the information related to occupational health and safety program

11. Regulation in practice • Workplace safety and health regulation (US)  rights, role and responsibilities under the occupational safety and health act • the occupational safety and health act (OSHAct) 1970 : purpose and policy …. To assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions • OSHA as the principal regulatory and enforcement agency to achieve this purpose

12. Legislative Control • Management Control • Engineering Control • Medical Control

13. Legislative control • Workplace should implement the regulation of occupational health and safety (OHS)

14. Government regulation

15. Government Role • Government began taking a more active role in the creation and enforcment of standards for a safe and healthful workplace and a safe and healthty environment  Occupational Safety and Health Act

16. The Role of Government • To set and enforce health and safety standards for : • Occupational or environmental contaminant • Food safety • Consumer protection • Other public concern

17. Engineering Control • Pengaturan ruang kerja • Penempatan alat-alat produksi • Pengadaan alat dan prasarana keselamatan kerja • Perbaikan ventilasi • Pengaturan cahaya

18. Medical Control • Health education and health promotion for worker • Health behavior • Health nutrition • Smoking education • Pre placement examination • Periodic examination

19. Thankyou