OSH EAR by Dr Sharudin NIOSH

COSH 2011 – KLCC – 18 JULY 2011

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EMPOWERMENT

• Empowerment is defined as “freedom and authority given to employees to pursue their unique vision”. When this is provided to safety committee, strong commitment and support is evident.

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ACCOUNTABILITY

• Accountability is a concept in ethics and governance with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as responsibility, answerability, blameworthiness, liability and other terms associated with the expectation of account-giving.

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RESPONSIVE

• Responsive is a comparative measurement of the time taken to response to a particular action. The measurement could be concerned with the speed of emergency response to a critical situation but may equally be used to judge the behavior f an organisation towards, for example, an industrial incident or accident.

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EMPOWERMENT

EMPOWERMENT

Personal empowerment and self sufficiency.

New opportunities and challenges for today’s OSH practitioner.

Congruence between personal expectations, company’s priorities and societal changes.

EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY (S.15)

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“So far as is practicable…”

• provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health;

• ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use or operation, handling, storage and transport of plant and substances;

• provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision

• maintenance of it in a condition and means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks;

• working environment that is safe, without risks to health, and adequate as regards facilities for their welfare at work.

WHAT EMPOWERMENT - IS Responsibility and Ownership. Working independently towards common

objectives. Understanding “Why?” so that guidelines can be

applied. Weighing the impact of decisions on all affected

stakeholders. Making more trade -offs, not less. An earned privilege. It is not a

given right!!

WHAT EMPOWERMENT - IS NOT Throwing out the rule book. Bypassing everyone who will say “No”. Doing the “Fun Parts” of someone else’s

job. Freedom to unilaterally make decisions that

impact others.

GIVE POWER AWAY

“Power is an ‘expandable pie’… power is not a zero-sum commodity, requiring that for others to have more, the leader must have less.”

“You have to give power to gain power.”

EMPOWERMENT TRIANGLE

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Safety and Health Officer

OSH Committee

Accountability

Task Responsibility

Authority

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ACCOUNTABILITY

COMPLIANCE

Legislation Hazards & Risks

Employees

WHO’s ACCOUNTABILITY

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A safety management system shall clearly define lines of safety accountability throughout the [organization], including a direct accountability for safety on the part of senior management.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Responsibility vs. Accountability

OSH Committee

No

Accountability

No Safety

Sec 30 : Safety & Health Committee

WHAT IS ACCOUNTABILITY?

• Most common responses refer to negative consequences for failure to perform• Dictionary: Liable or Answerable• It is the ability to account for or to measure• Obligation to fulfill a task…or else

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Safety

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OSH : TOWARDS SELF - REGULATION

PRIVATE SECTOR

GOVERNMENT

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RESPONSIBILITY VS. ACCOUNTABILITY

• Responsibility is an obligation to perform duties• It relies on personal integrity• It does not necessarily have associated consequences

• Accountability requires consequences• Consequences should be balanced

• Someone is accountable when his/her performance is measured• When someone is responsible, his/her performance

is not necessarily measured• The objective is to motivate performance

The “condition” of effective accountability exists when an employee’s authorized behavior is objectively evaluated and results in appropriate consequences.

Effective Accountability = Authorized Behaviors + Objective Evaluation + Appropriate

Consequences

WHAT IS EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY?

Authority

At least three types of authority are necessary for a responsible person to perform assigned safety and health tasks effectively--these are:

1. Authority over the work (employee/supervisor)

2. Authority over needed resources (employee/supervisor)

3. Authority over employees (supervisor)

Behavior

Behavior is an observable action. It’s something we do.

Evaluation

Evaluation is a judgment.

• Judge the behavior, not the person

• Judgment should be based on facts, not fiction

Consequence

The result or effect caused by our behavior.

• Positive or negative

• Natural consequences – hurt or health

• System consequences – discipline or positive recognition

WHAT IS EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY?

FUNCTION OF OSH COMMITTEE PART III ( OSHA 1994 )

Assist in development of Safety & Health rules and safe system of work

Review the effectiveness of Safety & Health Programmed

To investigate any safety & health matter brought to attention of employer.

Review Safety & Health policies and recommend to employer for revision of such policies.

SAFETY COMMITTEE

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RESPONSIVE

RESPONSIVE

WHAT IS - RESPONSIVE

1.Reacting quickly and positively2.Responding readily and with interest or enthusiasm

3.Answering

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Source : DOSH

STRATEGY 2 : INCULCATING PREVENTIVE WORKPLACE

CULTURE

PROGRAM 4 : DESIGN AND DEVELOP SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENTS, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS

MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER

Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam, Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia

Source : DOSH

……..An enterprise implementing a good OSH management system and integrating that into its own overall business management system will also tend to make improvements management-wise which will translate into better efficiency and productivity. This will contribute to the formation of a safe, healthy and productive pool of human capital. That, I believe, will dovetail perfectly with our collective national aspirations of becoming a fully developed country in the not too distant future.

ExperienceExperience OutcomesOutcomes

Line ManagementLine Management

Middle Management Middle Management

Top ManagementTop Management

Follow-Follow-throughthrough

Conceptual / Policy / Budget

Plan / Review/ Audit / Commit

Execution / Understanding / Focus / Committee

CONCLUSION: ‘ BEST PARCTICE ‘

Safety and Health

Ability to compete

Access to Global Markets

Cost and Risk Reduction

Enhanced Reputation

Employee morale

Improved quality

Improved efficiency

Improved productivity

Adds Business Value and Competitive Adds Business Value and Competitive Advantage …Advantage …

Iskandar Syahril (03-8922 1930), [email protected] Nasution (03-8922 1926), [email protected]

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