Web Based OSH

WEB BASED OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and HEALTH (OSH).

Based on my understanding, Web Based OSH application really important to the employer because it will help them to manage and organizing well the matter related to the safety and health of their employees. OSH or Occupational Safety and Health can be defined as an action to protecting the safety, health and welfare of workers in the workplace environment.

Back to the old day, the organization only used the written form or classic method to fulfil the information related to the OSH for the employee in their organization. However, because of the rapid changes in the technology, the classic method was changed to the modern application method called Web Based OSH. According to Gallagher (2000), occupational safety and health systems as a combination of the planning and review, the management organizational arrangements, the consultative arrangements and the specific program elements that work together in an integrated way to improve health and safety performance. This is systematic online application system or via internet, that can help the management to organize the needs of employee in the OSH area such as information, knowledge and skills in OSH, training and many more. The functions of this application system are to reporting the accident and keeping the record, updating safety and health training records and for workers’ compensation claims related to the accidents in the workplace or OSH. Employee can update their current information in the web and the employer can review the record for further actions. 

There are three important elements in this system that can help the employee and employer to update the latest information and overcome the safety and health problem that occur.  First, OSHA Form 300 or Log of Work Related Injuries and Illnesses the basic report that consist all detail information of employee. It is also consists of all the information about the injuries and illnesses related to the work. Second, Injuries and Incident Report or Form 301, which consists of details report related to the accident or illnesses including victim information, location, type of accidents and more. Lastly, OSHA Form 300A or Summary of work related injuries and illnesses, which is the summary of the report that useful for the management to make an effective decision to prevent the same problems happen in the future, normally by provide suitable safety and health training to the employee. The system can simplified the record keeping and updating to produce safety workplace.

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REFERENCE:

Ø  Maimunah Aminuddin, Human Resource Management - Principle and Practices, 2008,  Selangor, Oxford Fajar Sdn Bhd.

Ø  Michael J. Kavanagh, Mohan Thite and Richard D. Johnson, Human Resource Information Systems- Basic, Application and Future Directions, Los Angeles, Sage.

Ø  NOHSC, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems “A Review of Their Effectiveness in Securing Healthy and Safe Workplaces”.