Web
based Occupational Safety and health (OSH) is a procedure that every
occupational must have a proper protocol that will protect the safety, health
and welfare of people from any danger or risks resulting from factors adverse
to health in their workplace or employment. This application can helps the
organizations avoided employee injuries in the workplace and ensure that
employees comply with OSHA standards through OSHA Compliance Assistance in their
web based system that contains both online and written resources. These include
e-Tools, fact sheets on specific health and safety topics, employee training
resources and guidelines for complying with specific regulations. This
application will cover the usage of an internet-based diagnostic software
system that will use an on-line interview process that will give a compliance profile for each facility that are covered by the interviews and even a
comprehensive on how to do list to help the user on managing the compliance
Next the system must be capable to be automatically downloading, indexing,
viewing and even printing the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) file for
future report purposes and updating the user profiles over the internet
automatically.
OSHA Standards and Record Keeping
OSHA standards, general industry standards, maritime standards, construction standards,
other regulations and procedures and a field operations manual.
Record
Keeping, employers with 11 or more employees must maintain records of, and report,
occupational injuries and occupational illness that any abnormal condition or
disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with
employment.
Inspection
priorities, inspection of imminent danger situations, inspections related to
valid employee complaints of alleged violation standards. Periodic,
special-emphasis inspections aimed at high- hazard industries, occupations, or
substance. Random inspections and
re-inspections.
Responsibilities and Rights of
Employers
To
meet the duty to provide “a workplace free from recognized hazards”.
To
be familiar with mandatory OSHA standards
To
examine workplace conditions to make sure they conform to applicable standards
To
seek advice and off-site consultation from OSHA
To
request and receive proper identification of the OSHA compliance officer before
inspection.
To
be advised by the compliance officer of the reason for an inspection.
Responsibilities and Rights of
Employees
To
comply with all applicable OSHA standards
To
follow all employer safety and health rules and regulations
To
report hazardous conditions to the supervisor.
The
right to demand safety and health on the job without fear of punishment.
OSHA
cannot cite employees for violations of their responsibilities.
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1 1) Victorian
Consolidated Acts, 26 July 2012
3 3) Friend,
M. A. (2010). In Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health (pp. 5-6). New
York: Government Institutes.
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