Components of Occupational Safety

1. Planning: The first task is to properly plan. Planning is process of setting a goal and making a path to achieving it. You can plan how can you reduce injuries, promote hygienic places, good utilisation of resources while following the standards and laws of the OHS Act. It is an act made to ensure the safety of workers.

2. Incident Reporting: It involves recording and reporting an accident if occurs unfortunately, accidents like injuries, illnesses, near misses, hazards, or complaints. It is important to provide information to the company about, and incident so that they can they corrective or preventive measures to avoid it.

3. User Friendly Interface: The design of the OHS system should be user friendly, so that everyone accessing it, whether it is employee, employer or stakeholder easily understand it. Its design and functionality should be simple, whether on paper or software based.

4. Training: It involves providing education and training to the employees about the rules and regulations of the OHS system. With proper education, they will understand the importance of rules and follow them. Training can be given through various methods like classrooms, workshops or compulsory online courses etc.

5. Certification: It involves getting a verification check of OHS standards and measures of your workplace from external body and receiving a certificate related to OHS standards. This certificate proves that your workplace meets the requirements of safety standards. It is not must, but it is good because it increases the trust of employees on the organisation and they will feel more safe working in risk free organisation.

6. Adaptation and Convenient System: OHS system should be made adaptable according to needs because in future, new technology and devices can be used. So it should be designed in way, that it can adapt with time to expectations of organisation and regulations. A convenient OHS system should also be efficient and cost-effective, saving time and resources for the organisation.

People spend about half of their time in their workplace. So, workplace safety is very necessary. Proper rules and policies are required to maintain it. It not only protects employees of any organisation but also saves people living in the nearby environment.