Abc Company New Employee Oh & S Manual

ABC Company New Employee OH & S Manual

About the Manual

OH & S is Occupational Health and Safety. Occupational health and safety is about providing and maintaining a work environment that is safe and without risks to health. The term ÐŽ®occupational health and safetyЎЇ reflects the emphasis on both occupational health and occupational safety. Occupational safety involves protecting people from danger such as falls, strains, being hit by objects or electric shock. Occupational health has a broader focus, and can include a range of factors that may contribute to ill health in the work environment.

As new employees, OH & S Regulation is much more important because they may donЎЇt know anything or just know a part of them about how to protect themselves and other workmates when working in the workplace. If one doesnЎЇt know how to keep oneself in a safety situation, itЎЇll certainly lead to the accident.

After reading this manual, you may have a general idea about how to keep yourself and other workmates in a safety workplace.

Objectives of the OH & S Act

In all jurisdictions there are several specific Acts and Regulations dealing with health and safety in the workplace. The underlying objectives of each separate legislation are very similar

Ўс To secure the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, including employer, employees and the self-employed

Ўс To protect persons at work against risks to health or safety

Ўс To assist in securing safe and healthy work environments

Ўс To eliminate, reduce and control at the source, risks to the health, safety and welfare of persons at work

Ўс To provide for the involvement of employees and employers and associations representing employees and employers in the formulation and implementation of health and safety standards

Ўс To promote education and awareness of occupational health and safety

Employee duties

It is each workerЎЇs duty to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others while working. This means that each employee is responsible for:

What they do ЁC their actions

What they do not do ЁC their omissions

When safe working procedures are required, they must be followed. In addition, employees must not deliberately or recklessly interfere with or misuse safety equipment that is provided. They must not deliberately put at risk the health and safety of others.

Employees can help to make the workplace safer by working with their employer to promote health and safety. As part of their duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the employee must:

Ўс Follow the health and safety policies provided by the employer and keep up to date with any changes

Ўс Practice safe work habits and obey all safety rules, and never take shortcuts or chances

Ўс Tell their supervisor about potential hazards in the workplace

Ўс Never try to perform work they are not qualified to do or work they have not been trained to do

Ўс Know emergency procedures, including fire evacuation, and follow them

Hazards

Noise

Noise is used here to mean any unwanted or disturbing sound. Noise in an information technology work environment may come from a number of different sources ЁC some computers, for example, can be quite noisy, particularly those with voice input and output, which can be distracting for other workers. Working next to an impact printer for several hours can leave one with a ringing sound in the ears. Users may develop headaches and tension from continued exposure to the high frequency, barely audible squeal produced by the computer monitors and the cooling fans inside the computer unit. If you find you are in a noise situation, tell the leader of your department as soon as possible.

Lighting

A poorly lit work environment can not only cause eyestrain and a possibly dangerous environment, but will also effect worker morale. Good lighting in the workplace is essential to enable people to see clearly and to perform their work safely. Good lighting can be defined as lighting of sufficient intensity to suit the task being completed. When you work in the computer, you need to particular notice the light and the lighting of the monitor, otherwise, your eye will easily be hurt by incorrectly way. It may be difficult to read the computer screen because of reflection from artificial lights or sunlight in the screen. The development of colour monitors and non-reflective screen surfaces has reduced reflections from computer screens. When people find it difficult to see what they are working with, they may develop poor posture because they are forced to lean or bend in an awkward manner to get closer to the task. Always adjust the lighting of your monitor before you work. It is quite important to make sure that you are in a safety and health environment. In order to protect your eyes, it is suggested to have 5 minutes break after using computer for an hour. During the short break time, you need do some exercises to relax your body muscles and see that green vision to relax your eyes.

Sitting posture

People need to work in a relaxed, comfortable posture, without stress on body parts. People do not all come in the same shape and size, so it is quite necessary to adjust the chair before you work. Some important point of suitable posture is

Ўс Feet should be firmly supported and flat on the floor or on a footrest.

Ўс Shoulders should be relaxed.

Ўс The back of the chair should support a comfortable support of the back.

Ўс Optimum viewing angle is 38 below horizontal.

Temperature and air circulation

The air in an office must circulate at a temperature in which people can work in comfort. In office environments the best temperature is around 23Ўж and it is common for air conditioning