Occupational Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Controls

Overview

What is the systematic way to identify and control workplace hazards under Malaysian law?

The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514), Section 15(1) and (2) requires every employer and every self‑employed person to ensure, so far as is practicable, the safety, health, and welfare at work of all his employees. In order to comply with the OSH Act, an organisation has to initiate and establish procedures for ongoing identification of hazards, the assessment of risks, and the implementation of necessary control measures.

The organisation must:

• Identify the level of occupational hazards of the workplace.
• Carry out an Occupational Risk Assessment of the workplace (consideration all the employees and all other people who may be affected by occupational hazards in the workplace and the organization is required to make adequate provision for any disabled people with special needs who use or may be present at its premises).
• Identify the significant findings of the Risk Assessment and the details of anyone who might be especially at risk in case of accidents or incidents (these must be recorded).
• Provide and maintain such precautions as are necessary to safeguard those who use the workplace.
• Provide information, instruction and training to its employees about the hazard precautions in the workplace.
• The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514); Section 19 states that a person who contravenes the provisions of section 15, 16, 17 or 18 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding Ringgit Malaysia Fifty Thousand (RM50,000.00) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two (2) years or both

This course provides delegates who intend to understand and manage occupational health and safety through the assessment of occupational hazard risks based on NIOSH Guidelines for Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC).

What you will learn

• Describe risk analysis and loss control concepts
• Understand hazard identification principles and techniques
• Identify organisational factors that influence the success of risk analysis
• Apply specific methodology to analyse risk
• Assess risk analysis requirements and support sources
• Assess and apply risk control methodology

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Who should attend

Managers, Executives, Officers, Engineers, Supervisors, Line Leaders, and Technicians