What is the purpose of health and safety in a business environment?
Well the obvious answer is to protect the workforce, but on a company side its to protect from claims.
To ensure the safety and health of workers, managers establish a focus on safety that can include elements such as:
* management leadership and commitment
* employee engagement
* accountability
* ensuring all task are carried out safely and efficiently and effectivily
* safety programs, policies, and plans
* safety processes, procedures, and practices
* safety goals and objectives
* safety inspections for workplace hazards
* safety program audits
* safety tracking & metrics
* hazard identification and control
* safety committees to promote employee involvement
* safety education and training
* safety communications to maintain a high level of awareness on safety
* management leadership and commitment
* employee engagement
* accountability
* ensuring all task are carried out safely and efficiently and effectivily
* safety programs, policies, and plans
* safety processes, procedures, and practices
* safety goals and objectives
* safety inspections for workplace hazards
* safety program audits
* safety tracking & metrics
* hazard identification and control
* safety committees to promote employee involvement
* safety education and training
* safety communications to maintain a high level of awareness on safety
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_s…and
Prime role is to protect the workforce, or employees. But also, depending on the company, they will be working to ensure that any visitors, customers, clients, and even members of the public are not put at risk by anything the company does, produces, sells, hires out, builds, constructs, etc etc. If they do this job well and no one is injured then by default they will have also protected the company, its owners, directors and managers from any legal action that might have resulted in any damage that might otherwise have been caused.
Source(s):
over 40 yrs in industrial management roles.
The purpose is to protect the workforce from accidents and ill health caused by work and to protect the company from costs associated with accidents and ill health. It also enhances the overall management of the business by improved management control of the business activities. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more detailed information. www.hse.gov.uk
Source(s):
health and safety consultant
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