Occupational Health And Safety Management Systems Research Articles

Constraints of The Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) in Construction Projects in Ternate City

In a construction project there are various problems that occur, one of which is the problem regarding the occupational Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) which must always be considered. The research location is located in the city of Ternate, North Maluku province. This study aims to determine which constraint variable has the most influence based on the perception of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) experts. The method used is the Analytical Hierarchy Process method through the distribution of questionnaires and interviews with several construction companies. Based on the results of the AHP analysis, the rankings of the constraint variables are as follows: no evaluation related to OHS for workers in the field (0.2312), low culture (0.2277), no punishment for workers who do not carry out OHS in the field (0.1486).

Effect of an occupational health and safety management system based on KOSHA 18001 on industrial accidents.

Many Korean enterprises have been operating an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) based on Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) 18001 certification standards, which were developed in South Korea. This study analyzed health and safety performance among enterprises operating KOSHA 18001. Accident rates from 2010 to 2017 of 1,541 enterprises that implemented KOSHA 18001 and those that did not (N = 2,507,363) were analyzed by industry and size. The differences in the accident reduction rate before and after KOSHA 18001 implementation were analyzed in enterprises that implemented the system. Compared to before implementation, the accident reduction rate was greater after KOSHA 18001 was implemented. The year that an enterprise began operating KOSHA 18001 was defined as T. For industry-specific analysis, the accident reduction rate between T and T + 1 was greater than that between T-2 and T-1 increased among both manufacturing (p = 0.020) and other enterprises (p = 0.011). For size-specific analyses, the accident reduction rate between T and T + 1was greater than that between T-2 and T-1 among enterprises with 299 or fewer workers (p = 0.008) and enterprises with 300 or more workers (p = 0.043). However, the accident rates of enterprises that implemented KOSHA 18001 and those that did not varied by industry and size. The findings suggest that enterprises that do not utilize an OHSMS should consider doing so to prevent and reduce industrial accidents, and industry- and size-specific features should be considered to boost safety performance through the implementation of OHSMS.

An analysis of pivotal factors in the implementation of occupational health and safety management systems in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs): Literature review

ObjectiveIn its aim to develop a model of an occupational safety and health management system (OSHMS) for MSMEs in Indonesia, this study seeks to explore crucial factors in relation to the implementation of such a system in MSMEs by conducting a review of previous studies on the topic. MethodsThis systematic review is an exploratory study from several online databases our using a combination of two keywords that refer to the population and exposure variables in the PROSPERO Approach by using the “AND” strategy. Each literature goes through selection based on PRISMA flow chart. A Critical Appraisal Skill Programme (CASP) checklist for risk of bias assessment was used for the evidence quality appraisal. ResultFrom 37 papers, books, online books and local articles were selected, we identified pivotal factors in the implementation of OHSMS in MSMEs which can be classified into downstream factors (OSH training, commitment, risk management, and communication), middle stream factors (support from the third party), and upstream factors (the role of government). ConclusionVarious pivotal factors in promoting OSH implementation at MSMEs can be seen as role of MSMEs actors (employer and employee); third party and government.

Inclusion of Construction Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) Components in Building Construction Project

Building construction projects are required to have the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (Sistem Manajemen Kesehatan dan Keselamatan Kerja, OHSMS) due to its high-risk nature. For this purpose, the Ministry of Public Works and People’s Housing of the Republic of Indonesia has issued the Circular Letter Number 66/SE/M/2015 on Costs for Implementing Construction Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) in the Field of Public Works. The purpose of this study is to present a detailed description of OHSMS implementation in several building construction projects by using the Ministry’s Circular as the reference. This study is a descriptive study on 30 building construction projects implemented in Indonesia from 2017 to 2019 as the unit of analysis. Data were collected using a questionnaire which was developed based on the content of the Circular of the Minister of Public Works and People’s Housing Number 66/SE/M/2015. This questionnaire was then distributed to respondents using the purposive sampling technic.The OHSMS implementation subcomponents that are most frequently included in the work agreement of building construction projects are work procedure manual development, OHS induction, safety net, protective helmet, worker insurance (BPJS ketenagakerjaan dan kesehatan kerja), OHS expert and/or OHS officer, first aids kit, prohibition sign, and portable fire extinguishers. The least frequently included subcomponents are the provision of worker identity cards (KIP), poster, fall restraint, life jacket, Certificate of OHS Steering Committee (Panitia Pembina Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja, P2K3), medical officer, fogging solution, traffic strip light, OHS flag, and internal audit and inspection programs. A total of 30 building construction projects have implemented OHSMS by including the details of the construction OHSMS implementation, as stated in the Minister of Public Works and People’s Housing Circular Number 66/SE/M/2015 in their work contract.

A Cloud-Based Tool for Integrating Occupational Risk Assessment Within Management Systems for SMEs

About 67% of workers employed in the industrial and service sectors in the European Union are currently contracted by Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), which represent the economic heart of the European economy. However, this strength is counterbalanced by a considerably higher overall accident rate compared to Large Enterprises (LEs), and this trend seems to be confirmed worldwide. Moreover, most available tools for risk assessment and occupational health and safety (OHS) management are originally designed to fit the needs of LEs, resulting in a gap for SMEs. Therefore, the effective management of OHS in SMEs has become a crucial issue for researchers, practitioners and policymakers, aiming to improve the social and economic sustainability of small companies. The main purpose of this study is to provide guidelines to implement effective risk assessment processes and integrate them with OHS management systems in SMEs. A literature analysis of risk assessment and OHS management in SMEs highlights the main findings and gaps. Then, the three-phases methodology adopted is presented, outlining the main steps and outputs of the project. Finally, the web-based software tool for OHS risk analysis and management, designed to answer the specific needs of SMEs, is presented.

ICT-Enabled Mobile Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Occupational Health and Safety Systems

The development and dissemination of new technologies has brought forward a rise in flexible work arrangements, such as mobile work. In the literature, mobile work has mostly been discussed from a microergonomic perspective, considering detachment, stress, strain, and life-domain balance. However, the macroergonomic or institutional perspectives have often been neglected, although for occupational health and safety (OHS) management, as well as occupational health and safety systems, many questions remain unanswered. Therefore, in the present paper, information and communication technologies (ICT)-enabled mobile work is described taking into account institutional and regulative, as well as company-related, requirements. As the literature-based analysis was able to show, existing regulations cover many aspects of mobile work arrangements but also offer starting points for a more concrete protection of mobile workers. Furthermore, there are challenges regarding the enforcement of regulation. In this regard, new technologies might offer the chance to improve the interactions between institutional and company-related occupational health and safety systems. Additionally, 278 co-funded research projects in Germany were categorized, yielding 18 projects on new ways of work, of which another eleven projects addressed different aspects of mobile work. The project analysis revealed that current research focuses on tools and strategies for designing communication and cooperation. In conclusion, the examination of research trends can be used to generate new knowledge for better OHS management and effective OHS systems.

Implementation of ISO45001 Considering Strengthened Demands for OHSMS in South Korea: Based on Comparing Surveys Conducted in 2004 and 2018.

BackgroundAccording to the previous studies, the work-related accident rate decreased in Korea after the introduction of occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS), but there were several disasters in Korea such as subway worker's death at Guui station in 2016 and the Taean thermal power plant accident in 2018, which escalated the social demand for safety. In 2018, OHSMS became an international standard, as ISO45001 was announced.MethodsA survey was conducted to research the implementation status of OHSMS and changes in people's perception, and the results were compared with those of a past survey.ResultsEnhanced social demand and various stakeholders' (not only buyer) needs, and social responsibility are perceived as the motivation for the introduction of OHSMS rather than legal compliance or customer demand. In the questionnaire about problems with the implementation of OHSMS, the factors with higher response rate in 2018 than 2004 were “excessive cost” and “complicated documentation management.” In the questionnaire about how to promote OHSMS in organizations, most people answered “reduction of workers' compensation insurance rate” in 2004, but most people answered “exemption from health and safety supervision” in 2018.ConclusionFor the effective implementation of ISO45001, emphasis is placed on social demand, training to recognize health and safety as a part of management, and the reduction of certification and consulting costs to promote the introduction of OHSMS. Incentives such as insurance premium cuts and exemptions from health and safety supervision are needed.

Adopting Occupational Health and Safety Management Standards: The Impact on Financial Performance in Pharmaceutical Firms in China.

Background and PurposeIn recent years, the frequent occurrence of occupational accidents, illness, and injuries has become a major issue in China. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the adoption of Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) standards and financial performance, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical firms in China.MethodsThe study is based on a sample consisting of 125 pharmaceutical firms listed on the Shanghai and the Shenzhen stock exchanges in China for the period 2010–2018. Each sample firm was evaluated by whether and when it is certified by an OHSMS standard depending on secondary data collected from an independent certification database. Panel-based regression models were employed to explore whether adoption of an OHSMS standard has had an impact on financial performance.ResultsThe regression results reveal that the adoption of an OHSMS standard positively affects contemporaneous financial performance measured by return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and earnings per share (EPS). Mixed results were found when financial performance indicators were extended by two years, suggesting that ROE will increase in the second year after a firm is certified with the standard, but EPS will decline in the third year.ConclusionThe study findings empirically show that adoption of an OHSMS standard contributes to better financial performance for pharmaceutical firms of China in the short term. However, executives of pharmaceutical firms need to be aware of the increased costs related to certification renewal and audit in the following periods and exercise their management discretion to achieve a win–win situation between OHSMS implementation and financial benefit.

Coordinating the ISM Code and OHSAS procedures to improve the occupational health and safety at sea

AbstractAn occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) is a set of people, resources, and policies interacting in an organized way to reduce damage and losses generated in the workplace. Although there are various OHSMSs in the shipping industry, the International Safety Management (ISM) Code which is managed by the International Maritime Organization is mandatory for all shipping companies. Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18,001:2007 is a good alternative to strengthen the implementation performance of the ISM Code. An integrated ISM‐OHSAS safety system can potentially construct a more powerful and practical OHSMS by redesigning safety procedures in ships as a workplace. This study aims to build a more comprehensive OHSMS for assessing and improving the safety at sea by coordinating the constituents of the ISM Code and OHSAS. The criteria sets of both systems are analysed using a Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory approach to reveal the relations between each other. The result of the proposed approach that represents the connections among important safety constituents may be very useful especially for shipping companies for designing their safety management processes.

Can occupational health and safety management systems address psychosocial risk factors? An empirical study

The increasing prevalence of psychosocial risk factors at work poses new challenges to occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMSs) such as those taking place under EU Framework Directive 89/391. Due to the wicked nature of psychosocial risks, management of these risks allegedly lag behind management of other kinds of occupational safety and health risks.Data describing the use of workplace assessments (WPAs) in public workplaces in Denmark (N = 2221) show that variations in OHSMS components predict actions taken against psychosocial risks even better than they predict actions taken against physical risks.Two factors predict actions taken against psychosocial risks in particular: The use of anonymous data in WPAs and the integration of WPAs into organizational processes such as strategy-making and HR.These findings enforce a sustained belief in systematic organizational approaches to the management of psychosocial risk factors.

Pemberdayaan Karyawan Dalam Penerapan Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja Berbasis Fault Tree Analysis

WL Aluminium industry is a small and medium enterprises which is engaged in the production of household needs and there is no unit that manages the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). Meanwhile the employee were not encouraged in OHS implementation. This study aims to determine the management system of occupational health and safety management, the dangers of work accidents and the factors causing occupational accidents that occur in the WL Aluminium company. The methods used are Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) approaches that encourage the employee based on Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA) and SWOT analysis. The results of the research can be seen in the HIRA method there are 3 (three) production activities that have a high enough risk rating number (RRN). The main cause of work accidents with the FTA method is the potential for workplace accidents that occur, namely the fingers are exposed to aluminium raw materials, the hands are exposed to hot printing containers, pain in the arms, fingers are affected by lathe eyes and back pain. For the SWOT matrix strategy, the methods used by the company to achieve good growth include employee participation through creating an OHS team for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the OHS program, creating an administrative system aimed at managing the OHS management system, as well as socializing about OHS, empowerment of the employee in OHS implementation and the goal of zero accident can be achieved.

Analysis of the Application of Safety and Health Management System Work Against a Work Behavior and Conditions of the Work Environment in the dr. Harjono General Hospital of Ponorogo

The occurrence of accidents at work is largely caused by human factors (unsafe act), i.e., the behavior that is not secure. And the fraction is caused by environmental factors (unsafe condition). Therefore, to ensure the safety and health of the medical personnel, non-medic personnel nor others who visited the hospital, it takes an effort to minimize the risk of danger that exists, it needs to be applied to the safety management system and Occupational Health Hospital. The purpose of this research was to analyze the effect of the application of safety and health management system Work Against a work Behavior And environmental conditions of work at the Dr. Harjono General Hospital of Ponorogo. The research design was analytic observational with a quantitative approach. Research on variable i.e. application of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) as the independent variable, the behavior of the working conditions and working environment as the dependent variable. This research population all employees in installations of polyclinics, inpatient care installations, medical record and pharmaceutical installation Dr. Harjono General Hospital of Ponorogo as many as 446 employees. Samples taken with the cluster random sampling technique as much as 258 respondents. Data is collected with instruments ceklist and processed in coding, editing, tabulating and scoring as well as tested with linear regression test. Linear regression results indicate that partially and simultaneously the value of p values there are shows so that 0.05 < influence influence the application of safety and health management system Work Against a work Behavior And Work in environmental conditions at Dr. Harjono General Hospital of Ponorogo. The existence of the application of management system of safety and occupational health will create the most benefits to the maintenance of a good workforce that can be seen from the behavior of the work and the working environment

A Systematic Review on the Research Progress and Evolving Trends of Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of Mapping Knowledge Domains

Background: Effective occupational health and safety management (OHSM) is important to employee health, enterprise sustainability, and social stability. However, scientific research into OHSM lags behind practice, and contextualizing OHSM research from the perspective of its historical evolution is urgently required.Methods: The mapping of knowledge domains, based on bibliometric analysis, was adopted to classify 4,852 journal articles related to OHSM listed in the core database of Web of Science and published between 1900 and 2018.Results and Conclusions: Risk assessment/management at the organizational level were found to have always been research hotspots, and the relationship between safety culture/atmosphere, sickness absence, and safety performance, among other factors, have become core research topics in the field in recent years. Research at the individual level has gradually evolved from an early focus on physiological problems such as work-related musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain, further toward issues such as occupational stress, mental health, and quality of life. In addition, the results of clustering analysis based on high-frequency keywords indicated six aspects of OHSM: OHSM mode and method; OHSM systems and standards; OHS risk assessment and management; OHSM and safety culture; mental health and quality of life; and specific disease management. Future development trends in OHSM research are described providing theoretical and practical reference for further study.

Knowledge transfer for occupational health and safety: Cultivating health and safety learning culture in construction firms

Within the last decades the incidence of workspace injuries and fatalities in the UK construction industry has declined markedly following the developments in occupational health and safety (OHS) management systems. However, safety statistics have reached a plateau and actions for further improvement of OHS management systems are called for. OHS is a form of organizational expertise that has both tacit and explicit dimensions and is situated in the ongoing practices. There is a need for institutionalization and for the transfer of knowledge across and along construction supply chains to reduce OHS risks and facilitate cultural change. The focus of this article is the factors that facilitate OHS knowledge transfer in and between organizations involved in construction projects. An interpretative methodology is used in this research to embrace tacit aspects of knowledge transfer and application. Thematic analysis is supported by a cognitive mapping technique that allows understanding of interrelationships among the concepts expressed by the respondents. This paper demonstrates inconsistency in OHS practices in construction organizations and highlights the importance of cultivating a positive safety culture to encourage transfer of lessons learnt from good practices, incidents, near misses and failures between projects, from projects to programmes and across supply chains. Governmental health and safety regulations, norms and guidelines do not include all possible safety issues specific to different working environments and tied to work contexts. The OHS system should encourage employees to report near misses, incidents and failures in a ‘no-blame’ context and to take appropriate actions. This research provides foundation for construction project practitioners to adopt more socially oriented approaches towards promoting learning-rich organizational contexts to overcome variation in the OHS and move beyond the current plateau reached in safety statistics.

Teleworking: Occupational Health and Safety Management in Colombia

To analyze occupational health and safety (OHS) management practices used by companies that allow teleworking and propose modifications to the OHS management system. The unit of study were companies in the services sector of Bogotá and their teleworkers. To identify company practices, , we conducted a survey of teleworkers and key informant interviews with those responsible for OHSh. Recommendations for adapting the elements of the teleworking management system were made based on the analysis and integration of the theoretical and conceptual framework with the practices of companies with teleworkers. Overall, we observed that companies continue with usual strategies for workplace health and safety, without considering the different nature of the work. The synthesis that resulted from combining the theoretical and conceptual framework with the risk management analysis in companies identified that the system components could be modified for telework, specifically in the organization and planning, application and evaluation components of the OHS management system. Usual OHS risk management practices of companies with teleworkers should be improved by adjusting some of the components of the management system. These adjustments include managing information and technological innovations by applying them to the organization and planning, application and evaluation components of the system.

Teletrabajo: Gestión de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo en Colombia

Objetivo: Presentar las prácticas usadas por las empresas en la implementación del sistema de gestión en seguridad y salud cuando tienen teletrabajadores y plantear la adecuación de los elementos del sistema al teletrabajo. 
 Métodos: La población de estudio está formada por empresas del sector servicios y sus teletrabajadores en la ciudad de Bogotá. Para establecer las prácticas utilizadas por las empresas se empleó una encuesta para los teletrabajadores y entrevista a los responsables seguridad y salud en el trabajo. La propuesta de adecuación de los elementos del sistema de gestión al teletrabajo se realizó a partir del análisis e integración del marco teórico y conceptual con las prácticas de las empresas con teletrabajadores. 
 Resultados: Se estableció que las empresas continúan con las estrategias habituales de seguridad y salud en el trabajo, sin diferenciar la naturaleza del trabajo. De la síntesis entre lo teórico y conceptual con el diagnóstico de la gestión de los riesgos en las empresas, se identificó que los componentes del sistema susceptibles de ser modificados al teletrabajo son la organización y planeación, la aplicación y por último la evaluación. 
 Conclusiones: Las prácticas habituales de las empresas con teletrabajadores para la gestión de los riesgos deben mejorar a través del ajuste de algunos de los componentes del sistema de gestión. Las principales adecuaciones para realizar implican la gestión de la información e innovación de tecnología aplicadas a la organización y planeación, aplicación y evaluación del sistema de gestión de seguridad y salud en el trabajo.

On the issue of evaluating efficiency of the occupational safety and health management system in mines

In terms of occupational safety and health (OSH) management system functioning at the enterprises of the Coal Business Unit of DTEK ENERGO LLC, a number of procedures and techniques have been developed and implemented for improving the OSH management system. However, rate of injuries and accidents is still fairly high at these enterprises. It is proposed to describe effectiveness of the OSH management system as a catastrophe of the “assembly” type. It is further proposed to describe effectiveness of the OSH functioning in mine by a potential function. To this end, probability of an accident (injury) is considered as a coordinate of the disaster, level of development of the coal mining technology means an external parameter, and the internal parameter is presented by the level of readiness of miners to perform processes and operations. With increase of internal control parameter characterizing level of the miners’ readiness to perform basic and auxiliary processes and operations, probability of accident and injury generally decreases; however, this curve is bifurcated by its nature. With increase of external control parameter – i.e. level of technology development - the curve narrows, while width of the catastrophe band decreases. At sufficiently high level of technology development, the system exists only in one state of equilibrium; but when passing a certain critical value, splitting and two alternative stable states appear. The area of the curve, which is limited by critical values of the level of miners’ readiness to perform technological processes and operations, determines an undesirable effect or a value reciprocal to the OSH effectiveness in the mine. At insufficiently high level of technology, a catastrophe (high probability of an accident) can happen both at insignificant and sufficiently high level of the miners’ readiness. In practice, in each mine, these parameters should be normalized and set according to the results of expert evaluation; and quantitative indicators of the level of miner’s readiness to perform processes and operations can be obtained during the psychophysical testing.

Voluntary Policy Interventions: Elevating Safety and Health Compliance in Aircraft Ground Handling Operations

Objective – The present study intends to examine the safety culture and safety performance outcomes relationship, present the findings on safety culture dimensions and discuss in detail on the moderating role of occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) policy interventions. Methodology/Technique – A literature research was employed to review occupational safety and health area on specific safety culture dimensions with regard to aviation (between the years 1997 to 2018) as well as law and science policy on human behavior. Findings – The findings on safety culture dimensions were discovered from a multilevel perspective of safety culture and climate studies and were categorized as generalization and personalization. The findings also demonstrated the mandatory and voluntary approach in carrying out the OHSMS policy interventions. Novelty – The findings on safety culture dimensions indicated the functionality of generalization and personalization that portray the substance of the workplace culture for aircraft ground handling. The introduction of voluntary policy interventions to elevate OHSMS compliance was essential to the study because they revealed people's willingness to change their behavior, practice self-regulation, and respond to the existing regulatory models. Type of Paper: Conceptual Keywords: OHSMS; voluntary compliance; safety culture; safety performance outcomes

Leading Indicators in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems in Healthcare: A Quasi-Experimental Longitudinal Study.

To evaluate the feasibility of implementing interventions guided by six leading indicators, and the effectiveness of these interventions on improving employee's perception of their organization's health and safety climate. A quasi-experimental longitudinal design was used in two hospitals. Occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) were assessed using the Leading Indicator Assessment Tool. To address the gaps identified in the assessment, tailored interventions were developed, pilot tested, and evaluated. Data were collected pre- and post-interventions. Interventions were developed to improve three leading indicators: senior management commitment, employee involvement, and communication. Overall, both sites supported using leading indicators to guide proactive interventions. Employees' perceptions of the health and safety climate improved at one site only. The results suggest the utilization of leading indicators to assess an organization's current OHSMS, identify areas for improvement, and implement tailored interventions is feasible to support a culture of safety in healthcare.

Multicriteria ranking of the influential factors of safety as criteria for development of the occupational safety and health climate

The research in this article aimed at determining the importance of occupational safety and health (OSH) factors at work as criteria for development of the OSH climate. Based on the views of 28 responsible persons of the OSH management system, the significance of the criteria was determined using the rough step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis method. The obtained results show that development of the OSH climate in organizations primarily depends on the factors of the work environment and the commitment of the management to the OSH system. The results also point out that education of employees in the field of safety at work has a significant impact. A comparison of the obtained results was made in the sensitivity analysis using the full consistency method. The specific dimensions of the safety climate at work were determined and ranking of the OSH factors was performed.