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GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Effective legal and technical tools and measure to prevent occupational accidents and
diseases exist. Such efforts are also hampered by the inevitable time lag between
changes in the world of work or detection of new hazards and risk, and the development
and implementation of s
Mechanisms and strategies must therefore be developed to keep occupational safety
and health continuously at the forefront of national and enterprise priorities. It is also
important to engage all social partners and stakeholders in initiating and sustaining
mechanism for a continued improvement of national OSH system. Dynamic
management strategies need to developed and implemented to ensure the coherence,
relevance and currency of all the elements that make up a national OSH system.

NATIONAL POLICY ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH


General aims and principles
Represents an important strategy, not only to ensure the well-being of workers but also
to contribute positively to productivity. Healthy workers are more likely to be better
motivated, enjoy greater job satisfaction and contribute to better-quality products and
services, enhancing the overall quality of life of individuals and society.
In order to ensure the satisfactory and durable results are achieved in the field of
occupational safety and health, each country should put in place a coherent national
policy. Such a policy should be aimed at promoting and advancing at all levels the right
of workers to a safe and healthy working environment; at assessing and combating at
source occupational risks or hazards; and at developing a national preventive safety and
health culture that includes information, consultation and training. The articulation of
such a policy will reaffirm a government’s commitment to the cause of a safe working
environment and enable it to comply with its moral and international obligation.
POLICY FORMULATION AND REVIEW
In order to ensure that a national OSH policy is comprehensive, measures
 The formulation of the policy should reflect tripartite participation.
 The policy should be consistent with national development objectives and
policies as a whole.
 The policy should promote the right of workers to decent, safe and healthy
working conditions and environment.
 The policy should include ways of promoting adequate public awareness and
eliciting political endorsement at the highest level of government.
 The policy should promote the development of a national preventive safety and
health culture that includes information, consultation and training.
 The policy should include a plan for mobilizing the necessary institution and
financial resources.
 Coordination among at concerned institutions should be fostered as an inherent
element of the policy.
 All available means of action should be used consistently.
 The policy should encourage voluntary compliance at enterprise level
 The policy should be reviewed regularly.
There must be coherence in terms of policy content, as well as during implementation. It
should also be borne in mind that if a policy is to be successfully implemented, local
conditions and practices must be taken into account when the policy is being
formulated.
The objectives of a policy review are to:
 Identify major problems;
 Devise effective methods of dealing with them;
 Formulate and establish priorities for action; and
 Evaluate the results.
The nature and extent of OSH problem vary from country to country, resulting in part
from differences in the level of economic development, and in technological and social
condition. National policies should establish priorities for action with regard to the
specific problem faced within the country concerned. Such priorities may also vary
according to other factors including the severity or extent of the particular problems, the
available means of action, the economics situation of the country, sector or enterprise in
question.
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
The practical measure adopted may vary, depending on the degree of technological,
economic and social development of the country concerned, and the type and extent of
the resources available. It is possible, however, to give a broad outline of the essential
components of a national policy. In general, a national occupational safety and health
policy should provide detailed strategies in the following areas, which will be discussed
below:
 National laws, labour codes and regulation
 Role and obligation of the competent authority;
 Policy coordination; and
 Education and training.

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