Occupational safety and health management

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4. Occupational safety and health management

4.1. Introduction

4.1.1. The process of improving working conditions at a

shipbreaking facility must be approached systematically in

order to bring these up to reasonable standards. With a view

to achieving acceptable environmentally sound conditions of

occupational safety and health, it is necessary to invest in per-

manent structures for their continuous review, planning, im-

plementation, evaluation and action. This should be done

through the implementation of OSH management systems.

The systems should be specific to the facilities and appropri-

ate to their size and the nature of activities. Their design and

application at national and facility levels should be guided

by the ILO Guidelines on occupational safety and health

management systems, ILO-OSH 2001. Further information is

given in Annex III.

Occupational safety and health management

4.1.2. Typically, an OSH management system should

contain the following main elements:

(a) OSH policy;

(b) necessary conditions for the executing organization, i.e.

establishment of responsibility and accountability, com-

petence and training, documentation, communication

and information;

(c) hazard and risk assessment, planning and implementa-

tion of OSH activities;

(d) evaluation of OSH performance and action for improve-

ment.