Introduction to OSHA

and Facilities
Management

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 Course Objectives

• Define the concept of occupational safety and

health

• Explain the history of occupational safety and health

• Explain the importance of safety and health

• Explain the importance of safety in the workplace

• Describe the major safety terminologies

• Classify types of accident

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•Occupation
safety and
health (OSH) is
a basic human
right for safety
at workplace

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WARNING !
Dont watch this if you have a weak
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 But Some accident is just our own
fault

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 Concept of Occupational Safety
and Health
• Accident prevention is an essential part of good
management and workmanship
• Management and workers must cooperate
• Top management must take the lead
• A define an known safety and health policy
• Organization and resources to achieve policy
• Best available knowledge and methods

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 History of Occupational Safety
and Health
• Until 1970, there were no national laws of safety and
health hazards
• Several tragedies had occurred
 The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New
Your City killed 146 of 500 employees
Production for World War 1 caused a crises in
workplace safety and health conditions
By the 1960’s ,14,000 workers died every year and
more than 2.2 million workers were not able to work
from injuries and illnesses

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 History of Occupational Safety
and Health
• The era of machinery safety -1914 to 1962
 On 1 January 1914, all the steam boiler enactment was
replaced with “ Machinery Enactment”
The inspector inspects the steam boiler and any other
machinery such as internal combustion engine, water
turbine and any other auxiliary installation involved

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 History of the Development of
OSHA in Malaysia
• The Era of Boiler Safety- Before 1914
 Around 1890’s Perak state government elected a
personnel expertise in steam boiler an was given a
license as boiler surveyor

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 History of the Development of
OSHA in Malaysia
•The era of industrial safety – 1953 to 1967
 All the machinery enactment used
before 1953 was then replace with
Ordinal 1953
The role of an inspector has expanded
from only inspecting the steam boiler to
the safety of workers in factories that uses
machinery

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 History of the Development of
OSHA in Malaysia
• The era of industrial safety and health 1970 to
1994
 Akta Kilang dan Jentera ( Factories and
Machinery Act) 1970 was approved by the
parliaments
To sole all the shortcoming of the Machine
Ordinal 1953 , as the workers in a workplace
without machine previously are now being
protected under the new Act.

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 History of the Development of
OSHA in Malaysia
•The era of occupational safety and health-
1994 onwards
Occupations Safety and Health Act
(OSHA) was enacted in 1994
FMA 1967 emphasis on safety while
OSHA 1994 emphasis on addressing
health hazard in the workplace

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 Importance of Safety in the
Workplace
• Employees can remain
motivated if they feel safe and
happy
• Formation and implementation
of safety programs that are
meant to teach the employees
to handle risks
• Violence at workplace

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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Accident-
An unplanned
unexpected
event which may
result in loss,
injury or damage

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 Major Safety Terminologies

• Code of Practice
• – A body of rules
for Practical
Guidance only and
not having the force
of law although
failure to comply
may be used in
evidence in legal
proceedings

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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Ergonomics-
The study of relationship
between workers and their
occupation, equipment and
environment and
particularly, the application
of physiological and
psychological knowledge to
the problems arising there
form
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 Major Safety Terminologies

•First Aid
- The skilled application
of accepted principle of
treatment on the
occurrence of an
accident or in the case
of sudden illness, using
facilities or material
available at the time
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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Fire Precautions-
The measures taken and
the fire protection features
provided in a building ( e.g.
design , systems,
equipment and
procedures) to minimize
the risk to the occupants
from and outbreak of fire
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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Hazard-
The exposed danger, a
condition or practice
with potential for loss.
A situation that may
give rise to personal
injury or asset damage
or both.
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 Major Safety Terminologies

• Manual Handling
– Any means of
transporting or
supporting a load
manually. Lift ,
putting down ,
pushing , pulling ,
carrying or
moving by hand
of bodily force

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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Means of Escape-
Structural means
whereby a safe route is
provided for persons
to travel unaided from
any point in a building
to a place of safety.

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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Near Miss
An incident,
which does
not show a
visible result ,
but had the
potential to do
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 Major Safety Terminologies

• Safety Audit
Monitoring of the
implementation of a
safety policy by
subjecting each area of
an activity to a
systematic, critical
examination with the
purpose of minimizing
loss, and provincing a
quantified assessment
of performance
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 Assignment 1

Video a staff had an accident in his workplace

• Describe what was the situation happened and relate it
with the occupational safety and health subject matters
• Your contents may include the suggestion how to
prevent that accident .
( maximum 2 pages )

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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Safety Inspection-
Systematic
assessment of safety
standards for plant,
place of work,
working. Carried out
by a manager and
not a safety
advisor/engineer
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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Safety
Monitoring-
Periodic
checks on
observance of
corporate
safety
standards and
procedures
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 Major Safety Terminologies

•Workplace
- The workplace
may be
described as
any place where
people are at
work

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 Thanks you for being SAFE

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 OSHA 1994

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 The Occupational Safety and
Health Act 1994
The Occupational Safety
and Health Act 1994
(Act 514) is a piece of
Malaysian legislation
which has been gazette
on the 25 February
1994 by the Malaysian
Parliament

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 Objectives of OSHA 1994

1. To secure the safety, health and welfare of persons at

work against risks out of the activities at work;
2. To protect person at a place of work other than
persons at work against risks out of the activities at
work
3. To promote an occupational environment for persons
at work which is adapted to their physiological and
psychological needs
4. To provide the means to be progressively replace by
a system of regulations and approved industry codes.
…. To maintain or improve the standards of safety
and health

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 Definition of Facility Management

•Facility management is a profession that

encompasses multiple disciplines to
ensure functionality of the built
environment by integrating people,
place, process and technology

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Facility Management Approach

• Plan for participants and

users
• Plan for multiple and shared
use
• Plan for health, safety, legal,
practicality, and
attractiveness
• Plan for long-term
• Economical, easy to maintain
• Plan community
collaboration
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