An organization that says "safety first" should not just stop at words. The whole safety matters should be felt by all staff. One way of ensuring greater communication and engagement in through a robust and active Safety Committee. The attached slides is an introduction to Safety Committee for all industries in general and specific to hospitality industry.

1. Safety Management System
Introduction to Safety Committee
Facilitator:
Sivasubramaniam Subramanian
Masters in OSH Mgt. UTM

2. Objective
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Objective of programme
 Understanding of OSH in industry
 Basic understanding of OSH Act 1994 & Safety Committee Reg 1996
 Understand the function, roles & responsibility and implement OSH programs successfully.
 Protect the workers, company assets and the company reputation with best practices in safety and
health.

3. Contents
1. General overview of OSH
2. Safety and Health Committee Regulation 1996
3. Overview of Safety Committee
4. Process of forming a Safety Committee.
5. Roles and Responsibility of members
6. Function of Safety Committee.
7. Safety Communication and Engagement
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4. 4
Introduction to HSE
What is Safety :
 The condition of being safe. Free from danger, risk, injury and damage to property.
What could go wrong:
If you are not thinking about what could go wrong every day, all day, while you work, you are not going to be
completely safe.
Always take a moment and think of this and ask yourself:
• What are we working with;
• What are we doing;
• Where are we going;
• What could go wrong;
Safety
is about
Attitude

5. OSHA 1994.
PART VII - SAFETY AND HEALTH ORGANISATIONS
Section 28. Medical surveillance.
Section 29. Safety and health officer.
Section 30. Establishment of safety and health committee at place of
work.
Section 31. Functions of safety and health committee.
What does Section 30 says:
Every employer shall establish a Safety & Health Committee (SHC) at the place of work in accordance with
this section if :-
 40 or more persons employed at the place of work or
 The Director General directs the establishment of such a committee at the place of work
OSHA 1994 – with regards to Safety and Health Committee

6. Section 30. Establishment of safety and health committee at place of work.
(1) Every employer shall establish a safety and health committee at the place of work in accordance with this section if-
(a) there are forty or more persons employed at the place of work; or
(b) the Director General directs the establishment of such a committee at the place of work.
(2) The composition of a safety and health committee established under subsection (1), the election or appointment of
persons to the committee, the powers of the members of the committee and any other matter relating to the
establishment or procedure of the committee shall be as prescribed.
(3) Every employer shall consult the safety and health committee with a view to the making and maintenance of
arrangements which will enable him and his employees to co-operate effectively in promoting and developing measures
to ensure the safety and health at the place of work of the employees, and in checking the effectiveness of such
measures.
(4) A person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
OSHA 1994 – with regards to Safety and Health Committee

7. Section 31. Functions of safety and health committee. The safety and health committee established at a place of work
pursuant to section 30-
(a) shall keep under review the measures taken to ensure the safety and health of persons at the place of work;
(b) shall investigate any matter at the place of work-
(i) which a member of the committee or a person employed thereat considers is not safe or is a risk to
health; and
(ii) which has been brought to the attention of the employer;
(c) shall attempt to resolve any matter referred to in paragraph (b) and, if it is unable to do so, shall request the Director
General to undertake an inspection of the place of work for that purpose; and
(d) shall have such other functions as may be prescribed.
OSHA 1994 – with regards to Safety and Health Committee

8. The “Occupational Safety and Health Act amendment 2022” has made it mandatory for workplaces with forty or more
employees to have a Safety and Health Committee. Following that and in order to ensure a clear understanding of the
section 30 and 31 , Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Committee) Regulations 1996 was promulgated
and these had been enforced effective January 1, 1997.
Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Committee) Regulations 1996

9. Safety and health committees provide a way for management and workers to
meet regularly to discuss workplace health and safety issues. They are an
important way to bring together worker’s practical knowledge of jobs and
management’s overview of the workplace and work organization.
WHY do we need a Safety and Health Committee.
To bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial,
cooperative effort to promote safe and healthy environment in
the workplace

10. Head of the
Organization on site
Others / Ad hoc
invitee
Safety and Security
Manager or appointed
person
Employees
Representative
Employers
Representative
Head of Dept or their
senior representative.
x 5 person
Non Managerial staff
from every department.
x 7 person
Non appointed members.
Invited based on agenda
and expert advise
Safety and Health Committee membership

11.  Assist in the development of safety and health rules and safe system of work
 Review the effectiveness of safety and health programs
 Carry out studies on the trends of accident, near-miss accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational
poisoning/disease which occurs at workplace and shall report to the employer of any unsafe or unhealthy
condition/practices at the workplace together with recommendation for corrective actions
FUNCTION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
 Review the safety and health policies at the workplace and make recommendations
to employer for any revision of such policies
 Inspect the work place at least once in every three months and recommend
preventive and corrective measures
 Discuss report and matters from safety officer, enforcement officers, etc.
 Practices and recommend corrective actions
 Assist to organize promotional activities

12. ENSURING EFFECTIVE COMMITEE
 Basic knowledge and interest of members
 On going training and education of members
 Availability of relevant information to members
 Regularity and frequency of meetings
 Fast decision making and follow-up action
 Wide publicity of committee activities
 Recognition of members
 Leadership of chairman
 Stick to safety and health only
FUNCTION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE

13. Aktiviti 1

14. Most accidents are caused by unsafe acts.
WE work hard to create a safe workplace and a holiday destination for all.
• BUT what about our employees' own unsafe behavior?
• If you examined all the accident records in any organization, you will find that the root-cause of 98%
of the accidents was due unsafe acts rather than unsafe conditions.
• If you read between the lines of the accident reports, you might find that the workers involved in the
incidents had become complacent about safety.
• They have gone on "autopilot" and stopped paying attention to what they were doing or
suppose to do.
• They have taken shortcuts.
• They have taken risks.
They have developed an "It won't happen to me" attitude.
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PEOPLE FACTOR

16. Indirect cost
• MEDICAL
• COMPENSATION
DC:IDC = 1:4
 Lost of productivity
 Lost of earnings
 Effect on family
 Lost of skills
 Quality of work
 Damage to equipment
 Company overhead cost
increases.
 REPUTATION
Direct cost
ICEBERG THEORY
• YOURSELF
• YOUR FAMILY
• THE SOCIETY
• THE COMPANY
WHO IS GOING TO BE
EFFECTED ?

17. WHY MUST WE ENSURE SAFETY AND HEALTH
PRACTICES AT WORK.
You choose to
It is the Law
Every body is doing it

18. Manual Handling
Lighting
Violence
Trips/Falls
Stress
Fatigue
Shortcuts
Overconfidence
Poor Housekeeping
Lack of Preparation
Mental Distractions
Common causes of accidents in the Hotel industry.

19. Safety Management System for hospitality industry.
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
PROPERTY GUEST
STAFF
Ergonomic
Slip trip fall
Facilities Safety
Electrical Safety
Equipment Safety
Fire Safety
Chemical Handling
Personal Safety
Mental Health
Psychosocial
Safety and Health Committee
Slip trip fall
Electrical Safety
Equipment Safety
Fire Safety
Facilities Safety
Psychosocial
Fire System
Structural Damages
Evacuation plan and
procedures
Ease of use and access
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS

20. Safety Management System for hospitality industry.
What is needed.
 Safety Professional
 Safety Committee
 Safety Policy
 Safety Manual / Plan
 Safety Procedures
 Safety Risk Assessment
 Safety Risk Mitigation process
What is needed.
 Safety Awareness programs
 Safety Trainings
 Safety Drills and exercises
 Safety related Documents
 Safety Management Commitment
 Safety Budget

22. A safety culture is a behavioral CHANGE of EVERY INDIVIDUAL within a company
that PROMOTES, REWARDS, RECOGNISES and MANAGES SAFETY in such a way
as to make safety as a PART of business instead of a CONDITION of business.
WHAT IS A SAFETY CULTURE?
HOW TO MAKE SAFETY AS PART of the ORGANIZATIONS BUSSINESS VALUE
CREATE A POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURE
ACHIEVING A SAFETY CULTURE REQUIRES
 DEDICATION
 MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT
 EMPLOYEE SUPPORT
 WALK THE TALK ATTITUDE.

24. TERIMA KASIH / THANK YOU / NANDRI / SEAH SEAH NII
Do not give reason for not trying…..
Safety is really about our ATTITUDE
Make 100% Safe Behavior your choice,
both
on and off the job
every day.
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