workers participation towards workplace safety

1. Welcome to
OSH Management
Prepared by:
Reschael G.
BSIE-III

2. LET’S START

3. TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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second.
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about this.
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01 | Introduction
02 | Defining Workers
participation
05 Effects of Employee
Participation
03 | Basic Legal
Requirements related to
Workers Participation
in OSH Management
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this.
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last.
04 | Classification of
Worker Participation
06 | Implementing
Effective Participation

4. Workers Participation in
OSH Management
Numerous cases and experience
confirm that workers
participation in OSH
management can result in
improved safety, health and
well-being of workers.
I N T R O D U C T I O N

5. Defining and
Characterizing
● Worker participation means that
workers are involved in establishing,
operating, evaluating, and improving
the safety and health program.
● All workers at a worksite should
participate, including those
employed by contractors,
subcontractors, and temporary
staffing agencies.
W O R K E R S P A R T I C I P A T I O N

6. Defining and
Characterizing
● According to Gonzales workers’
participation can be defined as “a
variety of processes and structures
which enable, and at times encourage,
employees to directly and indirectly
contribute to and influence decision –
“making in the firm and in the wider
society”.
W O R K E R S P A R T I C I P A T I O N

7. Defining and
Characterizing
● The participation can refer to different
aspects of company’s performance,
such as for example ownership,
business processes, employment or
working conditions.
W O R K E R S P A R T I C I P A T I O N

8. Basic Legal
Requirements related to
Workers Participation
According to the Framework Directive,
the main principles of occupational
safety and health (OSH) management in
each company should include :
O S H M A N A G E M E N T

9. Basic Legal
Requirements related to
Workers Participation
1. responsibility of employers to ensure
safety and health of workers at work,
2. responsibility of workers for
occupational safety and health and
cooperating with employer,
3. risk assessment and risk
management,
4. participation, consultation and
informing workers on the matters
related to their health and safety.
O S H M A N A G E M E N T

10. 1. Indirect & Direct
Participation 2. Formal & Informal
Participation
2. Informative, consultative
and delegative
participation
W O R K E R S P A R T I C I P A T I O N
Classifications
● The participation can be implemented in different forms and depending on the approach
adopted, it can be classified as :

11. 1.Direct & Indirect
Participation
Indirect participation means participation
through representatives. Direct
participation or employee involvement

12. Direct
Participation
● Individual Consultation
● Group Consultation
● Individual or Group Delegation

13. 2. Informative,
Consultative & Delegative
Participation

14. 2. Informative,
Consultative & Delegative
Participation
● Management holds a meeting to inform
employees about changes in OSH
policies and procedures.
● Distributing safety reports, incident
data, or training materials to employees.
● Making relevant OSH documents
available for employees to review.

15. 2. Informative,
Consultative & Delegative
Participation
● Conducting
regular feedback
sessions where
employees can
provide input on
OSH practices
and suggest
improvements.
● Forming a safety
committee where
employees and
management meet to
discuss OSH issues and
solutions.
● Surveys or suggestion
boxes to gather
employee input on OSH
policies and initiatives.

16. 2. Informative,
Consultative & Delegative
Participation
● Self-directed work teams where
employees have the authority to make
decisions regarding their tasks,
including safety measures.
● Empowering employees to develop and
implement OSH programs and
initiatives without constant supervision.

17. 3. Formal & Informal
Participation
Formal participation is usually established
according to legal regulations and specific
rules or procedures.
Informal solutions are based on
discussions and exchange of views
between managers and employees.

18. 3. Formal & Informal
Participation
● Workers Councils
● Trade Unions
● OSH Representatives
● Safety Circles

19. 3. Formal & Informal
Participation
● Open-Door Policy
● Brown Bag Lunches
● Suggestion Schemes
● Employee Feedback Sessions

20. Implementing participation is
expected to increase awareness
on OSH issues as well as enhance
the employees’ commitment to
health and safety.
Effects of
Employee
Participation

21. Effects of Employee
Participation
• reduce accidents
and ill health and
the associated
costs,
• develop a
positive health
and safety
culture
• increase job
satisfaction,
• increase quality
and
productivity at
the workplace.,

22. Implementing
Effective
Participation
Creating conditions to stimulate and
support the development of effective
workers participation in the OSH
management is a challenging task and
requires among others:

23. Implementing
Effective
Participation
● Development of organizational climate motivating workers’
participation; this can be achieved particularly by creating attitudes o
cooperation, mutual respect and trust between management and
workers ;
● Ensuring workers’ ability to participate; this can be achieved
particularly by appropriately defined subject of participation and
providing workers with necessary training;

24. Implementing
Effective
Participation
● Introducing effective top-down and bottom-up
communication and ensuring that workers will receive
responses to their questions and proposals;
● Ensuring that participation adversely affects neither workers
nor managers;

25. Implementing
Effective
Participation
● Ensuring adequate resources and time for participation;
● providing appropriate trainings for managers and workers and
their health and safety representatives including trainings in
OSH-related matters and negotiations skills.

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