1. POLICIES RELATED TO
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
PREPARED BY:
SAGUN PAUDEL
HEALTH ASSISTANT,
STUDENT OF BPH-IV SEMESTER,
LA GRANDEE INTERNATIONAL
COLLEGE, SIMALCHOUR
POKHARA
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CLASS PRESENTED BY:
NAVEEN KHADKA
HEALTH ASSISTANT,
STUDENT OF BPH-IV SEMESTER,
LA GRANDEE INTERNATIONAL
COLLEGE, SIMALCHOUR
POKHARA

2. Introduction
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Occupational health deals with all aspects of
health and safety in the workplace and has a
strong focus on primary prevention of hazards.
The health of the workers has several
determinants, including risk factors at the
workplace leading to
cancers, accidents, musculoskeletal
diseases, respiratory diseases, hearing
loss, circulatory diseases, stress related
disorders and communicable diseases and
others.

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An occupational health policy is a plan of
action primarily concerned with protecting the
health, safety, and welfare of persons at work.
The policies typically are designed to protect
workers from hazardous work environments by
ensuring clean work areas, the use of
protective equipment and assuring employees
are properly trained.

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The policies may also include provisions to
protect customers and nearby communities.
Often, governmental agencies, such as the
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
(OSHA) in the United States, oversee and
enforce the regulations throughout the world.

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Occupational health policies normally require
employers to maintain certain standards in
their workplace. The usual requirements
revolve around maintaining a generally safe
environment, protective equipment when
necessary, and training employees in the
proper use of handling equipment.

6. Some facts
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 two million people die every year from work-
related accidents and diseases.
 An estimated 160 million people suffer from
work-related diseases.
 there are an estimated 270 million fatal and
non-fatal work-related accidents per year.
 In economic terms, the ILO has estimated that
4% of the world's annual GDP is lost as a
consequence of occupational diseases and
accidents.

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The ILO Constitution sets forth the principle that
workers should be protected from sickness,
disease and injury arising from their
employment.
The ILO has adopted more than 40 standards
specifically dealing with occupational safety
and health, as well as over 40 Codes of
Practice. Nearly half of ILO instruments deal
directly or indirectly with occupational safety
and health issues.

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 Prior to the passage of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act in 1970 in the United States,
American workers had little protection in the
workplace.
 Most industrialized countries have developed an
occupational health policy that protects the safety
of their employees. The European Union
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(EU-OSHA) formed in 1996 out of Bilbao, Spain.
 The Korean safety organization, known as
KOSHA, went into effect in 1986.

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 New provisions in this law relate to special
benefits for workers employed in construction,
transport, hotels, tea estates and travel
establishments and those engaged in tourist
business such as trekking, rafting and jungle
safari.

10. NEPAL
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• The concept of working conditions, occupational safety
and health of the workers is quite a new concept even to
the oldest industry of Nepal, although there were some
studies in relation to different aspects of various industries.
• Only a few studies specific to working conditions in
industry, including the jute industry of Nepal, have been
conducted so far.

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• After the restoration of a multi-party system in
Nepal, Government of Nepal has begun to pay more
attention to industrial working conditions and
environment by enacting and enforcing the new Labor
Act,2048 (1992).

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 The main labour laws in Nepal covering
working conditions, safety and health are the
Labour Act, 2048(1992) and Labour Rules,
2050(1993).
 The Labour Act contains provisions on
conditions of work, workmen's compensation,
leave and holidays, safety and health,
minimum wage fixation and settlement of
labour disputes.

13.  The Labor Act and its subsidiary rules, Bonus
Act and rules, are the main labor laws in the
country, which cover working conditions,
welfare of workers, safety and health, and
industrial disputes.
 The Labor Act contains provisions on
conditions of work, workmen's compensation,
leave and holidays, safety and health,
minimum wage fixation and settlement of labor
disputes.
 The coverage of the Labor Act is confined to
establishments employing ten or more

14. Labor act 2048 (1992)
 Section 5 of Chapter II of the Labor Act
restricts to employ to work any minor or a
woman unless otherwise prescribed during the
hours between 6.00 pm and 6.00 am.
 It limits the working hours for adults to no
more than eight hours a day or forty-eight
hours a week.
 It provides for a weekly holiday with pay and
compulsory intervals of rest.

15.  It also provides overtime payment and restricts to
allow workers for overtime for more than four hours a
day but not exceeding twenty hours a week.
 Chapter V of this Act contains sections 27–
36, which entirely pertain to the health and safety of
workers in the establishment.
 They prescribe arrangements for sanitation and
cleanliness, modern lavatories, disposal and
destruction of waste, adequate ventilation and
lighting, and control of temperature, protection from
dust, fumes and other impurities, avoidance of
overcrowding in any room of the
establishment, provisions for drinking water and
extinguishing fire.

16.  The Act also includes the provision for medical
examination of workers at least once a year
in the establishment involved in
processes, which are likely to cause health
hazards.
 It provides a number of accident preventive
measures, such as protection of
eyes, protection against chemical hazards and
fire, guarding against dangerous
machinery, prohibition on lifting a heavy
load, and safety measures for pressure plants.
 A provision has been made for compulsory

17. 3 year interim plan (2064-2067)
 Government of Nepal allocates about 20
million rupees annual budget for occupational
safety and health project.
 Occupational Safety and Health Project sets
following programs to be implemented as the
integral part of the project:

18.  Training program on occupational safety and
health for social partners.
 Capacity enhancement training program for
officers affiliated with occupational safety and
health.
 Orientation program for employers.
 Awareness enhancement programs on industrial
accidents.
 Educational program on HIV/AIDS and STDs at
work places.
 Labor education programs.
 Factory inspection, monitoring and evaluation
strengthening programs

19. REFERENCES
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 Google.coM
 WHO
 NEPAL LAW COMISSION
 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION

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