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Occupational Health and Safety Program for TaroPharma®

Explore the elements of an OH&S program and their importance in organizational efforts for occupational health and safety.

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This assignment focuses on the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) program for TaroPharma®, a pharmaceutical company in Canada. It discusses the four key components of the program and how they can help maintain a safe and healthy workplace.

Occupational Health and Safety Program for TaroPharma®

Explore the elements of an OH&S program and their importance in organizational efforts for occupational health and safety.

   Added on 2022-11-13

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HRMT 275 Health and Safety
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HEALTH AND SAFETY1
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) mainly focuses on the safety, health and
wellbeing of the people working in an organization. They mainly focuses on to design action
plan to reduce accidental events and occupational diseases (“Basic OH&S Program
Elements”, 2019). On July, 2018 OH&S has made legislations for companies having more
than 20 employees to implement a health and safety program. In this assignment,
pharmaceutical company of Canada named TaroPharma® (Taro Pharmaceutical Industries
Ltd.) has been chosen as it has more than 20 employees working presently and has also
implemented OH&S legislations.
TaroPharma® was established in the year 1950 and is one of the leading
pharmaceutical companies in the world. More than 600 employees from Canada, Brampton
and Ontario are presently working with this company. TaroPharma® is also associated with
Sun Pharma from 2010. In 1998 TaroPharma® initiated their business in U.S. market and the
drug launched was approved by FDA. This company develops and manufacture topical
products such as creams, ointments and gels especially related to dermatology. They produce
wide range of products based on the requirement of the region or country. This
pharmaceutical company aims to discover, develop, manufacture and market highest quality
of healthcare product ("TARO CANADA | Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.", 2019).
The important goal of Occupational Health and Safety program is to foster a safe and
healthy work environment. It also aims to protect co-workers, employers and their family
member from workplace hazards. They aims to remove hazard entirely to prevent any
workplace hazards. In case the hazard cannot be removed they must focus on controlling the
hazard to minimize it to a safer level. Prevention of hazard in workplace needs training of the
workers as well as educating the workers about the types of health hazards which might
affect the workplace environment. Education of the workers about the hazard in workplace
will help in taking faster decision during any hazard. It will also help to reduce the hazard and
Occupational Health and Safety Program for TaroPharma®_2

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