Creating an Occupational Health Management Plan for ABC Factory

This report presents an occupational health management plan (OHMP) developed for ABC organization, a chemical factory with approximately 500 employees. It identifies occupational health hazards and associated risks, including chemical exposure and confined spaces. The plan outlines legal requirements and ethical considerations, proposes necessary changes, and describes current management and control measures. Furthermore, it details an occupational health program with specific goals, activities for development and implementation, and methods for program evaluation. The desired outcomes include reducing occupational risks, promoting a health and safety culture, and maximizing effectiveness through infrastructure and capability strengthening. The report emphasizes the importance of measuring performance, implementing safety and health policies, and continuously evaluating the effectiveness of control measures to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Details of workplace........................................................................................................................3
Occupational health hazard & associated risks at the workplace....................................................4
Risks............................................................................................................................................4
Legal requirements & ethical considerations..............................................................................5
Change needed.............................................................................................................................5
Current management and Control Measures...............................................................................6
Occupational health program...........................................................................................................7
Desired outcome or goals of the program....................................................................................7
Goals of the Occupational Health Management Program...........................................................7
Activities involved in developing & implementing OHM program............................................8
Evaluation of the program...........................................................................................................9
Methods for undertaking evaluation............................................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The Occupational Safety and Health Plan is a clear action plan that is designed for every
particular place of work to prevent the accidents as well as occupational diseases. The
Occupational Well being or Safety Plan is significant health as well as safety tools. The Effective
occupational well being or safety program has been established to decrease accidents moreover
diseases in place of work. The main purposes of occupational well being and security program
are to prevent the accident or occupational disorders in particular workplaces. To also do this
effectively, the occupational well being and the safety plans can require exceeding statutory
necessities set forth in bills and policy. The bill and rules only list minimum necessities for
various health and safety issues and do not address implementation in each workplace. This
study includes a development of an OHMP for ABC organization.
Details of workplace
I work in ABC organization which is Chemical factory organization physical space occupies
approximately 500 hectares of land and there are almost 500 employees working within the
organization. Employees working in the organization are 70% of male employees and 30% of
female workers all belong from a diverse background, culture and socio-economic background.
Managers and senior work management teams effectively manage the workplace but still, there
are some health-related risks exists such as in chemical department exposure to killing chemical
harms number of employees. One other big issue is a use of confined spaces within the
organization (Ali Hassanzadeh, 2013).

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Occupational health hazard & associated risks at the workplace
Risks
A chemical is very expensive; furthermore, employees in ABC organization can never
understand when they will require utilizing chemical again. Other than that this type of opinion
and thinking may lead to some serious workplace hazards. Earlier than management team knew
that, they already have an entire chemical that no one wanted. There are the hundreds of
chemicals on the shelf." Even though it can be very simple to overlook 5grams vial, the five
gram can become unbalanced over time for example after one year, ether will turn into explosive
peroxides. When organization purchase as well as utilizes a chemical, they also require system
control for those chemicals. There is an also a need to understand what these chemical are or
why they are ordered. Another potential risk is the transfer of chemical from the one place to
another place and from one container to another container. Even though workers feel always
comfortable around the chemical or also working with those for many years, the container should
be marked according to the requirements of the hazardous standards (Apostolopoulos, Sönmez,
Shattell & Belzer, 2012).
Another risk is confined spaces. Confined spaces may cause a large amount of harm to
employees of ABC organization. Many of the tragedies in ABC organization are involving
confined spaces occurred because employers did not issue permits or failed risk assessments. In
one case, the hazardous atmospheres in confined space were not a properly evaluated as
equipment use was outdated. The fire also broke out. And “I saw the people entering the sewer
without a permit, not yet knowing it was confined space.

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Legal requirements & ethical considerations
Occupational Health and Safety Administration's Risks Communication Standards also requires
that the facility keep a list of all products. Make a note of the expiration date of the chemical and
use it before that the date and dispose of the chemical correctly. These are not an only security
problem. It can be illegal to store large quantities of unwanted chemicals. Handling large
quantities of expired chemicals is also very expensive (Boyle, 2014).
If hazards assessment or licensing procedure is completed correctly or the entire step is also
followed, the employer will not encounter limited space problems. "Everything is planned.”If we
do not plan properly, you also plan disaster.
Establishment of workplaces poses unique problems for public health because, on the one hand,
almost all hazards are environmental problems that can be prevented or controlled. On the other
hand, this is a social conflict environment with enormous economic benefits. Occupational
injuries and diseases are economic phenomena caused by society's decision to use technology
and the use of labor in the production of goods and services. Even under the national socialist
system, the rights of owners are also the same; the economic obligations of managers to business
owners; the imbalance of labor and management power has brought about special problems in
occupational health.
Change needed
By consulting with employees on risk management, establishing a safer workplace, soliciting
feedback on safety issues, and encouraging teams and chemical labeling workplaces working
nearby to do harm. Clearly show security information (Gluck, 2016). Organizations need to
ensure that they are within rule by simply displaying safety signs of workers and clients – such
as instructions for exits emergencies, warning about handling company vehicle, and also

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provides data on the location of emergency utensils must exist in the chemical production sector.
The organization is obliged to conduct periodic health and safety hazards evaluation as well as
maintain change management plans that identify potential risks. The typical place of work
irregularities may include blocking chemical exports, supporting open door, moreover failing to
teach employees in the evacuations process. Health and security policies must be changed. For
example, the organization must make changes to the federal environmental law in 1987,
requiring both OSHA and the EPA to adopt safety and training requirements for a wide range of
hazardous waste treatment workers and emergency personnel handling hazardous materials
(Hughes, 2015).
Current management and Control Measures
The current management and control measures used in the organization are very helpful in
eliminating or minimizing occupational health hazards. Current effective control can also defend
employees from the place of work risks, and help to prevent injury, disorders as well as
incidents; eliminate and minimize well being and safety hazards, and also help the employer
provide employees with a secure and well-working condition. Processes described in these
sections are currently organized to help employers prevent and control hazards.
To effectively control and prevent hazards, employers currently follow these steps:
1. Involve employees in these activities. These employees often have a deep understanding of
the conditions that cause harm and how to control them.
2. Use Control Levels to recognize and also evaluate the options for controlling risks.
3. Use risk control plans to show selection or the implementation of the controls as well as
implement control according to plans.

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4. Develop the plan to take steps to defend employees in the emergencies or irregular actions.
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing control measures to determine whether they go on
to provide the protection and whether various control measures are effective. Evaluate the
potential of technologies to make them more reliable, and less expensive.
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Desired outcome or goals of the program
Desired Outcomes
The scope of the plan includes occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and
response, incident and disaster management, prevention, management and rehabilitation of
injuries, and specific hazards and risks associated with the workplace (Lurati, 2017). The plans
play an important role in the supporting organizations’ quality place of work goals by
implementing program design to saves a life and also prevent injuries furthermore protect well
being of the employees. The workplace must develop occupational security and well-being
guidelines plan as a part of security statement necessary by Article 20 of 2005 Work Health,
Safety or Welfare Acts. The Effective security and well-being policies must follow the
organization. They will also contribute to the entire aspect of the company performances as the
part of a demonstrated commitment to the unstoppable development. Responsibility for personal
or work environment met in a manner that is consistent with spirit or letter of the law. A cost-
effective way to save or develop human moreover material asset will reduce the economic losses
and the liabilities (Lurati, 2017).
Goals of the Occupational Health Management Program
Goal 1: Also reduces the occupational Risks through straight interventions

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Goal 2: Promote health and security culture throughout cooperative programs compliance
assistance as well as strong leadership
Goal 3: Maximize the effectiveness moreover efficiencies by infrastructure and strengthening
capability (Wardell, 2007)
Activities involved in developing & implementing OHM program
Measuring performance: Organization must measure, monitor as well as evaluate security and
well-being performance. The Performance may be measured against an agreed criterion to
reveals when or where improvements are wanted. The dynamic self-monitoring also reveals the
effectiveness of security and well-being management systems. The Self-monitoring considers
both the hardware (factory, factory, or material) and the software.
Implementation and operation: For the effective implementations, the organization must develop
capabilities moreover support mechanism needed to implement security and well-being policies,
indicators and goals. All the employees must be proactive or have the right to employment
securely to protect their long-period well being, and not just to ignore the accidents (Wandzich &
Płaza, 2017).
Safety and health policies should be implemented in planned as well as systematic manner
through effective health and health management systems. The goal is to reduce the hazard. The
hazards assessment methods should be used to determine priorities in addition to determine goals
for eliminating risks and reducing the hazard. Whenever possible, the hazards must be eliminated
by selecting furthermore designing facilities, processes, and equipment. If the hazards cannot be
eliminated, the hazard must be minimized through utilizing of a physical control or secure

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working system, and as final resorts, by providing own protective equipment. The Performance
standard must be established as well as use to measures performances.
Evaluation of the program
The growth of the OHMP moreover organization of occupational well-being actions should
comply with regulations and laws. However, the existence of the regulations and laws is now and
then an obstacle to effectual risk reduction strategy. The Occupational well being and security
management systems are being more common in the organizations. Therefore, their efficiency
has become core matter for a researcher (Wandzich & Płaza, 2017). Safety performances of
organizing occupational well-being management plans are good than that of non-certified
businesses. But, it may be completed that the organization's occupational health management
plan can improve occupational health and safety status moreover support well and secure pace of
works. Nevertheless, the implementing and establishing occupational well-being management
plans are the only first way in the structured management of well being and security system in
workplace environments. In order to consolidate their roles and expand their acceptance of the
workers and the other beneficiary, their performances should be assessed using appropriate
indicators.
Methods for undertaking evaluation
The assessments are based on the comparison of the particular criteria along with indicators for
the occupational well being and security management practice of three certifications or three
non-certified businesses. The results of the survey show that certification companies perform
significantly better in occupational well-being and security organization than non-certified
companies. The occupational safety and health assessments series 18001 certified businesses
have good occupational safety and health standards; these supports view that the occupational

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safety and safety management system also play significant strategic roles in workplace well
being and security. The OHMP is complex, also which is why this study uses active and passive
indicators to appraise the effectiveness of the OHMPs. These methods can predict the
performance of the occupational safety and health management system and also identify
deficiencies and weaknesses in occupational safety and health management system. Additionally,
the strategic goal and plan may define for resource and planning allocations. Selected criteria’s
and the indicators are particular to occupational well being and security management practice
furthermore plays a function in making a secure environment. Occupational safety and health
organization practices assessed in these studies includes: the management commitments, worker
participation in the occupational health and safety management activity, staff training, hazard
communication, safety briefing, accident investigation, occupational health and safety
inspection, incentive and reward system, corrective measures, and safety management Staff
participation in occupational health and safety meetings, complete OHS rules and procedures,
occupational health and safety promotion policies, risk assessment, etc (Phillips, 2014).
Conclusion
The occupational well-being field must not be an exception. It wants to shifts from regulatory-
base activity to answerable health-base care. For these reasons, occupational health and safety
management systems are better tool or utensil to establish effective OHS. Flexible management
of relevant regulations and laws, the growth of the professional who may manage the hazard-
base activity, as well as new assessment techniques, is very crucial to the establishment of
occupational well being and safety management systems. The organization must constantly
review or improve health and safety management systems so after that its entire health and safety
level will continue to increase. The organization can learn and apply courses from relevant

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experiences. The system should be systematically evaluated base on monitoring information
furthermore the independent review data of the entire health and safety management systems.
This constitutes the basis for compliance with organization’s responsibility under 2005 Law and
the statutory provisions. There must be a firm commitment to continuous improvement,
involving the formulation of risk control policies, systems, and technologies.

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