Modern day organizations strictly follow all the safety measures to ensure the security of their employees and many of the organizations have well-trained occupational health and safety officers.
Lets now discuss the main duties and responsibilities of an occupational health and safety Officer:
The occupational health and safety officer of every organization should be observant for every potential problem that could cause serious injuries or even death in some cases. Some of the conditions like a wet floor, loose railings, defective electrical cords prove a danger to the employees. There are some important responsibilities like :
1. Observe for Safety in a workplace
As we all know "Prevention is better than Cure", this will be one of the main duties of occupational health and safety officer would be to monitor all the conditions that prove hazardous to the workers and prevent them.
For instance, ensuring workers follow all the rules and regulations while working in such an environment, one of the main beings, wearing their necessary outfits.All the machines are to be checked on a frequent basis,awareness should be given to the workers, in short, an occupational health and safety officer should be alert all the time.
3. Awareness program in employees
Workers should be aware of all the do's and do not's that should be followed in organizations.
The occupational safety and health officer should organize such programs so that the workers are fully aware of the different hazardous that occur in an organization.
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