EH&S: Occupational Health & Safety

Our occupational legislation in C2P is a collection of many laws and regulations protecting workers from exposure to hazards in the workplace.

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Content Overview

Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), also commonly referred to as workplace health and safety (WHS), is a multidisciplinary field concerned with protecting the safety, health, and wellbeing of people in the workplace from exposure to hazards resulting from work activities.

Legislation imposes obligations on employers to:

Examine and control workplace hazards
Have operating procedures and communicate them so that employees follow safety and health requirements
Provide safety training in a language, and vocabulary workers can understand
Use color codes, posters, labels or signs to warn employees of potential hazards
Provide access to employee medical records and exposure records to employee or their authorized representatives
Report and record all work-related fatalities and inpatient hospitalizations
Be prepared for emergencies to prevent harm to workers and property

Subtopics of EH&S (Occupational Health & Safety) include:

Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
Ergonomics
General: Emergency Preparedness & Response
Chemicals in EH&S: Occupational, Health & Safety
Illness & Injury Prevention
Electrical Safety
Infectious Disease Control
Facilities Safety
Workplace Noise
Workplace Radiation

Coverage Included

Our regulatory content in C2P is historically comprehensive with a robust QA process to ensure quality, consistency and accuracy. Below is a high level summary of our coverage for this topic:

EU: Safety and Health of Workers at Work Framework Directive 89/391/EEC
EU: Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for the Use of Work Equipment by Workers at Work, Directive 2009/104/EC
USA: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, 29 USC 651-678, 1970
China: Work Safety Law, 2002
China: National Plan on Occupational Disease Prevention and Control (2016-2020), Notice No. 100, 2016
France: Physical Quantities Regarding Exposure Limits to Electromagnetic Fields in the Workplace, Order, December 2016
Belgium: Welfare of Workers at Work, Law, 4 August 1996
USA: Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, Memorandum, April 2020
Netherlands: Abolition of Smoking Areas in Workplaces, Public Consultation, Draft Decree, April 2020
Colombia: Measures for Implementing Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemical Products in the Workplace, Draft Resolution, March 2020