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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.
EH&S: Occupational Health & Safety
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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
- 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
- USA: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, 29 USC 651-678, 1970
- UK: Health and Safety at Work etc, Act, 1974
- 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
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