Title: Occupational Safety and Health in Zimbabwe
1Occupational Safety and Health in Zimbabwe
- Presented
- By
- Matthew M Ncube
- Assistant General Manager
- Occupational Safety,Health Research and Policy
Development
2NATIONAL PROGRAM FOCUS
- WORKER
- WORK ENVIRONMENT
- COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
3CORE OPERATIONAL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Prevent Occupational Non-Disabling, Disabling and
Fatal Injuries - Prevent Occupational Ilnesses and Diseases
- Create Ideal Work Environments and Conditions
- Create Awareness and Knowledge on Occupational
Safety and Health Through Information, Education
and Training
4KEY CONSIDERATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS (ILO CONVENTIONS)
- REGIONAL (SADC, AFRICA UNION,COMESA) CONCERNS
- NATIONAL POLICIES AND LEGAL PROVISIONS
- SECTORAL ECONOMIC FOCUS
5NATIONAL APPROACH
- DEFINED OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM
ELEMENTS - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
- OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE AND RESEARCH
- PROMOTION, AWARENESS AND TRAINING
- LIAISON
6Occupational safety
Occupational health
Occupational safety and Health
Promotion
Occupational Hygiene research
Training institiutional workplace
7ENFORCE LEGAL PROVISIONS HAZARDS CONTROLS
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS INSTALLATIONS EQUIPMENT MACHIN
ERY
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PROCESSING OF ASBESTOS PACKAGING, STORAGE
TRANSPORTATION, USE
8DESIGNATED OCCUPATIONS CERTIFICATION FOR
PRE-ASSIGNMENT MONITORING AND DETECTION OF
DISEASES HEALTH RISK ASSESSMNETS
PRE-ASSIGNMENTS, PERIODIC, EXIT, AND SPECIAL
HEALTH ASSESSMENTS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
9- NATIONAL HAZARD PROFILE OF WORKPLACES
- MONITORING OF HAZARDOUS EXPOSURE
- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
- EXPOSURE STANDARDS
- HEALTH RISKS IN ECONOMIC SECTORS
- HAZARD CHARACTERISTIC
EVALUATIONS OF WORK ENVIRONMENTS IN MINES,
PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
THROUGH INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
10OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROMOTION
- EMPOWERMENT OF SOCIAL PARTNERS ON OHS THROUGH
INFORMATION AND AWARENESS - PUBLICATION OF OHS ISSUES
- ORGANISATION FOR EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF SOCIAL
PARTERS - FACILITATION FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
11OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING
- PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY BUILD UP
- MANAGEMENT AND WORKER TARGETED TRAINING
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS
- CONSISTENCY IN PERCEPTIONS OF OHS
12Proactive Operational thrust
- PROACTIVE APPROACH
- PREVENTIVE THRUST
- PREVENTIVE
- FORESEEBLE
- PREVENT
- NO ONE SINGLE PROFESSION HOLDS KEY TO OPERATIONS
13OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES
- GOLD
- COAL
- CHROME
- CEMENT
- CERAMICS
- QUARRIES
- NICKEL
- PHOSPHATE
- NICKEL
- PLATINUM
- CHEMICALS
14CONCLUSION
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- WELFARE OF CITIZENS
- PROTECTION
- PREVENTION
- PROACTIVE APPROACH