Blog 2 Web Based Occupational Safety and Health

         The day I learnt about occupational safety and health (OSH), I realize about the importance of technology in OSH. Safety and health area is a wide area, thus acquire a thorough observation from the management in the organization. Technology made the process become faster and the quantity of accidents can be decreased.

            One of the web based OSH function is as a safety and health training records for the organization. Every employee must be obliged to go training for safety and health. This is to prepare themselves and having knowledge about safety at the workplace. The record must be kept in the system established by the organization to ensure the attendance of employees to the training. Moreover, it can be reference for management to send again the employees to learn about the other OSH courses. Other than that, the training records can be used when an employee is having an accident. The record can be checked whether the employee had already known how to handle the situation that may avoid accident from happen.

            Besides that, the web based can be used as the accident reporting and record keeping. When there has accidents happen in the plant or industrial area, the employee must report the accidents to the top management. Every employee is obliged to fill the annual form regarding all the reportable work-related injuries and illnesses.  This form will be filled in every year by all the workers. The use of that form is to displays total injuries and illnesses for the year either they having injuries or not. Moreover, actions can be taken suitable with the accidents that were recorded. This is to determine the suitable treatment with the injuries having by the employees.

            The third function is for workers’ compensation claims. When employees were having accidents, of course they wanted to claim the compensation from the organization if the accident was from the workplace. So, to avoid from the employees to cheat the management, they must fill the forms of accidents. Thus, the amount of compensation is given suitable with the degree of the injuries. This is same when employees want to claim for external insurance, the records keeping can confirm the accidents because the records cannot be cheated.

            I think that the web based OSH has really helping the organization in handling the safety and health at the workplace. I was so satisfied at the end of the class because I have gain new knowledge on the web based. (412 words)