Defining Total Workplace Safety and Health

 Total WSH, also known as Total Workplace Safety and Health, is an all-rounded and incorporated approach serving as a management system for health, safety and work. It also greatly encourages the welfare of employees and workers in Singapore.

Why Should Your Company Utilise Total WSH?

When it comes to your company’s work surroundings, the health and safety of all workers are connected closely. This means that by improving health and safety at work, you can lower the risk of ill-health and injury. As such, this leads to employees well-being taken care of for a more effective workforce. The opposite is also true: when it comes to ill-health and injury at work, it can significantly reduce work conditions and productivity. For example, Total WSH can greatly aid the employee who is tasked to supervise the construction site.

How to Begin Your Total WSH Journey?

Before implementing the management system of Total WSH, it is best to take a look and review your company’s regulations first. If you are not sure, here’s how you can get started:

• Reviewing WSH of your employees: look into how often your WSH team or committee reviews the well-being and health of all employees in the company
• Updating the WSH policy: evaluate if your company’s WSH policy integrates your employees’ health, safety and well-being
• Review safe work procedures and risk assessment: ensure that WSH risk assessments, as well as safe work procedures, are addressed 
• By developing an intervention programme: seek intervention programmes that are suitable to reduce your employee’s WSH risks

Total WSH Process

There are three major processes to Total WSH for companies in Singapore. We seek to aid you when it comes to the implementation of Total WSH through the process below. Here is how the approach goes.

1. Assessment of Total WSH

Identification is needed on two levels: company and worker. For example, at a construction site, it can be the workers and the employee who is tasked to supervise.

This sifts out any top risks and recommends practical interventions. Here’s what can be done: 

Company Level: WSH Questionnaire and walk-through assessment 

Worker Level: Anonymous Basic Health Survey that is open to all staff

2.Intervention

After ensuring that checks are done and compiled, interventions should be implemented after monitoring and evaluation. Here are a few examples your company can utilise: 

Examples: Recommendation of WSH improvements, health screening (pre and post), health coaching sessions, broad-based health promotion activities, ergonomics assessment & intervention sessions

3. Monitoring & Evaluation

Once the interventions are in place, you can begin to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of your programme. Here’s how: 

Examples: Impact on MC days and healthcare costs, impact on productivity, return on investment

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In addition to Consultancy of Total Workplace Safety and Health, we also offer bizSAFE consulting, ISO – Environmental Management System, ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management System and more.

A five-steps programme that assists companies to build up their WSH capabilities so that they can achieve quantum improvements in safety and health standards at the workplace.

t will ensure your company to be in compliance with WSH (Risk Management) Regulation which applies to all workplaces in Singapore and also competitive edge over your competitors as many large corporations had set bizSAFE level 3 as a minimum requirement for selection of contractors

WSH Penalty Maximum charges under WSH Act will be $500,000 for body corporations and $200,000 to individuals + 2 years jail term

What is the ISO 14001: Environmental Management System?

 The ISO 14001 standard is an internationally recognised environmental management system that is well suited for both small and large organisations. It provides a systematic framework that integrates environmental management practices based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act method. The framework supports preventing pollution, environmental protection, reducing waste produced, and also reducing material and energy consumption.

Organisations that possess the ISO 14001 certification have successfully integrated environmental management into its operations, long-term planning, and various other management systems such as ISO 50001 and ISO 9001. This certification must be granted by ISO consultants and can be utilised by all organisations regardless of its sector.

ISO 14001 Environmental Management System can be implemented, maintained, and improved upon, to demonstrate compliance and conformance with environmental regulations and laws. An organisation in Singapore has to assess its environmental effects, create realistic targets to minimise the impacts, and then plan how to reach the new targets effectively.

The Importance of ISO 14001

Organisations that have the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System accreditation by ISO consultants are able to demonstrate their responsible and green practices towards caring for the environment. In addition, the certification can reduce the risk of environmental and regulatory fines significantly. Companies that have implemented the system successfully may have reduced costs, improved morale at all levels, and increased brand marketability.

The ISO Environmental Management System can also assist Singapore organisations in various other ways:

- Identify and manage legality and environmental issues to comply with regulations.
- Determining the needed requirements in the development of environmental policies, strategy, and goals.
- Build brand and organisational image with the target community and relevant environmental groups.
- Enhance the awareness of employees regarding environmental issues, the impact of their work on organisational products, services, and activities.

Highlighting Your Commitment to Green Initiatives

Both large and small organisations are facing increasing pressures to create supply chains that are more environmentally-friendly because of the growing awareness regarding consumer lifestyles that have a lasting impact on the environment. Customers have begun to prefer organisations that have aligned their business objectives with worldwide ecological concerns, enabling them to garner a more competitive advantage. Additionally, these organisations can also benefit from reduced energy costs, material consumption, air and water emissions, recycling, and legal fees due to regulatory non-compliance.

With ISO 14001 Environmental Management System’s emphasis on a systematic approach to environmental management, organisations will be able to manage its activities, services, and products, so that they have a reduced environmental footprint.

ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety

The ISO 45001 (Migrated from OHSAS18001) is an established international standard that details the requirements needed for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system. It also includes the guidance for its application, enabling organisations to actively improve its OH&S performance with regards to preventing ill-health and injury. ISO 45001 can be integrated into any organisation, and is applicable regardless of the organisation’s type, nature, and size. Having an ISO 45001 certification enables organisations to integrate essential aspects of health and safety, including staff wellbeing/wellness.

The Benefits of ISO 45001

An organisation that has received the ISO 45001 certification by ISO consultants in Singapore are able to improve its Occupational Health and Safety performance with these points:

- Development and implementation of OH&S objectives and policy.
- Establish systematic contextual processes that take into account its opportunities, risks, and legal requirements.
- Enable organisations to determine the OH&S hazards and risks that are associated with its spectrum of activities; aiming to minimise or eliminate their effects with proactive controls.
- Establish operational controls managing OH&S risks among other legal requirements.
- Develop consistent awareness of the OH&S risks. - Evaluate the OH&S performance and undertaking relevant actions to improve upon it.
- Ensure that staff play an active role in enforcing OH&S standards.

OHSAS18001

An International Standard framework, OHSAS18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Certification by ISO consultants allows organisations to identify, manage, and reduce the risks that are associated with health and safety in the workplace. Organisations that have implemented the standard are able to send a clear message to their stakeholders that they prioritise the employees’ health and safety in the organisation.

The Benefits of OHSAS18001 Accreditation
- An improvement in corporate credibility and image with stakeholders, customers, regulators, potential clients, and the general public.
- The adoption of internationally recognised risk management.
- Ensuring the health and wellbeing of workers, subsidiaries, and the general public.
- Minimising the liability of employers through adopting proactive controls instead of reactive ones.
- The ability to ensure legislative awareness and all-level compliance within the organisation.
- Improving the investigation process of incidents in an organisation.
- The increase in employee motivation by ensuring a safer participation process and workplace.

Industries That Can Implement OHSAS18001

Implemented by various industries in Singapore, the OHSAS18001 Occupational Health and Safety standard is beneficial for organisations that have chosen to implement it. The benefits are immediate, regardless of the organisation consists of 1 or 1000 workforce. The purpose of this standard is to place focus on workers and ensuring that the best and safest practices are implemented, ensuring reduced risks in the organisation.

We customize Workplace Safety & Health and Food Safety services for corporations working on a tight budget to hire full-time professionals but are concerned about these respective commitments.
 

Let our professionals take over the management of these functions that are essential for any corporations so you can concentrate on other bigger things such as getting more business and operations. We help PROTECT your corporation for long-term sustainability.

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Benefits of Outsourcing:

• Get the job done at lower cost but better quality
• Fully focus on area of expertise
• Access to skilled resources
• Experienced professional provide better and faster solutions

Auditing We offer internal, ad hoc and regular auditing for Quality, Environmental, Safety and Food Safety management systems as a self check to evaluate the effectiveness of compliance

Inspection We offer WSH inspections, food hygiene inspections according to your organization needs and provide recommendations to eliminate or minimise risks at the workplace.