Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) is responsible for making sure that working environments are safe and healthy.

Some of the major responsibilities of OSH officers include designing safe working procedures, performing working site inspections as well as providing necessary training on various workplace safety, health and risk-related issues.

A simple case in point is that workers at a construction site are required to equip all the necessary safety gear and equipment, such as safety glasses, gloves, hard hats and safety vests, not to mention checking off a set of long safety checklists before they are allowed to commence work.

Occupational Safety & Health doesn’t just cover physical safety conditions. It also takes into consideration other sneaky hazards like psychological (stress and strain), biological (infestations, bacteria and viruses), chemical (dusts, fumes and gases) and ergonomic (badly-designed machinery and workstations) risks, all which are crucial to the overall physical, mental and social wellbeing of employees at the workplace.