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Lagos State Safety Commission Nigeria; Occupational Health Safety & Environment Department of Akwa Ibom State Infrastructure and Asset Management and Maintenance Agency, Nigeria; National Institute for Occupational Health (South Africa) Occupational Safety and Health Authority (Tanzania) Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services [1 ...
Certified safety professional is a certification offered by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. The accreditation is used in the United States by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and internationally by the International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC 17024) (see ANSI ...
In 1974, the Health and Safety at Work Act laid down general principles for the management of health and safety at work in Britain. [2] This legislation, together with the establishment of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Health and Safety Commission (HSC) (now merged), led to more emphasis being placed on occupational safety and health by UK employers from the mid-1970s onwards. [3]
The Occupational Health Toolkit (OH Toolkit) [9] is a free resource to help tackle common occupational health problems such as skin disorders, work related stress and non-work related conditions including diabetes and heart disease. The toolkit brings together information, guidance, case studies and training materials.
Environment, health and safety (EHS) (or health, safety and environment –HSE–, or safety, health and environment –SHE–) is an interdisciplinary field focused on the study and implementation of practical aspects environmental protection and safeguard of people's health and safety, especially in an occupational context.
For example, an OHSAS 18001 certification from 2017 that is migrated to ISO 45001 in 2020 will be considered as having run from 2017. ISO/IEC TS 17021-10:2018 is a technical specification setting out competence requirements for auditing and certification of ISO 45001. [18]
The Ministry is responsible for several parastatals (government-owned agencies): Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies (MINILS), Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), National Productivity Center (NPC), National Industrial Court and Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP).
The HSE was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and has since absorbed earlier regulatory bodies such as the Factory Inspectorate and the Railway Inspectorate though the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail and Road in April 2006. [3] The HSE is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions.