WEB-BASED OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH (OSHA)

One of the fundamental human resources management involves the administration of Organizational Safety and Health. What is meant by Organizational Safety and Health and why is it so important to be implemented in every organization? Organization Safety and Health (OSHA) is responsible for establishing, monitoring and enforcing Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) standards and practices in firms. There are various functions of OSHA, which are:

      I.          Reviewing employer records of workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses.

     II.          Conduct on-site inspections at the workplace and note observed violations.

    III.          Conduct employee interviews or survey to elicit any safety concerns.

   IV.          Discuss the findings and violations happen in the workplace with the employer so that he/she noted about their current safety conditions.

As the world is turning brighter with advanced technology, so does the world of managing employees. Now, there is lots of web-based Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) invented and created in order to assist employer in recording purposes. There will be no more usage of the burdensome paper-form that will only waste the organization’s time, money and productivity.

There are a lot of advantages of implementing this web-based Organizational Safety and Health (OSHA) system. First, rather than having to wait for several days as before, required information for either EEO or OSHA reports can be obtained in any minutes. This is because, previously, it took ages for the management to review on the OSHA reports as there are a lot of processes have to be done. For instances, HR departments have to review the records first, compiling the information, and then forwarding it to the centralized location for further compilation.

Next, by using web-based Organizational Safety and Health (OSHA), it is certainly helps in avoiding waste of the employees’ precious time. This is due to usage of electronic reporting that moves from computer to computer and it can ensure timely receipt of reports.

Previously, all employees are required to fill in the OSHA Form 300, OSHA Form 301 and OSHA Form 300A. OSHA Form 300 functions as to record all reportable work-related injuries and illnesses and this form must be completed annually by them. Then, OSHA Form 301 is used to record supplementary information about reportable cases whereas OSHA Form 300A is used to display total injuries and illnesses for the year and it must be posted to all employees, for them to have a review on it.