Under Section 30 of the OSHA DOCX

Title	Under Section 30 of the OSHA
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Under Section 30 of the OSHA, employers who have 40 workers or above, or as directed by the Director General, must establish a safety and health committee at their workplace. The committee's main function is to review the measures taken to ensure the safety and health of workers at the workplace and investigate any related matters arising. An employer must also notify the nearest occupational safety and health office of any accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning or occupational disease which has occurred or is likely to occur at the workplace. DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (DOSH) The OSHA is enforced by DOSH, a government department under the Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia. DOSH will ensure that employers, self-employed persons and all employees practice a good working culture and comply with existing legislation, guidelines and codes of practice through its enforcement and promotional activities. Specifically, DOSH's policies are formulated with the following objectives: To prepare and preserve a workplace with a safe and healthy working system; To ensure that all staff are provided with the relevant information, instruction, training and supervision regarding methods to carry out their duties in a safe manner and without causing any risk to health; To investigate all accidents, diseases, poisonous and/or dangerous occurrences, and to have action taken to ensure that these occurrences will not be repeated; To comply with all the requirements of legislations related to safety and health as stated in the Occupational Safety And Health Act 1994, as well as regulations and codes of practice which have been approved; To provide basic welfare facilities to all workers; and To revise and improve on this policy whenever necessary. To ensure that the objectives of this policy are fully met, a safety and health officer is appointed in every state office for the purpose of coordinating and discharging the planned activities related to safety and health. Apart from formulating and enforcing Acts and regulations, the Government has also carried out promotional activities to help on creating awareness on OSH not only to employers and employees but also to the general public. These promotional activities come in the form of seminars, courses and campaigns and are the government's first steps in inculcating a safe and healthy work culture in Malaysians. There is no denying that moulding a safe and healthy work culture will take time and effort but the results will be highly beneficial in helping to solve many OSH problems. Chances are that a safe and healthy work culture will not happen overnight and that OSH awareness must be deliberately fostered through various efforts and initiatives. Where previously the Programme Approach was the way to go about in tackling OSH issues, the government via DOSH is now focusing on the Systems Approach to formulate long-term solutions to OSH issues. In relation to the need for a systematic mechanism to oversee and monitor the actual...