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    The document discusses the key stakeholders in safety and health in the engineering field - the employer, employee, and government. [1] The employer is responsible for providing a safe working environment, appropriate protective equipment, enforcing safety regulations, and providing necessary tools to promote safety. [2] The employee must follow safe practices, obey regulations, maintain a clean environment, observe hygiene, and get proper authorization to operate machinery. [3] The government's roles are to formulate legislation, enforce compliance, conduct safety audits, and investigate occupational accidents.

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    Carpe Diem School of Engineering

    SAFETY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

    CHAPTER 1: STAKE HOLDERS TOWARDS SAFETY AND HEALTH

    Introduction

    Safety and health is an important subject in the field of Engineering. Knowledge of it or lack

    of it might determine life and death of a person. It is important to study safety and health since

    the field of engineering involves some dangerous activities.

    Stakeholders in Safety and Health

    Stakeholder : A person with an interest or concern in something, especially a business.

    In the Safety and Health industry there are three major stakeholders in Zimbabwe:

    a) The Employer

    The employer is a person or company that provides a job paying wages or a salary to one or

    more people. The employer is responsible for the safety of the employees . According to the

    law he is legally responsible for all the decisions made by the employees and to reduce his

    reputational risk it is important that he keeps his workers safe.

    The roles of the employer are as follows :

    1. Create safe working environment

    Employers should provide such supervision as will ensure that workers perform their work

    with due regard to their safety and health. Working in construction is an inherently hazardous

    activity, with a high risk of accidents on-site, as well as increasingly complex health and safety

    risks and hazards off-site. This is why knowing the best ways to prevent construction site

    hazards will put you and your building sites in the optimal position to continue to attract the

    best workers.
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    2. Provide appropriate PPC/E

    Employers should, therefore, provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and

    training in its usage to their employees wherever there is a risk to health and safety that cannot

    be adequately controlled by other means. In order to provide PPE for their employees,

    employers must do more than simply have the equipment on the premises. The employees must

    have the equipment readily available, or at the very least have clear instructions on where they

    can obtain it.

    3. Enforce safety and health regulations

    Creating a health and safety policy to make all staff aware of the relevant procedures is a legal

    requirement for all businesses. The policy should be documented if there are more than five

    employees, cover all health and safety procedures in the workplace, including fire safety and

    first aid, and be readily accessible by your employees, on-site contractors and other interested

    parties.The policy should also detail how you manage workplace health and safety, such as risk

    assessment details, evacuation plans, staff training and consultation. The policy should also

    include the names of anyone with specific health and safety duties, for example, first aiders or

    fire wardens.

    4. Avail necessary tools to promote safety and health at work

    Employers should provide workers the specific tools, equipment, supplies, and technology

    needed for performing the required tasks. There are hazards associated with each task on a

    site should be eliminated or substituted . One of the methods is by introducing good

    technology necessary for the safety of the people on site.


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    b) The Employee

    A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.

    1. Follow safe work practices at all times

    It is good for the employee to ensure that they follow the procedures for their own good.

    This will ensure preservation of their life and minimum injury . Furthermore it will

    strengthen their case should they need compensation.

    2. Obey safety regulations

    The employee is also duty bound to co-operate with the employer where the NSSA Act

    imposes a duty or requirement to be performed or complied with. Workers are legally

    bound to comply with the prescriptions of the NSSA Act. Employees should always

    carry out and obey lawful orders and obey the health and safety rules and procedures

    laid down by the employer.

    3. Maintain clean working environment

    The cleanliness of an environment can influence employee productivity, performance,

    and well-being. No one feels motivated in an unclean environment, making it essential

    to help keep staff morale and productivity levels high. It helps to keep staff safe, healthy,

    and efficient. Given the nature of the environment , it is essential that one mantains a

    clean environment since a dirty environment can breed diseases or spread of diseases.

    4. Observe personal hygiene

    Everyone should maintain personal hygiene at work. It’s professional, considerate, and

    often a necessary element of your working environment. However, employees can


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    make working life uncomfortable for others with poor personal hygiene.

    5. Get authority to operate any machinery

    Employers should consider how their workers use machinery, and have adequate

    maintenance arrangements in place to ensure it remains safe to use. Machinery is very

    sensitive and hence it needs only competent people to be operating it.

    c) The Government

    1. Formulate safety and health legislation

    The duty of the government is to protect the workforce from harm and from

    manipulative contracts and dangerous work environments. Occupational health and

    safety laws that are applicable to all employers and employees across sectors are

    enshrined within the Labour Act, Chapter 28.01, and the National Social Security

    Authority's Accident Prevention Workers Compensation Scheme Notice No. 68 of

    1990.

    2. Enforce compliance to legislation

    After legislation has been passed, the government ensures that the organisations

    follow the laws. If there is anyone violating the stipulated the relevant penalties

    should be faced.

    3. Carry out safety audits

    A safety audit is a structured process that is used to collect information related to a

    company's efficiency, effectiveness, reliability, and safety. An auditor will observe

    the processes, work environment, the condition of equipment, and other details to

    gauge these qualities. The government carries out the safety audits so as to ensure

    the safety of all who are working on construction sites .


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    4. Investigate occupational accidents

    The main reason to perform an incident investigation is to discover the root cause of the

    accident or near-miss. The root cause may be inadequate construction. This is a way for

    the justice system to prevail without partiality or favouritism.

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