Duties of Safety and Health Officer


Duties of Safety and Health Officer :
  • To advice employer or any person(s) in charge of a place of work or the measure to be taken in the interest of Safety and health;
  • To inspect place of work to determine any hazard liable to cause bodily injury;
  • To investigate any accident near miss dangerous occurrence, poisoning, or disease;
  • To assist employer or S&H Committee in organizing and implementing Occupational Safety and Health programme
  • To become the secretary of S&H Committee;
  • To assist the S&H Committee in inspection;
  • To collect, analyse and maintain statistics,
  • To assist an officer from local OSH enforcement authority in carrying out his duty under the Act and regulations; and
  • To carry out any other instructions made by the employer or any matters pertaining to safety and health at place of work.