Palm Oil Engineering Bulletin No.110 (Jan - Mar 2014) p11-13
Glimpses of Occupational and Health Act 1994 (OSHA) Part 1: Permit to Work – A Must
N Ravi Menon

The current Occupational Safety and Health Act or OSHA 1994 is completely different from its precursor, the Factory and Machinery Act 1967 (FMA) it replaced. While the FMA was prescriptive, limited and government depended, the OSHA 1994 is based on self-regulation, consultation and workers’ co-operation with a broad range of worker’s population. The philosophy and the guiding principles are summarised by Lord Alfred Robens as the responsibilities to ensure safety and health at the work place lies with those who create the risk and those who work with the risks.



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