Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 3:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTFOR WORKER HS&E REPRESENTATIVESManagement should not be allowed to pass on their responsibilities ofmanaging health and safety, to workers and their trade unionorganisations.Activity – Managing health and safetyAIMSTo help us to: share experiences of the way that management manage HS&E explain the advantages of safe and healthy working conditionsTASKIn your small group discuss: the role that your management has played in avoiding, preventing, andcontrolling risks in your workplaces the advantages of healthy and safe working conditions to the employerElect a spokesperson to report backWhy should management manage HS&E?There are many reasons why management should have the responsibility toeffectively manage HS&E. These reasons include: the enterprise is owned by the employer and it is for them to secure thehealth and safety of their employees international standards and national laws require employers to managehealth, safety and the environment management failings result in accidents and ill health which are not thefault of the worker recognition that the development of a culture supportive of health,safety and the environment is necessary to achieve adequate controlover risks the employer will minimise financial losses effective management of health, safety and the environment is bothbeneficial and worthwhile117 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers