Safety and Health Officer Task - As per OSHA 514

DUTIES OF SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICERS
(OSHA514 Regulation 18)

Duties of safety and health officers

18. It shall be the duty of a safety and health officer

(a) to advise the employer or any person in charge of a place of work on the measures to be taken in the interests of the safety and health of the persons employed in the place of work;

(b) to inspect the place of work to determine whether any machinery, plant, equipment, substance, appliance or process or any description of manual labour used in the place of work, is of such nature liable to cause bodily injury to any person working in the place of work;

( c) to investigate any accident, near-miss accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning or occupational disease which has happened in the place of work;

(d) to assist the employer or the safety and health committee, if any, pursuant to regulation 11 of the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Committee) Regulations 1996 in organizing and implementing , occupational safety and health program at the place of work;

(e) to become secretary to the safety and health committee, if any, as specified under sub regulation 6 (2) of the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Committee) Regulations 1996, and perform all functions of a secretary as specified in that Regulations;

(f) to assist the safety and health committee in any inspection of the place of work for the purpose of checking the effectiveness and efficacy of any measures taken in compliance with the Act or any regulations made under the Act;

(g) to collect, analyze and maintain statistics on any accident, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning and occupational disease which have occurred at the place of work;

(h) to assist any officer in carrying out his duty under the Act or any regulations made under the Act; and

(i) to carry out any other instruction made by the employer or any person in charge of the place of work on any matters pertaining to safety and health of the place of work.