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WORKING ENVIRONMENT TERM PAPER
PRESENTED BY GROUP 2 MEMBERS NAMELY:
1. STANLEY KIPRUTO
2. CARO AMIMO
3. ROSE AMUNGA
4. WINNIE ODETE
PRESENTED TO:MR. AMBASA
MAIN QUESTION: NO 2.
Discuss the various subsidiary legislations governing health and safety management at the workplace. Evaluate their usefulness.
- Safety & health committee rules 2004
- First Aid Rules
- Fire Risk Reduction rules 2007
- Medical Examination rules 2005
- Personal protective equipment regulations
- Noise prevention & control rules 2005
- Eye protection rules
- Electric power supply rules
- Control of asbestos regulations
SHARED QUESTION: NO. 8
Discuss stress management. How would employees and employers manage stress in an organization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY3
INTRODUCTION4
SAFETY & HEALTH COMMITTEE RULES 20045
FIRST AID RULES7
FIRE RISK REDUCTION RULES 20079
MEDICAL EXAMINATION RULES 200515
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS18
NOISE PREVENTION AND CONTROL RULES 200522
EYE PROTECTION RULES25
ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY RULES31
CONTROL OF ASBESTOS REGULATIONS36
STRESS MANAGEMENT41
REFERENCES47
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The status of occupational health and safety conditions in Kenya is an issue of growing importance to the industrialists, practitioners, the Government and consumers. Occupational, health and safety issues are anchored in the ministry of Labour, department of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). The Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 makes provision for the health, safety and welfare of persons employed in factories and other places of work. The Act is predominantly socioeconomic in nature and focuses on the shop floor conditions of the factory, safety devices, machine maintenance, safety precautions in case of fire, gas explosions, electrical faults, provisions of protective equipment among others.
In 2004, a subsidiary legislation (legal Notice No.31) was enacted to provide for the...