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Title: Occupational Safety and Health A Caricom Perspective CERSSO San Salvador, El Salvador April 29, 2004


1
Occupational Safety and Health A Caricom
PerspectiveCERSSOSan Salvador, El
SalvadorApril 29, 2004
2
Occupational Safety and Health
  • History
  • National Perspectives
  • Antigua and Barbuda and the OECS
  • Dominica
  • Grenada
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Suriname
  • Caricom Model
  • Differences in National Perspectives
  • Constraints

3
History
  • Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, the other
    OECS Countries and Trinidad and Tobago - British
    Model (emphasis on Factories)
  • Suriname - Dutch Model (emphasis on factories and
    injuries)
  • 1947-1950 - Development and Enactment of OSH
    legislation

4
Deficiences in British Dutch Models
  • Health Safety Management System
  • Health safety Policy
  • Safety and Health and Environment Committees
  • Confined Space Entry Procedures
  • Hazard Communication Standards
  • Medical Monitoring Surveillance
  • Process Safety Management
  • Workers Training
  • Lock-out Procedure
  • Construction Regulations

5
National Perspectives
  • Antigua Barbuda- Revised legislation Enacted in
    1975
  • Dominica - Revised legislation Enacted in 1990
  • Grenada Factories Act, Revised in 1990,
    Employment Act No.14, Revised in 1999, Labour
    Relations Act No. 15, Revised in 1999
  • Trinidad and Tobago - In 2004, Revised
    legislation is in preparation for enactment
  • Suriname - After Independence (1975) - New
    Regulation - (a) Insurance benefits for injuries
    (1976)

6
National Perspectives
  • (b) The employer has an obligation to maintain an
    accident register
  • Suriname contd
  • After Revolution in 1980, in 1981, the emphasis
    was on safety procedures within the health
    framework

7
Caricom Model
  • In 1996, Ministers of Labour from Caricom
    countries formulated the model based on the ILO
    Code of Practice on recording and notification of
    occupational accidents and diseases and the best
    practices from the legislations of the various
    caricom countries
  • An idealistic framework

8
Differences in National Perspectives
  • OECS countries and Suriname are upgrading
    legislation to meet Caricom model
  • Trinidad and Tobago OSH ActNo1 of 2004 covers
    all industrial establishments except premises for
    residential purposes. However, special measures
    are included for pregnant women

9
Constraints
  • Lack of financial resources
  • Lack of trained personnel
  • Absence of a consistent public education
    programme (except Suriname)
  • Absence of technical equipment
  • Absence of national and regional databases
  • Generally, lack of opportunity for tertiary
    education

10
Recommendations Contd
  • To eliminate this situation of abuse
  • Development of a process consisting of several
    strategies involving international relation
    techniques and other relevant techniques with
    regards to the approach to the heads of nations
    in order to convince them that the greatest
    wealth of any nation is the human resource and
    hence, the well being of workers is significant
  • This process approach must be tailored to suit
    the needs of the nation and its present situations

11
Recommendations Contd
  • Methods ( Public relations techniques) to
    convince occupiers/employers and to cause them
    (without force) to willfully comply with the OSH
    legislation, although the mission of the
    legislation is enforcement
  • To sell to the occupiers/employers the fact
    that proper implementation of OSH legislation
    will result in great cost benefits (positive
    economic indicators)

12
Recommendations Contd
  • To encourage the tripartite consensus
  • Mentoring aspect with regards to training and
    advisory in the usage of equipment and process
    safety
  • Governments may need to consider strategies to
    assist entrepreneurs financially in the
    organization of adequate working conditions for
    the employees
  • A regional center of occupational safety and
    health should be established for the ease of
    availability of technical expertise for the
    Caricom member states
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