EH&S: Occupational Health & Safety

Content Overview

Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), also commonly referred to as workplace health and safety (WHS), is a multidisciplinary field concerned with protecting the safety, health, and wellbeing of people in the workplace from exposure to hazards resulting from work activities.

Legislation imposes obligations on employers to: 

• Examine and control workplace hazards
• Have operating procedures and communicate them so that employees follow safety and health requirements
• Provide safety training in a language, and vocabulary workers can understand
• Use color codes, posters, labels or signs to warn employees of potential hazards
• Provide access to employee medical records and exposure records to employee or their authorized representatives
• Report and record all work-related fatalities and inpatient hospitalizations
• Be prepared for emergencies to prevent harm to workers and property

Subtopics of EH&S (Occupational Health & Safety) include:

• Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
• Ergonomics
• General: Emergency Preparedness & Response
• Chemicals in EH&S: Occupational, Health & Safety
• Illness & Injury Prevention
• Electrical Safety
• Infectious Disease Control 
• Facilities Safety
• Workplace Noise
• Workplace Radiation

Coverage Included

Our regulatory content in C2P is historically comprehensive with a robust QA process to ensure quality, consistency and accuracy. Below is a high level summary of our coverage for this topic:

• EU: Safety and Health of Workers at Work Framework Directive 89/391/EEC
• EU: Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for the Use of Work Equipment by Workers at Work, Directive 2009/104/EC
• USA: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, 29 USC 651-678, 1970
• China: Work Safety Law, 2002
• China: National Plan on Occupational Disease Prevention and Control (2016-2020), Notice No. 100, 2016
• France: Physical Quantities Regarding Exposure Limits to Electromagnetic Fields in the Workplace, Order, December 2016
• Belgium: Welfare of Workers at Work, Law, 4 August 1996 
• USA: Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, Memorandum, April 2020
• Netherlands: Abolition of Smoking Areas in Workplaces, Public Consultation, Draft Decree, April 2020
• Colombia: Measures for Implementing Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemical Products in the Workplace, Draft Resolution, March 2020