ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health 6.1.2: Documented responsibility, authority and accountability for OSH at every level, from the manager who owns overall responsibility to each worker

What does 6.1.2 require?

The organisation should define and document the responsibility, authority and relationships of the people who manage OSH hazards and who identify, evaluate and control them, in manuals, procedures or training packages, and communicate them to all workers and relevant parties. Where several functions share OSH work (budget, committee, medical services, emergency preparedness, training) each function's authority and interfaces are described. The manager or employer holds overall accountability and provides adequate resources; every worker is accountable for their own safety and that of co-workers, which can be written into job descriptions and reviewed at appraisal; supervision matches the experience of the worker and the risk of the work, with new workers shown and coached in safe methods; and workers take reasonable care and cooperate with the employer.