ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health
ASEAN's guideline for small and medium enterprises on running an occupational safety and health management system: policy, hazard identification, risk assessment, objectives, a resourced plan, implementation, routine monitoring and inspections, incident investigation, emergency preparedness, performance indicators, audit, corrective and preventive action, management review and continual improvement, with communication, responsibilities, training, worker participation, documentation and records as basic requirements, plus GHS classification, labelling and safety data sheet duties for chemical suppliers from the appended 2009 chemical guideline.
ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health is a compliance framework from ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam) with 3 domains and 25 controls. The largest domains are Section 5: Implementation procedures of the OSHMS in the organisation (5.1 to 5.14) – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health (14 controls), Section 6: Basic requirements (OSH structure, worker participation, documentation, recording) – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health (6 controls), Section 7 annexes and the appended ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet 2009 – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health (5 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (3)
Section 5: Implementation procedures of the OSHMS in the organisation (5.1 to 5.14) – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.1 | A short, signed OSH policy stating management commitment, objectives, accountability and worker duties, communicated to every worker |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.10 | Key OSH performance indicators that are objective, relevant, timely, cost-efficient and owned by the work group |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.11 | Planned internal and external OSHMS audits with planning, document review, interviews, observation, a closing meeting and a written report |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.12 | Effective preventive and corrective action procedures that remove root causes and whose progress and effectiveness are monitored |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.13 | Regular top management review of OSHMS implementation, suitability, policy fit, legal compliance and needed changes |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.14 | A continual improvement strategy built on monitoring, benchmarking and independent audit, improving performance even where results are acceptable |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.2 | Systematic hazard identification by area, task or process, with workers and representatives involved and the findings listed for assessment |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.3 | Risk assessment of each hazard by likelihood and severity, done by a competent team with workers, acted on through a prioritised plan and reviewed |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.4 | Documented, measurable OSH objectives consistent with the policy and the identified hazards, reviewed periodically and communicated |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.5 | A documented OSH plan or programme assigning responsibility, time scales and resources for each objective, covering the seven programme elements |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.6 | Implementation through specific procedures for hazard control, training and programme evaluation, with adequate human and financial resources |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.7 | Routine monitoring of practice against procedures and planned workplace safety inspections with written, filed reports and tracked rectification |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.8 | Investigation of accidents, incidents, near misses and work-related disease to find root causes and prevent recurrence |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::5.9 | Emergency prevention, preparedness and response: assessed emergency needs, a tested emergency action plan with the minimum contents, and recovery |
Section 6: Basic requirements (OSH structure, worker participation, documentation, recording) – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::6.1.1 | A two-way OSH communication system to draft, update and disseminate OSH information across the organisation |
| 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 |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::6.1.3 | OSH training for all workers from a needs assessment and training matrix: induction, job-specific and refresher training, delivered, recorded and evaluated |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::6.2 | Worker participation and consultation through a committee, elected representatives or other agreed arrangements, including involvement in hazard identification, risk assessment, investigation and inspection |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::6.3 | Controlled OSHMS documentation (manual, procedures and work instructions, forms) that states the system scope, is kept up to date and is available where needed |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::6.4 | OSH and operational records prepared, maintained, legible and identifiable, kept to show legal compliance and that the system operates as intended |
Section 7 annexes and the appended ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet 2009 – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::C2 | Suppliers classify every chemical supplied for use at work against the Schedule I hazard classes, by a trained classifier, using available data, bridging principles and cut-off limits, and review the classification |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::C3 | Suppliers label every container of hazardous chemical with product identity, pictograms, signal word, hazard and precautionary statements and supplier contact, applying precedence rules, firmly affixed and reviewed at least five-yearly |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::C4 | Suppliers furnish a current sixteen-section safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical supplied, with the prescribed content per section, reviewed at least five-yearly |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::C5 | Confidential business information: a chemical name may be replaced by a generic name only in defined cases and must be disclosed on request for worker protection; proportion ranges given where exact composition is confidential |
| asean-guidelines-for-occupational-safety-and-health::C6 | Hazard communication: labels and safety data sheets in the language set by the competent authority, translated by competent technical translators, and workers trained to read them |
What is ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health and who does it apply to?
ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health is a compliance framework from ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam) with 3 domains and 25 controls. ASEAN's guideline for small and medium enterprises on running an occupational safety and health management system: policy, hazard identification, risk assessment, objectives, a resourced plan, implementation, routine monitoring and inspections, incident investigation, emergency preparedness, performance indicators, audit, corrective and preventive action, management review and continual improvement, with communication, responsibilities, training, worker participation, documentation and records as basic requirements, plus GHS classification, labelling and safety data sheet duties for chemical suppliers from the appended 2009 chemical guideline. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health actually require?
ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health has 25 controls organised across 3 domains. The largest domains are Section 5: Implementation procedures of the OSHMS in the organisation (5.1 to 5.14) – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health (14 controls), Section 6: Basic requirements (OSH structure, worker participation, documentation, recording) – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health (6 controls), Section 7 annexes and the appended ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet 2009 – ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health (5 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
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