OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY HEALTH MANAGEMANT IN PAKISTAN

EDCONS Institute Of Business & Technology (Lahore) 2. What barriers exist to OHSMS success? Research and consultations with OHS experts identify three kinds of barriers to OHSMS success. These relate primarily to the way that OHSMS are being implemented in Australia. Perhaps because of their increasing popularity, their introduction often occurs under inauspicious circumstances. The barriers are: i. Failure to meet necessary conditions for OHSMS success (by not customising systems to organisational needs, imposition without consultation, weak senior management commitment and poor employee involvement). ii. The inappropriate use of audit tools (where they become an end in themselves, are governed by misplaced management objectives, and are conducted without sound auditor skills, standards and criteria). iii. Application in hostile contexts (small business, precarious employment, contractors and labour hire companies). The evidence from the consultations suggests that many applications of OHSMS are likely to fail for these reasons. One common concern is that OHSMS may then get a bad name as another ‘failed fad’. For this reason it may be necessary to address voluntary means to improve understanding in industry of the proper nature of OHSMS, of the necessary conditions for success (including senior management support and employee involvement), of the existence of a range of types of system for different settings, and the necessity to customise workplace applications. The factors contributing to effective OHSMS and the barriers to effective OHSMS are summarised in the table overleaf. EDCONS Institute Of Business & Technology (Rawalpindi) 28-B, Sadiqabad Stop, Main Murree Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi- Pakistan Tel: Fax: Cell: www.edcons.edu.pk EDCONS Institute of Business & Technology (New Lalazar Campus) 32/D, Jhelum Road, Near Ayub Park, New Lalazar Rawalpindi. Tel: Cell: www.edcons.edu.pk EDCONS Institute Of Business & Technology (Lahore) Flat # 16, 2nd Floor, Abuzar Tower, Main Peco Road,Township,Lahore-Pakistan Tel: Cell: www.edcons.edu.pk