Status of Occupational Health and Safety Management System in

Abstract

The main purpose of the research was to investigate the current situations of occupational health
and safety OHS management practices and their impacts on the health and economy of the
workers in the Cement industries of HIE Hattar Industrial Estate. It is duty of employees and
employers to maintain the safe conditions for work at the work site but due to poor legislation,
implementation, awareness, polices and techniques in the field of OHS both are not performing
their best duties which are causing huge damage to the health of workers and economy of the
industry. Both employees and employers are bounded to maintain OHS morally, legally and
financially. This study showed that there are many lapses in the OHS management systems
adopted by cement industries of HIE including lack of OHS expertise, trainings of workers,
Management willingness and devotion towards the OHS. Due to improper implementation of
OHS practices a lot of workers were suffering from occupational diseases and disorders.
Accidents rate were also high in cement industries causing huge damage to workers as well as to
the industry in the form of direct and indirect cost.