Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 4 2021
Defining a “Safe System of Work” (Short Communication)
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Title
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 4 2021
Defining a “Safe System of Work” (Short Communication)
Defining a “Safe System of Work” (Short Communication)
Subject
Psychological health, Safe system of work, System
Description
Providing a “safe system of work” is the essence of the general duties that employers have to their employees under workplace health and safety regulations. Despite this, consistent and appropriate definition of what constitutes a safe system of work is almost non-existent. Available definitions tend to confuse a safe system of work with management practices intended to bring about a safe system, or conflate the broad system suggested in general duties clauses with procedures or work methods that are focused on particular hazards or tasks. This article develops a definition of safe systems of work which recognises the broad scope of the concept and includes psychological health and return to work processes. This definition can be used by a range of stakeholders to better communicate the scope of occupational health and safety duties and more consistently assess whether a safe system has been provided both before and after incidents occur.
Creator
C. Caponecchia , A. Wyatt
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
December 2021
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 4 2021
Files
Citation
C. Caponecchia , A. Wyatt, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 4 2021
Defining a “Safe System of Work” (Short Communication),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed March 13, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2218.
Defining a “Safe System of Work” (Short Communication),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed March 13, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2218.