Workplace Safety and Health - Ways of Getting Valid and Reliable Information on external environment relevant to WSH

Ways of getting valid and reliable information on external environment relevant to WSH

Prior to the development of WSH policy, organization should first conduct

research by gathering information relevant to their context. And in this case will be the WSH regulations and it’s subsidiary legislation.

Organization can gather such information by the use of information network and sources to obtain valid and reliable information relevant to WSH and to their context to help them formulate their WSH policy and strategy.

Ways of getting valid and reliable information on external environment relevant to WSH includes:

• Government agencies Service providers such as the Ministry of

Manpower WSH professional and the Workplace Safety and Health

Council

 

• Industrial associations such as the Singapore Institution of Safety Officer’s

• Safety officer and Safety Auditors

• Auditors Electronic notification on public comments and release of

Singapore standards

Methods of collecting valid and reliable information on internal and external environment relevant to WSH may include:

• Review and analysis of WSH records

• Workplace sampling of WSH performance

• Research on external published information

For the identified external factors that can influence organization WSH policy and strategy, the organization can easily gather information from the Ministry of Manpower, WSH professionals on matters relating to

• New or changes in legal requirements

• Changes in the social and economic condition