Essentials of Occupational Safety and Health for BMI

The new programme on Essentials in Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) is an innovative training designed to promote key concepts of occupational safety and health (OSH).

The training programme is intended for BMI HSE experts and leaders, as well as for plant managers interested in promoting OSH across the BMI operations.

The EOSH is a suite of 29 modules covering a selection of themes and topics that promote a general culture of health and safety at work, as well as specific risks and issues.

OBJECTIVES

Through this programme, participants deepened their understanding of key topics that contribute to an overall health, safety and hygiene culture in the workplace, and considered specific risks and challenges associated with EOSH.

They also strengthened their technical knowledge of the 29 training modules of the EOSH training package.

CONTENT

The training programme covered the following topics:

- Introduction to occupational safety and health

- Prevention management

- Risk assessment

- Preventing and reporting accidents

- Motivating employees: leadership and control

- Work permit

- Personal protective equipment

- Notification in the occupational safety and health system

- Responding to emergencies

- Internal contingency plan

- Ergonomics

- Hazardous substances

- Special works

- Health and Safety Committees

- Fires and explosions

- Work in confined spaces

- Tools, machines and appliances

- Lifting, moving and carrying

- Tripping, slipping and falling

- Working at height

- Electricity

- Radiation

- Asbestos

- Noise and vibrations

- Awareness of drugs and alcohol

- Harassment and violence at work

- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

- Occupational health and safety in the workplace for young workers

- Health Crisis Management and COVID-19

ACHIEVEMENT
Through the training, participants acquired technical knowledge of the EOSH training package and learned to apply these principles to their day to day job.

NUMBER OF HOURS: 50