THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY ACT (Italian Legislative Order 81/08) FOR WORKERS
The course, available in Italian, is to discharge the training obligation under Art. 37(vii) of the OHS Act. It presents the statutory background to accident prevention activities in work environments.
Introduction
The OHS Act of 9 April 2008 governs the statutory and regulatory provisions underlying all activities for the prevention of accidents at work; it codifies the laws and regulations previously in force, and standardizes the essential instruments for ensuring workers’ safety.
This course is designed to teach workers the general aspects of safety and accident prevention, with particular reference to the following:
• the historical evolution of OHS laws and regulations;
• concepts of “risk”, “injury”, “prevention” and “protection”;
• risk assessment;
• corporate organization models for company-wide accident prevention;
• rights, duties and sanctions for the various individuals and bodies within the company;
• monitoring, control and support bodies;
• health surveillance.