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Workplace Behaviour Affecting Health and Safety
May 18th, 2017 | 07:42 AM | 1155 views
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
The management of health and safety is an integral part of managing a business, consideration of Behaviour Based Safety into one's Organisation is a potentially important aspect, helping companies encourage safe behaviours among their employees and reduce frequencies and severities of any workers injuries of compensation claims. The Chairman and Executive Director of SPK Events highlighted the matters at the Opening of a Conference and Exhibition on WorkPlace Behaviour Affecting Health and Safety.
Pengiran Irwan AB Rahaman bin Pengiran Haji Salleh AB Rahaman in his welcoming speech also urged for the creation of a safety-partnership between management and employees that continually focuses people's attention and actions on theirs, and others, daily safety behaviour. He added, safety officers and safety representatives are encouraged to establish a network amongst them so that they can share their best practises and learn from each other. They are also reminded to continuously adjust their occupational safety and health system and standards to keep at par with current development, so that they can guarantee a conducive working environment.
Keith Rhodes, a Consultant from Thailand, while discussing the issue on the Relationship between Behaviour, Culture, and Safety, among other things touched on the influence of Human Behaviour and Areas affecting the individual. The conference is aimed at sharing information with various agencies pertaining to behaviour at workplace.
The Conference and Exhibition is being held at the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Science, University Brunei Darussalam, UBD. More than 60 participants representing government and private sectors as well as Higher Education Institutions are attending the two-day conference. The exhibition is opened to the public until tomorrow from 9 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon.
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