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outline the reasons for introducing health and safety management systems
the reasons for introducing health and safety management systems wcmde:
• moral
- the concept of reasonable care
- the unacceptability of putting the health and safety of people at risk
- society’s attitude to moral obligations
- accident / incident and ill-health statistics
- general health statistics
- the impact of size of organization on accident liv li̇dent rates
• legal
- preventive
- punitive
- the compensatory effects of law
- the principle of self regulation
. economic
- the costs associated with accidents / incidents and ill-health
and their impact on society and on organisations
- insured and uninsured costs
- the financial benefits of effective health and safety management.
there’s wider reasons for introducing health and safety management systems upon which health and safety is based, which include: - health and safety management systems are designed to enable an organisation to fulfil its objectives whilst developing continual improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of the system itself.suppoging corporate governance, satisfying enforcement agencies and giving a potential market place advantage through the direct benefits of the system and this should be evident through reductions in the numbers and scale of loss outcomes such as occupational tunesses, wsyries and property damage incidents.
