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Safety and Health Risk Assessment

A health and safety risk assessment is in compliance to sec.6 (3) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 under Part II – General Duties.

Here, every occupier is required to carry out appropriate risk assessments in relation tom to the health and safety of persons employed and, on the basis of these results, adopt preventive and protective measures to ensure that under all conditions of their intended use, all chemicals, machinery, equipment, tools and processes under the control of the occupier are safe and without risk to health and comply with the requirements of the safety and health provisions of the afore mentioned Act. In the assessment report, recommendations are made in light of the preventive and protective measures addressed

Occupational Safety and Health Audits

Why a Health and Safety Audit is needed
The main legislation which is relevant to this subject is the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 and its subsidiary legislations. The audit is conducted in compliance to Section 13 (1) of Legal Notice No. 31 of 2004 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 of the laws of Kenya. Under the aforesaid section, every occupier is required to cause a health and safety audit of the workplace at least once in every period of 12 months by a health and safety adviser registered for that purpose by the Director of Occupational health and safety as per Section 10 of Legal Notice No 31 of 2004. Reports are typically completed and provided at the conclusion of the audit during the closing meeting. The report is then submitted to the Directorate of Occupational Health and safety Services as required and copy is given to the client after being acknowledged by DOHSS.

Trainings

OSH Committee Training-This training is conducted for the Health and Safety committee at all workplaces. The training is conducted by experienced and registered health and safety advisors at the workplace premises; and is as per the curriculum developed by Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety Services (DOHSS).This training is covered under Rule12 (1, 2) of the Safety and Health Committees Rules, 2004.

Fire Safety Training-Fire training is conducted in places of work tandem to Rule 21 of the Fire Risk Reduction rules, 2007. This aids in the formation of a Fire Fighting Team and is normally accompanied by a fire drill.

Environmental Audits

An environmental Audit is a systematic documented, periodic and objective evaluation of how activities and processes of an ongoing project to determine how far these activities and programs conform with the approved environmental management plan of that specific project and sound environmental management practices. A comprehensive EA promotes safe and healthy environment at all stages of a project operations, as well as decommissioning.
An environmental compliance audit, on the other hand is a comprehensive, systematic, documented evaluation that is designed to find and fix environmental violations for companies, local governments and individuals. It includes not only a compliance review, but regular reporting requirements and schedules for correcting problem areas discovered during the audit. Many include a review of pollution prevention opportunities.
Environmental Audits are typically conducted by Lead Consultants or firm of experts registered by National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) under the provisions of the Environmental management and Coordination Act (EMCA), 1999, who review individual facility or company-wide operations. As defined in the Environment (Impact Assessment and Audits) Regulations, 2003, the audits must conform to EMCA’s definition of environmental audit and must be conducted on annual basis.That is with reference to the Kenya Gazette, Supplement No. 56, Legislative Supplement No. 31, Legal Notice No.101 on the Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit regulations 2003.

The National environment Management Authority (NEMA) requires that a proponent prepares an Environmental Impact Assessment in accordance with subsection 7 of the aforementioned legal notice for all projects that fall under Schedule 2 of EMCA,1999.