A New Model Proposal for Occupational Health and Safety

Abstract

Occupational health and safety aims to protect the life, health and safety of employees by taking measures for occupational accidents, health problems, occupational diseases and various risks that may occur in the working environment. Even if the assurance systems are fully implemented, the success rate will be adversely affected when it comes to the human factor. Although OHS is subject to various laws and procedures, the processes need to be improved and made lean in order to be implemented successfully. The workplace environment needs to be regular, visible and quickly accessible in order to be safe. Applying lean philosophy for this purpose brings great success in creating this environment. This study presents a “Lean Occupational Health and Safety Model”, which acts as a guide for meeting the occupational health and safety requirements of the environment. The aim of the presented model is to increase the success of OHS practices by making work environments lean and visual. Successful results were obtained by applying the model step by step to a laboratory. The risks identified as a result of applying the model were corrected using Lean Techniques.