It is the policy of the Department of Occupational Safety and Health to provide a safe and healthy work environment for all its employees and protect others who may be affected by its activities.

The management and staff will work together to achieve the aims and objectives of this policy through discussion/negotiation (conference) and cooperation.

Specifically, the department policy comprises the following objectives:

	To prepare and preserve a workplace with a safe and healthy working system;
	To ensure that all staff are provided with the relevant information, instruction,training and supervision regarding methods to carry out their duties in a safe manner and without causing any risk to health;
	To investigate all accidents, diseases, poisonous and/or dangerous occurrences, and to have action taken to ensure that these occurrences will not be repeated;
	To comply with all the requirements of legislations related to safety and health as stated in the Occupational Safety And Health Act 1994, as well as regulations and codes of practice which have been approved;
	To provide basic welfare facilities to all workers; and
	To revise and improve on this policy whenever necessary.

The department is without any doubt certain that safety and health must be an integral part of our daily activities, and that the proper practice of safe and healthy working procedures would be the main factor in achieving the success of our mission.

To ensure that the objectives of this policy are fully met, a safety and health officer is appointed in every state office for the purpose of coordinating and discharging the planned activities related to safety and health.