Malta’s Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) has revealed how many workplace inspections they carried out over the last two years – and how many led to stop orders. OHSA carried out 9,106 workplace inspections over the last two years, varying from micro to large enterprises in the manufacturing, construction, and services sectors. Officers
9,106 workplaces were inspected by the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) during the last 2 years. In a statement, the OHSA said that in 1,025 workplaces visited, the hazards present were deemed serious enough to “potentially cause death or serious physical harm,” the Authority said. In these instances, OHS Officers issued orders for work
Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb The Occupational Health and Safety Authority has slapped 1,152 fines to various entities and individuals who were found in breach of occupational health and safety legislation over the past two years. In a statement on Thursday, the OHSA said that over the past two years 9,106 were inspected. These varied from micro to large
9,106 workplaces were inspected by the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) during the last 2 years, the authority said in a statement. These varied from micro to large enterprises in the manufacturing, construction, and services sectors amongst others. OHS officers who carry out these inspections look at the various aspects of work activity
Not one single week seems to go by without there being a serious accident in a workplace. Tens of workers are injured, some of them seriously, while others die, leaving grieving families and colleagues behind. It happens mostly on construction sites, where the work carried out is dangerous by nature. But it is also happening elsewhere, as we saw last