Amended Occupational Health and Safety Act
14. General duties of employees at work
14. General duties of employees at work
Every employee shall at work-
(a) take reasonable care for the
health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected
by his acts or omissions;
(b) as regards any duty or
requirement imposed on his employer or any other person by this Act,
co-operate with such employer or person to enable that duty or
requirement to be performed or complied with;
(c) carry out any lawful
order given to him, and obey the health and safety rules and procedures
laid down by his employer or by anyone authorized thereto by his
employer, in the interest of health or safety;
(d) if any situation which is
unsafe or unhealthy comes to his attention, as soon as practicable
report such situation to his employer or to the health and safety
representative for his workplace or section thereof, as the case may
be, who shall report it to the employer; and if he is involved in any
incident which may affect his health or which has caused an injury to
himself, report such incident to his employer or to anyone authorized
thereto by the employer, or to his health and safety representative, as
soon as practicable but not later than the end of the particular shift
during which the incident occurred, unless the circumstances were such
that the reporting of the incident was not possible, in which case he
shall report the incident as soon as practicable thereafter.
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