Occupational Health and Safety

This aggregate criterion summarises the RBA VAP Occupational Health and Safety sub-criteria. Its conformance is derived from the rollup of the sub-criteria listed below.

Sub-Criteria

• Occupational Health and Safety — Requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety controls
• Emergency Preparedness — Requirements for emergency planning, evacuation drills, and fire safety equipment
• Occupational Injury and Illness — Requirements for injury/illness prevention, reporting, treatment, and investigation
• Industrial Hygiene — Requirements for controlling worker exposure to chemical, biological, and physical hazards
• Physically Demanding Work — Requirements for ergonomic assessments and controls for physically demanding tasks
• Machine Safeguarding — Requirements for machine guards, interlocks, emergency stops, and equipment safety
• Food, Sanitation, and Housing — Requirements for sanitary facilities, drinking water, food safety, and worker housing
• Health and Safety Management System — Requirements for health and safety management system, compliance, training, and continuous improvement

3.0.0 (2023-09-01)

Changed

• major: B7-Food-Sanitation-and-Housing 2.0.0->3.0.0; B3-Occupational-Injury-and-Illness 2.0.0->3.0.0; B4-Industrial-Hygiene 2.0.0->3.0.0; BM-Health-and-Safety-Management-System 2.0.0->3.0.0; B2-Emergency-Preparedness 1.1.0->1.2.0; B1-Occupational-Health-and-Safety 2.0.0->2.1.0

2.0.0 (2022-06-01)

Changed

• major: B7-Food-Sanitation-and-Housing 1.0.0->2.0.0; B3-Occupational-Injury-and-Illness 1.0.0->2.0.0; B4-Industrial-Hygiene 1.0.0->2.0.0; B1-Occupational-Health-and-Safety 1.0.0->2.0.0; BM-Health-and-Safety-Management-System 1.0.0->2.0.0; B6-Machine-Safeguarding 1.0.0->1.1.0; -B8-Health-and-Safety-Communication; B5-Physically-Demanding-Work 1.0.0->1.1.0; B2-Emergency-Preparedness 1.0.0->1.1.0

1.0.0 (2021-01-01)

Changed

• Initial historical baseline — aggregate of the category sub-criteria.