Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Standards

Setting the standard for health and safety

Trinidad and Tobago's Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSH Act), passed in 2004, and the Occupational Health and Safety Agency (OSH Agency), established two years later, are both still relatively wet behind the ears. But in spite of its youth, the OSH Act has already inspired safer workplace practices among industry stakeholders.

Although the Act itself is law, regulations give companies the legal framework in which to implement the Act's intentions. Last year, the OSH Agency developed its first set of subsidiary legislation to improve workplace safety, known as the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER).