The Occupational Safety & Health
Department seeks to encourage, promote and facilitate
an adequate standard of Occupational Safety & Health
for all workers in Jamaica by:
- The effective auditing of all
operations under its supervision;
- Offering guidance and advise on
safety and health issues;
- Providing timely and reliable
statistics to
all relevant bodies (for example, Parliament, PIOJ
and ILO) locally and internationally, to which it
reports.
- Creating a public awareness and
appreciation of its role and functions
