Regulatory Effectiveness of Alberta Safety Programs

Alberta Safety Program follows the universal OSHA guidelines. The state employers as well as employees are well versed with the workplace safety procedures. The country outshines other provinces like Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, etc. in terms of OHSA with a score of 4.8. The average score is appreciative, but could have been just more than average. The flaw rests in regulatory effectiveness that is poor as evident from the statistics. Recently, Canadian government has introduced the mental health standards in occupational health & safety programs. The same issue may affect the overall progress of Alberta Safety procedures. To bridge the gaps, it is essential to understand different parameters of regulatory effectiveness like:

• Alertness of Operating Organization: The process starts from enterprise. It is the duty of entrepreneur to comply with the regulatory norms of safety programs and manuals. At the same time, it is must for the regulatory body to supply the safety compliance list.
• Evaluation: It is the regulatory entity that ensures if organization abides by the latest & upgraded procedures.
• Audit: It is the responsibility of regulatory body to ascertain a specific count to safety issues at a particular workplace.
• Time Period: There should be no delay from the regulatory body in prosecution of safety program files.

If regulatory body fails to perform above, then the safety program is said to be regulatory ineffective. Alberta Safety Program can become more effective if:

• It communicates openly with the organization (for it to explain the follies & the reasons too).
• It introduces easy procedures for organizations to implement.
• It declares minor to major changes in safety programs effectively.
• It delegates the work to expert safety companies.

Hope, Alberta safety would score high for physical as well as psychological health & safety of employees in the next study.