Lewis Stratton
Lewis is a father of 2 adult children and a senior employee in a government agency (justice related). His professional interests include human resources and occupational health and safety. Lewis has extensive management experience in both the community and government sector and has undertaken a range of senior management and executive roles. Lewis is a prolific writer, having written a book and contributed hundreds of "online" articles to respected forums.
Articles by this Author
Career Planning - Is It Important?
- By Lewis Stratton
- Published 07/22/2007
- Career Planning
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I've been around the workforce for quite a few years - 32 years in fact. I'm currently happily employed as a Principal Consultant : Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) in a major government department and often wonder how I came to be in this senior role. One thing I can say with certainty, is that when I left school, this was not on the horizon!
What is an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) System?
- By Lewis Stratton
- Published 10/20/2008
- Workplace Safety
- Unrated
In essence, an OHS system is a group of related and interdependent plans, strategies, and policies as well as implementation and evaluation activities designed to reduce the probability and severity of workers being injured in the workplace. Like any other system there is a “plan”, “do”, “review” and “improve” sequence which supports continuous improvement.