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OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips: Learning from First-World OSH Website Approaches

OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips: Learning from First-World OSH Website Approaches

Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon, Kit Fai Pun
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 2334-4520|EISSN: 2334-4539|EISBN13: 9781466693982|DOI: 10.4018/IJPADA.2016070104
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Nathai-Balkissoon, Marcia, and Kit Fai Pun. "OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips: Learning from First-World OSH Website Approaches." IJPADA vol.3, no.3 2016: pp.57-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2016070104

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Nathai-Balkissoon, M. & Pun, K. F. (2016). OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips: Learning from First-World OSH Website Approaches. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), 3(3), 57-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2016070104

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Nathai-Balkissoon, Marcia, and Kit Fai Pun. "OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips: Learning from First-World OSH Website Approaches," International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) 3, no.3: 57-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2016070104

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Abstract

As Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) embraces the digital age, one field in which the country must advance is Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). This paper seeks to identify how T&T's Occupational Safety and Health Agency (TTOSHA) addresses e-government (e-gov) through its website, how its approach compares to those used by leading OSH bodies in two first-world countries, the USA (US) and the UK, and how the T&T approach may be improved. The OSH e-gov practices of the US OSHA, UK HSE, and TTOSHA websites are presented. Through a content analysis and comparison exercise, e-gov shortcomings of the TTOSHA site are noted and recommendations for improvement are proposed. The paper's potential benefits include improved accessibility and utility of the TTOSHA site through improved matching of site content to international practice, broader ranges of resource topics and media types, improved responsiveness and connectivity with stakeholders, and better focus on OSH performance through the dissemination of searchable OSH statistics and performance reports.

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