While the present proposition of this paper does not seek to advance OHS as a competing pillar of sustainable
development, current changes in the corporate mechanism, production processes and marketing strategies imposes
new obligations on industry practitioners and policy makers to start thinking of how to harness the potentials of OHS in
promoting sustainability. Despite improvements in work design, significant departures from work related hazards and
occupational; diseases are still far from fruition. Thus occupational health and safety issues are still as relevant in
today’s work environments as yesterdays. In Ghana for instance, the absence of a comprehensive occupational health
and safety policy makes this argument the more relevant. Despite the factories shops and offices Act of 1970,
Workmen’s compensation law Act 187 (1987), and Labour Act 651 (2003), all of which have snippets of regulations
on OHS, occupational related accidents, diseases and hazards are estimated to cost Ghana about 7% of her GDP (Adei
& Kunfaa, 2004).