Internal Responsibility System (IRS)
1: Responsibility for identifying hazards and solving OHS problems is internal to the workplace. Primary responsibility for OHS is not “external” i.e., on the shoulders of the M.O.L.
2: OHS should not be an adversarial matter between workers and employers
3: Everyone has a common interest in avoiding workplace injury and illness, All individuals are involved.
4: Everyone is legally required -- as an individual -- to participate in identifying hazards and in seeking to eliminate or control them.