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… OSHMP25 is a concerted and continuous effort towards creating a safe and healthy work culture in Malaysia as well as increasing the compliance level of OSH in the country …
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Safety & Health – Towards Formation of a Safety- Centric Workplace Culture
By Ir . Kalyana Lakshmi Raman , Principal , Asia SH & E Management
Prof . Ir . Dr Satesh Namasivayam , Professor of Mechanical Engineering , Sunway University
The Malaysian Occupational Safety & Health Master Plan 2021-2025 ( OSHMP25 ), together with the recently amended Occupational Safety and Health ( Amendment ) Act ( 2020 ) and Act 835 Factories and Machinery ( Repeal ) Act 2022 , sets out and describes the construct for encompassing and embedding systems and processes that provides greater protection to workers and drives greater accountability on employers for safety in the workplace , with a clear intent to enforce and grow robust , high quality and sustained occupational safety and health ( OSH ) compliance performance across all sectors .
At the Annual General Meeting and Asia Pacific Occupational Safety & Health Organisation ( APOSHO ) 2023 conference held in Kuala Lumpur on October 25 , 2023 , Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the statistics from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health ( DOSH ) revealed that there were 2.22 workers per 1,000 involved in occupational injuries and 2.06 workers per 100,000 involved in fatal occupational accidents , noting an increase in occupational injuries from 21,534 cases in 2021 to 34,216 in 2022 .
Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof went on to call on all relevant parties , including employers , employees and non-Governmental organisations to unite in their efforts to ensure that the workplace remains a secure , healthy and hazard-free environment .
… OSHMP25 is a concerted and continuous effort towards creating a safe and healthy work culture in Malaysia as well as increasing the compliance level of OSH in the country …
Director General of Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysia
Figure 1 : National Occupational Safety and Health Master Plan 2021 – 2025
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