Department of Occupational Safety

and Health (DOSH)

MALAYSIA

16th ASEAN-OSHNET CBM16

Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

21 April 2015

• Demographic Data

• Legislation on SMEs

• Government Initiative on OSH for SMEs

• Strategic Initiative for SMEs

• Efforts to Extent OSH in SMEs

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16th ASEAN-OSHNET CBM16

Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

21 April 2015

GDP (IN USD$)375.633 billion

COUNTRY’S SIZE330,290 KM2

POPULATION’S SIZE30.5 million

KEY INDUSTRIESServices, Manufacturing & Agriculture

EMPLOYMENT13.6 million

LABOUR FORCE14.0 million

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** NO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION FOR SMEs

FACTORIES AND MACHINERY ACT 1967 ( ACT 139)

and 15 Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1994 (ACT 514) and 6 Regulations + 2 Orders

PETROLEUM (SAFETY MEASURES) ACT 1984 (ACT 302)

and a Regulation

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Occupational Safety & Health Act 1994 (ACT 514)• Provide legislative

framework to secure the safety, health and welfare among all workers in Malaysia

• Enforced by DOSH Malaysia

Guidance Note on OSHMS for SMEs

• Guidance note for ASEAN-OSHNET

members

• Developed to assist

employers/owners/managers of

SMEs to manage OSH in their

workplaceMS1722 : 2005

• Malaysian Standard on OSH

Management System

• Basis for the development of

sustainable OSH Culture in

an organization

• Based on ILO Standard ILO-

OSH 2001 MS1722 : 2011

• Revision of MS1722: 2015

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OSH Management System Regulations 20XX

• The purpose of these Regulations is to ensure

industries implement OSH management system

to manage OSH issues at their place of work

• Final draft has been completed

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Japan Association of Safety and Health Consultant

DOSH Malaysia

Reference : ILO-OSH 2001 : Guidelines on OSHMSScope : Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Focus : Simple and Low Cost SolutionsConcept : Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Model/ Improvement Cycle

Guidance Note on OSHMS for SMEs

OVERVIEW

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CONCEPT

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FLOW CHART

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MICRO Sales Turnover <RM 300,000 Sales Turnover <RM 300,000

< 5 workers < 5 workers

SMALL Sales Turnover from RM 300,000 to less than RM 15 million

Sales Turnover from RM 300,000 to less than RM 3 million

5 ≤ workers < 75 5 ≤ workers < 30

MEDIUM Sales Turnover from RM15 million to less than RM 50 million

Sales Turnover from RM3 million to less than RM 20 million

75 ≤ workers < 200 30 ≤ workers < 75

Source : http://www.smecorp.gov.my

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Manufacturing 21,619 13,934 2,308 37,861 (5.87%)

Services 462,420 106,061 12,504 580,985 (90.05%)

Agriculture 3,775 1,941 992 6,708 (1.04%)

Construction 8,587 6,725 3,971 19,283 (2.99%)

Mining and Quarrying 57 126 116 299 (0.05%)

TOTAL 496,458 128,787 19,891 645,136 (100%)

90.05%

5.87% 2.99% 1.04% 0.05%

Services Manufacturing Construction Agriculture Mining & Quarrying

Source : http://www.smecorp.gov.my

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The government of Malaysia acknowledges the importance of the SME sector, thus as the custodian for OSH, DOSH Malaysia has a vital role in

assisting the SMEs to improve their working condition and increase productivity

SMEs constitute 99.2% of total

business establishments in

the country

SMEs contribute 32% of GDP

Account for 56% of total

employment

19% total exports of the nation

* Malaysia SME Master Plan 2012-2020

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Fast Track Registration

SME Mobile Promotional

Services

Door to Door

1 2

4 3

Umbrella Project

OSH Compliance

Support

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Organizing dialogs, seminars, forums or similar functions;

Encouraging induction training to the workers through safety passport;

System or equivalent for selected high risk industries; and

Conducting inspection and sites visit.

Umbrella Project

Under this scheme, the main purpose is for DOSH to generate awareness on OSH through the

establishment of networking within respective industry

associations.

UMBRELLA PROJECT

Additionally, through this exercise, the safety and health of the workers in such workplaces will be safeguarded.

The purpose is ensure that such workplaces are placed under regular inspections by DOSH to ensure safety and health compliance by the owners or occupiers of such workplaces.

Will cover new and existing unregistered workplaces that have not been registered with DOSH.

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FAST TRACK REGISTRATION

To develop OSH Policy;

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This project is designed for DOSH officers to directly approach selected SMEs for the purpose of providing guidance on how to carry out the following activities :-

DOOR TO DOOR

1

To identify and assess health and safety risks at workplaces, by providing simplified format of HIRARC checklist;

2

To assist SMEs in the selection of control measures, by prioritizing the risk in the workplaces; and

3

To assist SMEs in analyzing their working conditions and OSH performance, to enable continuous improvement.

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Technical support;

SME MOBILE PROMOTIONAL SERVICES

Promotional activities (distribution of pamphlets, posters, guidelines, etc.);Under this project, DOSH officers plan to provide

OSH services to a group of SMEs either based on one specific location or one particular cluster of industry.

The services offered includes :- Chemical monitoring;

Advisory on OSH legal requirements and compliance;

Medical screening;

Advisory on matters related toOSH improvement.

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2

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4

5

6

Technical Supports

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12

WIND (WORK IMPROVEMENT

NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT)

• 42 elements of

WIND

• 281 has been

implemented

WISE(WORK IMPROVEMENT

IN SMALL ENTERPRISES)

• 52 elements of

WISE

• 489 has been

implemented in

SMEs

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2

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2

1

‘Action Plans for OSH Improvement’ for 5 sectors have been developed from all these research. Now, DOSH Malaysia is focused on the implementation of Compliance Support with the aim of improving

OSH issues among these 5 sectors.

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3

1

Material on OSH

DOSH Headquarters has set-up SMEs

Division to focus on SMEs and OSH

problem.

Allocation on SMEsSMES Division

Special allocation on promotion of OSH for SMEs by Government,

SOCSO, NIOSH and NGOs

Promotional material on OSH

for SMEs

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Total Accident

Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Malaysia

2nd, 3rd & 4th Floor, Block D3, Complex D,

Federal Government Administrative Centre,

62530 W. P. Putrajaya, MALAYSIA.

03-8886 5000 03-8889 2443 jkkp@mohr.gov.my27