In Remembrance of His Majesty
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
1927 - 2016

THAILAND : COUNTRY REPORT 2017

Occupational Safety and Health Bureau
Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour

THAILAND National OSH Profile 2017
• National BackgroundInformation• National OSH
Framework• National Policies,
Strategies, and Master
Plans on OSH• National OSH System

National Background Information

OSH Situation & Statistics• Total population*

65.93 million• Labour force*

38.67 million• Employees under WCF**

9,407,907• Workplace accidents and injuries** 90,451• Leave work < 3 days61,658
cases• Leave work > 3 days
26,902cases• Lost of organ
1,298
cases
• Disability
9cases• Death584
cases

Source: *National Statistics Office (2016)&** Social Security Office (2016)

2016 OSH accident & injuries
lost of organ (1,298)
1%

disability (9)0%death (584)1%

leave work > 3 days
(26,902)…

leave work < 3 days (61,658)
leave work > 3 days (26,902)
lost of organ (1,298)

disability (9)death (584)

leave work < 3 days
(61,658)…

Trend of Occupational Injuries 2006 -2016

National OSH Framework• Last year, Thailand
ratified the ILO
Convention No.187 re:Promotional Frameworkfor Occupational Safetyand Health, 2006

National OSH Policy & Plan
• New “National OSH Master Plan”
1st Master Plan, 2002 – 2006
2nd Master Plan, 2007 – 2011
3rd Master Plan (1st NationalPlan), 2012 – 2016
4th Master Plan (2nd NationalPlan), 2017 – 2021
• 2nd Phase of “National OSH Agenda”“Decent Safety and Health forWorkers”

2nd National OSH Master Plan
• Vision “Strives to build – up
culture of prevention to promote
safety and health of workers”• 4 Strategies• Strategy 1 Promoting anddeveloping explicit knowledgeon OSH• Strategy 2 Developing preventive
measures on OSH• Strategy 3 Promoting
collaboration/network on OSH• Strategy 4 Developing effective
mechanisms for OSHadministration

National OSH System• OSH administration in Thailand
has been in progress for over 40years• Organization:• OSH Bureau, DLPW ,Ministry of Labour• Master Law:

• OSH Act 2011

• Personnel:• Safety Inspectors• Safety Officers

OSH Organization Chart
Ministry of Labour (MOL)
Department of Labour Protection and Welfare

Occupational Safety and Health Bureau

OSH Strategy

OSH Standard

OSH Network

OSH Information

OSH FundAdmin

OSH Registration

Master Law & Personnel• OSH Act 2011
• Chapter 1: the duties of employer and employee• Chapter 2: OSH management• Chapter 3: National OSH Committee• Chapter 4: Control and Supervisory• Chapter 5: Safety Inspector• Chapter 6: OSH Fund
• Chapter 7: The Promotion of OSH Institute• Chapter 8: Penalized and transitory provision• Safety Inspectors• Government OSH Officers (632)• Safety Officers• Supervisor Level (514,801)• Management Level (184,897)• Technical Level (12,169)• Advance Technical Level (2,341)• Professional Level (29,748)

National OSH Project• The Project “Safety Thailand”• Aims to integrate collaboration to improve/strengthen the OSH performance ofthe country• Initially, MOU was signed by 6 ministers:
1. Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
2. Minister of Industry
3. Minister of Interior
4. Minister of Labour
5. Minister of Public Health
6. Minister of Transport

“Safety Thailand” Project• Implementation of the project:• Short – term Action – emphasized on:• Safety in Construction Work
• Fire Safety in the Workplaces• Chemical Safety• Long – term Action – develop OSH administration, with the ultimate goalto achieve the sustainable “Culture of Prevention” on safety and health• Currently expanded to a network of 10 ministries, + 3 organizations

National OSH Promotional Events• World Day for “Safety and Health at Work”• April 28th , 2017 at OSH Bureau• “National OSH Day”
• May 10th , 2017 at OSH Bureau• “National Safety Week”• June 29th – July 1st , 2017 at BITEC Convention Center• “ASEAN – OSHNET”• September 28th – 29th , 2017 at Bangkok

Other Intl. Collaboration• Thailand – Singapore Civil Service Exchange Program (CSEP)• Collaboration on OSH (2016 – 2017), emphasize on XXI World Congress• Technical Collaboration on OSH between DLPW and KOSHA, Korea• 1st Arrangement (2013 – 2015)• 2nd Arrangement (2016 – 2019)• MOU for Technical Collaboration on OSH between DLPW andSAWS, China• Started from September 2016

Thank You!

On October 26th, 2017
The Royal Cremation Ceremonyfor His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej