OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ANDHEALTHIN MALAYSIANOR MAIZURA BINTI YUSOFF(Factoryy & Machineryy Inspector/pDeputy Director)

Dept. of Occupational Safety and Health
Ministry of Human Resources

MALAYSIASCOPE• Introduction• Occupational Safety and Health inMalaysia•••••••••

Department of Occupational Safety and Health
Laws enforced by DOSH
Key Activities
Perspective
pof OSH in Malaysia
yOSH related laws and regulations
Safety of equipments and fasilities
Promotional activities
Problem in OSH
Countermeasures

MALAYSIA
Total Population
Labour Force
E lEmploymentt
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)GDP Growth Rate
Per capital IncomeInflation rate
Department of Statistic Malaysia (DSM), data 2014

GENERALSTATISTIC

30.1 million
13 6 million
13.6ll13 1 million
13.1
RM 1,056.7 billion
5.0-5.5%
USD 10,898
2 0 3 0%2.0-3.0%

Introduction (Geographical)
 Located at South East Asia
 Consists of Peninsular Malaysiay (West)() & Sarawak andSabah(East) Area covered is 329,758 sq.km (60% occupied bySabah & Sarawak) Climate : Tropical climate with warm weather all yearround and abundant rain
(T’ : 21 – 32 ‘C ); Political System
y: Parliamentaryy Democracyy .
 Head of States : Supreme Ruler (King) Head of Government : Prime Minister

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ANDHEALTH IN MALAYSIAMINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCESORGANISATION CHART
DOSH MALAYSIA
DIRECTOR GENERAL

DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERAL(OCCUPATIONALHEALTH)

DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERAL(OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY)DIVISION

DIVISIONSTATE

DIRECTORSDIRECTORSDIRECTORSSTATESLEGALOFFICESADVISORSLaws Enforced By DOSH
• FACTORIES & MACHINERY ACT 1967(FMA 1967)• OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ACT 1994((OSHA 1994))• PETROLEUM (SAFETY MEASURES)
ACT 1984

Factories And Machinery Act 1967
(FMA)
An Act to provide for the control offactories with respect to mattersrelating
l ito theh safety,
fh l h andhealthdwelfare or p
persons therein,, theregistration and inspection ofmachineryhi
andd forfmatters
tt
connected therewith.

Occupational Safety & Health Act
1994 (OSHA)• Gazette in Februaryy 1994
• Cover nearly all sectors except
person working
k on boardb d ships
hand the armed forces• Wide coverage-nearly 90% ofworkforce

HIRACHCY OF LEGISLATIONACTREGULATION
ORDERCODE OF PRACTICEGUIDELINESActRegulations

OrdersFMA 1967

11REGULATIONS

2 ORDERSOSHA 1994

9REGULATIONS

2 ORDERSICOPGuidelines

7 code ofpractices

54 guidelines

DOSH - KEY ACTIVITIES1 STANDARD SETTING
1.
• POLICY STUDY• DRAFTING LEGISLATIONS

2. ENFORCEMENT•••••APPROVAL & AUTHORISATIONREGISTRATIONCERTIFICATIONINSPECTION
LITIGATION

3. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES• GIVING TALKS• ORGANISING CAMPAIGN• DESIMINATION INFORMATIONAL INFORMATIONPERSPECTIVE OF OSH IN
MALAYSIAOCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS BY SECTOR((UNTIL
AUGUST 2015))

NOTIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND
POISONING YEAR 2005 – 2015 ((TILL AUG.))

21

YEAR

NO. OF CASES

2005

319

2006

420

2007

594

2008

545

2009

791

2010

1426

2011

1198

2012

1792

2013

2588

2014

2648

2015 (Januari – Ogos)

4746

TOTAL

17 067
17,067
Occupational Health Division,
21
Department of Occupational Safety & Health, Malaysia

NUMBER OF CASES OF OCUPATIONAL DISEASE AND POISONING
2015 (Januari – Ogos)
DiseasesCases

Occupational Lung Diseases (OLD)

86

Occupational Skin Diseases (OSD)38

Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)

4287

Occupational Muscular - Skeletal Disorders (OMD)

208

Occupational Poisoning

27

Disease cause by Physical Agent

5

Disease cause by Biological Agent67

Occupational Cancer

2

Psychosocial Problem

2

Other Types of Occupational Diseases

16

Non Occupational Diseases

8

Jumlah4746
Occupational Health Division,
Department of Occupational Safety & Health, Malaysia

SAFETY AND HEALTHRELATED LAWS AND
REGULATIONSOSH RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Dept. of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH)

Labor Department

Factories & Machinery Act,
1967 Occupational Safety &Health Act 1994
Occupational Safety &Health Act 1994

Employment Act, 1955

* Workers’
Compensation Act, 1952

MINISTRY OFHUMANRESOURCES

National Institute ofOccupational Safety &Health (NIOSH)* Workers’
W k ’ Mi
MinimumiStandard of Housing &Amenities Act, 1990
* Children & Young
Persons (Employment)
Act, 1966

National Council for Occupational Safety & HealthSocial Security Organization (SOCSO)

Employees’ Social
Security Act, 1969

OSH RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONSPrevention & Control ofInfectious
Dept.of Public
HealthDiseases Act,Act 1988

* Food Act,Act 1983

MINISTRY OFHEALTH* Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation)
Act, 1953* Poison Act, 1952 (Revised1989)
PharmaceuticalServices Division
Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952
(Revised 1980)

OSH RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONSMINISTRY OF
AGRICULTURE

Pesticides Board,
Crop Protection
Division* Pesticides Act
1974* Pesticides(Hi hl Toxic(HighlyT iPesticides)
Regulations 1996

OSH RELATED LAWS AND
REGULATIONS
Atomic Energy
Licensing Board

Atomic Energy
Licensing Act
1984

Department ofEnvironment

Environmental
Quality Act 1974((Amendment1985)

Ministry ofScience,
Technology andEnvironmentSAFETY OF EQUIPMENT AND
FACILITIES11.

STATUTORY INSPECTIONS
22.

CERTIFICATED MACHINERYEVERY 15 MONTHSINTEGRITY OF MECHINERYDESIGN APPROVAL
3.

ENSURING DESIGN OF DANGEROUS MACHINERY MEET THE
STANDARD

REGULATE COMPETENT PERSONS AND
COMPETENT FIRMS
REGULATE THE COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTAND REGULATIONS BY COMPETENT PERSONS AND
COMPETENT FIRMSSTATUTORY INSPECTION
2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015 (hingga Ogs)

8,991

10,526

10,436

10,01029385

72,894,80,290,80,962

87,03351597

27,68233,169

30,74632,700

21902

5,833

7,282

8,205

9,145

8560

32,42438,73336,414

39,68135335

10,52018,813

17,506

18,891

10477

3,388

6,554

7,329

8,229

4667

CERTIFICATEDMACHINERYSTEAM BOILER

8,434

UPV

74,375LIFT

25,758MOBILE CRANES

6,718

HOISTING
MACHINE

33,540FACTORY
INSPECTION

11,258INSPECTION AT
CONSTRUCTION
SITE

4,024

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE INSPECTION
2005-2014
IH
Ergonomics
Monitoring

Confined
S
Space
Audit

Y
Year

IH
Inspection

USECHH

CPL /CLASS

2005

328954114

189139352006

312

911

118

194

1395420074441088

124

165139492008

4361096120265

14973

2009

469

987

147

256208145

2010

533

1096

145

332210134

2011

5961095

146

254

212116

2012

1533

2079

234

695594867

2013

2621

2408

225

67613287662014

2545

3365

2145581237793

COMPETENT PERSONSCOMPETENT PERSONASSESSOR (CHRA)
MAJOR HAZARD
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DOCTORNOISE MONITORINGHYGIENE TECHNICIANAUTHORISED GAS TESTERENTRY SUPERVISORASSESSOR (INDOOR AIR QUALITY)
LIFT
SAFETY HEALTH OFFICERSSITE SAFETY SUPERVISORSTEAM ENGINEERICE ENGINEER
HOISTING MACHINE CP(Penumpang/Kren Menara/Gondola)

2012
320
25
471
121
370
929
863
21123
5306
219
2192
341

2013
342
23
647
123
382
1516
1430
23
169
5601
568
2362
319

2014
358
16
752
142
393
2265
2194
30
268
2406
778
2519
355

73

83

61

PROMOTION ACTIVITIES• National Campaigns / safety program / Award• Compliance Support• Talks / Briefing• Workshop• Exhibition• Road show
• AssociationAi ti / NGO ttraining
i i P
Program• TV & Radio Talks

ONE OF THE PROBLEM IN OSH
LIMITATION OF RESOURCES FOR OSH
IMPLEMENTATION IN SME
 ALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATION OF TIME
 LIMITED WORKFORCE (MULTI RESPONSIBILITY)
 AWARENESS

COUNTERMEASURESPROGRAMMES TO IMPROVE OSH
IMPLEMENTATION IN SME
1 COMPLIANCE SUPPORT
1.COMPLIANCE
2.MENTOR MENTEE
3.SHARING BEST PRACTICES
4 GUIDELINES
4.GUIDELINES“TERIMA KASIH”
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