The Current Situation of OSH Development
in Cambodia

DR. SOTH SOTHEARY
VICE CHIEF OF BUREAU OF DOSHMINISTRY OF LABOUR AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
2021

2Contents

Introduction of Cambodia
II. DOSH Organization
III. OSH Statistics
IV. OSH system in Cambodia
V. Challenges
I.

3I.

Introduction of Cambodia

Introduction of Cambodia

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Geography & Demographics (2016)
Official name

: The Kingdom of Cambodia

Official language: KhmerArea: 181,035 Km2

Capital city

: Phnom Penh

Number of provinces

: 25



Population: 15,626 million

Population Growth Rate: 1.6%

Life Expectancy: 68.66 years (2015)

Source: Ministry of Planning, Cambodia Socio-Economic Report 20165II. DOSH Organization

The Overview of DOSH
Vision: All workplaces create and promote preventative
safety and health culture in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Mission: Developing sound policy-legislative frameworks
that can support employers’ and workers’
efforts to advance safety and health at work Providing adequate OSH protection and training
to all workers
 Assisting all workplaces in establishing effective
occupational safety and health management
systemMain Strategies
Operational Agencies

6 Reinforcing OSH legal framework Strengthening labour inspection
 Improving reporting systems ofoccupational accidents anddiseases
 Improving National OSH
information and training systems
 Extending OSH protection to SMEs,

IE, and Agricultural sectors
 Special programmes to control
hazardous occupations, childlabor, infectious diseases and druguse

Government

Employers

Employees

NGOs

The scope and coverage of DOSH
Every enterprise or establishment of industries such as Commerce,
crafts ,Land or water transportation, whether public, semi-public
or privates, agriculture, services, mining, constructions..etc

Inapplicable: judiciary, public services, domestics or household
servants and personnel serving in the air and maritime
transportation who are governed by a special regulation ( aticle1of Labour Law)

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Organizational Structure
Ministry of Labour andVocational Training (MoLVT)

Department ofLabour Inspection
National Social
Security Fund (NSSF)

Education and Training unit

General Department ofLabour Department

Planning and M&E unit

Department of Occupational
Safety and Health (DOSH)OSH Inspection unit

Occupational HealthResearch unit

Occupatio
nal safety

Industrial
hygieneASEANOSHNET

PhysicalHealthexamination

Laboratory

External
relation andstatistic

Administrativeand Finance

25 Provincial and District levels

PhysicalHealthdocuments

Employees status (N: 143/58females)
1%

23%

35%
3%

56%
8%

Doctors
Pharmacists
Medical Assistants
Nurses and Midwifes
Other

4%

64%

Official staffs
Floating Staffs
Contracting Staffs

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The occurrence status of industrial/occupational accidents
and occupational disease (including statistics)
Description

Work injury report
Receipt of work injury

Total
Members

TotalFemale

Q2/20203,6482,294

1,603,915

201916,350

7,184

2018

1,984

2017

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Result of work injury investigation
Comparison %Work injury report

Mild injury

Serious injury

Death

Total

FemaleTotal

Female

Total

Femal
e

Total

Femal
e

0.23%

3,850

2,275

3,373

2,081

433

188

44

6

1,531,707

0.65%

16,017

10,655

14,131

9,794

1,685

809

201

52

1,317

1,458,276

1.05%

29,26821,94826,961

20,715

2146

1,174

154

57

47,49636,024

1,435,316

3.31

45,882

34,77342,71633,029

2,944

1,671

222

73

2016

36,73427,3381,136,271

3.2334,513

25,68331,89924,162

2,446

1,461

168

60

2015

30,91922,764

1,077,079

2.87

30,281

22,27327,80420,802

2,296

1,404

181

67

2014

19,425

14,4101,021,588

1.90

18,69913,82017,216

13,003

1,387

790

96

27

2013

16,84912,034

847,175

1.99

16,775

12,03015,452

11,310

1,227

690

96

30

2012

14,761

11,023

768,134

1.92

14,233

10,70913,603

10,354

571

333

59

22

2011

13,167

10,276674,217

1.95

12,571

9,734

12,084

9,492

440

227

47

15

2010

8,498

6,644

594,686

1.43

7,611

5,878

7,214

5,652

358

206

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2009

3,792

3,072

451,232

0.84

3,547

2,872

3,355

2,754

176

108

1610

2008

NANA

64,186

NA

107

78

91

65

15

12

1

1

TOTAL

213,623

154,380

12,663,782

233,354

172,728

215,899

163,213

16,124

9,077

1,324

440

-From 2008 to Q2/2020,
There were 213,623
occupational accidents
and injuries reported fromenterprises: 233,354 cases(Females: 172,728) werereported as workplace
accidents and total death
1324 (Females: 440).

Source: NSSF, Report on Ten Year Achievements 2008-2017 and Action Plans 2020

12IV. OSH System in Cambodia

1.Existing Legislation and Regulation on OSH

13Labour law, Chapter VIII concerning OSH

25 ministerial regulations concerning OSH in garment, service andconstruction sectors

Other relevant regulations, announcement, guideline and rules
issued by Ministry of labour and Vocational Training

OSH Master Plan 2018-2022

Inspection code of conductThe brochure on inspection conduction and benefit

Planning: to establish the National Labour Institute142. Labour Inspection System15

 Labour inspection is reformed to joint labour inspection in 2016

which is composed of 8 departments of ministry of labour andVocational Training Labour Inspection department, OSH department, child labourdepartment, NSSF, Labour dispute department, Apprenticeship
Department, committee for strike and demonstration
resolution, and Employment and Manpower Department

2. Labour Inspection System (Cont.)16

2. Labour Inspection System( Cont.)17

Number of Labour Inspectors
GenderNumber of labour inspectors

Total number ofinspectors

YearMale

Female

585

510

75

436

571

486

85

110

474

584

497

87

2019

146

460

606

511

95

2020

125

N/A

N/A

115

102021

419

N/A

N/A

350

69

Central level

Provincial level2016

1584272017135

2018

Source: Annual report of Labour Inspection in 2021

2. Labour Inspection System( Cont.) Three types of inspections are prepared and conducted:
1. Regular inspections: Inspections based on the schedule for labour andOSH conditions at workplace.
2. Special inspections: Follow-up inspections based on recommendations
to the workplace after regular inspections.
3. Compliant to court: do not pay the set amount of the special
inspection fine on time.
 Scope of sectoral coverage-The labour inspectors cover all occupations in enterprises and companies
in the private sector under the scope of the Labour Law of Cambodia, Chapter
1, Article 1.
 Application of penal provisions-Article 375 of Labour Law, fine equivalent of 30 to 120 days’ wages orsuspension of work

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Workplace Inspection

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Workplace Inspection

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Workplace Inspection

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Accident Investigation
Boiler explosion

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Boiler Investigation

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3.Workers’ accident compensation insurance
The Law on Social Security Schemes extends the National Social Security Fund(NSSF) to provide a financial security net for civil servants and those in the private and informalsectors. There are 11 chapters with 107 articles. The law passed the Council of Ministers on 02ndAugust 2019. The law was discussed and approved by the national assembly on 08th October 2019,and was promulgated on 02nd November 2019. The law on Social Security Scheme for persons
defined by the Provisions of the Labour Law, was promulgated on 25th September 2002 by theRoyal Order No. NS/RKM/0902/018. Additionally, the law covers only workers in private sector.

4. OSH Training Program Basic and First-aid
 Work Improvement for Small Enterprises
 Work Improvement for Safe Home Work Improvement in NeighborhoodDevelopment
 Work Improvement for Small Construction Sites
 Understanding the basic of OSH
 OSH management at workplaces OSH instrument usages and data interpretation
 Safety policies and standards.

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4. OSH Training Program( Cont.)26

6. OSH Training Program27

OSH & first aid Training

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Fundermantal Training on Boiler Safety

Boiler Safety Training incollaboration with National
University of Singapore

Practical Training of Join OSH Inspection on chemicalsafety30

Safety Campaign

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Safety Campaign

Event being held at Koh Kong on 3rd May 2019, withparticipation of 1,300 workers. This special campaign
was presided over by the Minister of Labour andVocational Training and accompanied by senior officials
from the MLVT, as well as employers’ and trade unions’organisations. Events and campaigns related to OSH are
held for raising public awareness of the importance ofOSH.

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Safety day 28.10.2021

On 28th.0ctober.2021 we cerebrated Safety
day by zoom (delay due to Covid-19pandemic) participate from MoLVT ,employers’ and trade unions’ organisations
totally 254 participates by zoom.

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5. Occupational Safety and Health Management System(OSHMS) and Risk Assessment
OSH management systems are introduced by individual enterprises. Thegovernment has been promoting the basic of OSH management systems
based on the Plan -Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycles by means of training andprogrammes. The government encourages all workplaces, including small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and informal economy workplaces todevelop PDCA cycles adjusted to their own working conditions. Moreover,training such as Work Improvements in Small Enterprises (WISE), Work
Improvement in Neighbourhood Development (WIND), Work Improvement
for Neighbourhood Development and Youth (WINDY), and Work
Improvement in Small Construction Sites (WISCON) are provided by thegovernment as useful measures to promote continual improvement anddevelop basic OSH management systems.

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 6. Issues and Challenges in implementing OSH in my country

Major issues on occupational safety and health in your country

Lack of human resources, OSH professionals, occupational doctors andoccupational nurses

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No specific laboratory in OSH and toxicologyThe list of occupational disease is under development.

Suggestion and Measurement

As the concern mention above regarding to the issue on Occupational Safety
and Health in Cambodia, we believe that it will be a grateful for us to have thesupport from JICA in order to response to the above problems.

7.Good Practices
Work achievementsPrevention and control of Covid-19 at the workplacesWork Improvement for Small Construction Sites

Work Improvement for Safe Home

Work Improvement for Small EnterprisesWork Improvement in Neighborhood Development

1st OSH Master PlanKey elements of success

The support from the MinistryTripartite consultation37

8.Good Practices ( Cont.)
 lessons learned

OSHMs, accident investigation, risk assessment and control measures.
 Implementation partners
 Government
 ILO
 Better Factory Program in Cambodia (ILO-BFC)
 NGOs Trade Unions
 Employer organizations
 Monitoring methods
 Report
 Regular meeting38

9. New Infectious Diseases (COVID-19) related measures
 OSH Response During Covid-19 Pandemic

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V.Challenges
 No safety act

 OSH Management system is under development
 The number of OSH inspectors is limited

 Inspection System is under development without

national training and accreditation
 Concern of mine and construction safety No occupational nurses and doctors
 No OSH training center No physical and toxicology labs.

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