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Speech by NIOSH Chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Lee Lam Thye for Conference and Exhibition on Occupational Safety and Health (20th COSH) 2017 Soft Launch

Date : 11 April 2017 Vanue : Rafflesia Hall, NIOSH Bandar Baru Bangi,

In line with the objective OSH SUSTAINABILITY They must also have outstanding judgment apart from having high standard of skills of NIOSH to enhance THROUGH PROFESSIONALISM to help sustain or accelerate the OSH and promote good performance to the highest level, within Occupational Safety and What is professionalism? and beyond their organisation. Health or OSH practices It can be defined as the ability or skill Unfortunately, there is still a shortage of at the workplace, it is my expected from a professional person. Safety and Health Officers or SHOs in the country to cater for the increasing pleasure to announce that A person with high professionalism can workforce every year. the 20th Conference of be defined as someone with adequate training, skill, experience and quality to Based on the demand, at least 9,000 SHOs Occupational Safety and perform the task given to him or her with are needed all over the country but the Health will be held on strong discipline and ethics. Department of Occupational Safety and 18th and 19th September, Under the United States’ OSHA, such Health’s (DOSH) records show that only a person is also capable of identifying 5,984 SHOs had registered and received 2017 at the Putrajaya hazards and perform the risk-control their licences from the department as of International Convention measures. last year (2016). Centre (PICC). However, in Malaysia they are popularly To compound the matter, DOSH’s records known as competent persons, who also show that more than half of the SHOs The theme for the are appointed by the employer and/ or are inactive or have yet to renew their th recognised by an authorised body to licences this year. 20 COSH is “OSH perform the given task. SUSTAINABILITY It was reported that there are more than THROUGH They include Safety and Health Officer, 14 million workers in the country last Occupational Health Doctor, Chemical year and the number is expected to PROFESSIONALISM”, Health Risk Assessor, Site Safety increase significantly with the progress which is in line with Supervisor, Hygiene Technician and of various mega projects such as the Auditor. Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex the nation’s aspiration in Johor and the Pan-Borneo Highway in to nurture a preventive In order to sustain a good OSH culture, Sarawak apart from the proposed East occupational safety and the country needs competent persons Coast Rail Line and Singapore-KL High who possess excellent skills, knowledge Speed Rail. health (OSH) culture. and experience in the field of occupational safety and health.

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Therefore, we must find ways to encourage Various researches prove that more employers to help groom SHOs professionalism plays an important role as they need to get the certificate from in sustaining OSH performance in a certified training provider, such as an organisation. NIOSH, and obtain at least three years of experience before they could apply for the In addition, professionalism will licence from DOSH. help create safe working environment, standard Competency and professionalism among operating procedure and OSH officers play a major role towards OSH management. achieving our target to become a developed nation. While we are pleased to note the success of the joint efforts With higher professionalism in every aspect by all parties concerned, the of OSH, I am confident that we can achieve biggest challenge facing us is the goal to become a developed nation and not only to further reduce the meet the targets of our OSH Master Plan. workplace accidents but also to build and maintain OSH In the OSH Master Plan, the Human culture in Malaysia through Resources Ministry has set the goal to higher professionalism. reduce the accident rate at workplace to only 2 cases per 1,000 workers by the year 2020. The target is similar to the accident rate in developed countries.

In 2006, the accident rate at workplaces MAINTAINING A GOOD was 4.77 per 1,000 workers before it OSH CULTURE dropped to 3.10 per 1,000 workers in 2014 When these criteria are consistently and effectively directed towards accident and 2.81 per 1,000 workers in 2015. Personally, I really hope that COSH reduction, or zero-accident, a positive 2017 would become an ideal forum safety and health culture is created. The Human Resources Ministry is also to help enhance the OSH culture and targeting to reduce the rate of fatal professionalism further. It is the best avenue An accident prevention strategy should industrial accidents to 2.81 per 100,000 for those who are striving to upgrade therefore be adopted by all companies. workers in the year 2020 from 4.84 per the safety and health standards in their To achieve the total promotion of safety 100,000 workers in 2015. respective companies and organisations. and health at work and elsewhere, organisational measures for accident Our achievement to reduce the fatal Maintaining good OSH culture is not merely prevention, motivation and behavioural accidents is very significant as we recorded creating policies and organizing various change must be adopted. It is therefore, 7.24 fatal industrial accidents for every programmes. Things like an Accident their responsibility to ensure that safety is 100,000 workers back then in 2006. Prevention Programme, Injury and a culture at their organisation, not just a Illness Prevention programme, Personal priority, that needs to be maintained. We must always keep in our minds Protective Equipment Programme (PPE) that competency among SHOs plays a and Ergonomic Programme can be the Ensuring OSH SUSTAINABILITY major role towards achieving the target. components of a safety culture and may THROUGH PROFESSIONALISM is Therefore, our theme for COSH 2017 will even be a regulatory necessity. send a strong message to all parties that indeed a challenge thatrequires strong commitment and a long-term continuous we need more professional OSH personnel A strong safety and health culture is the improvement process. It involves cultivating to help Malaysia become a developed result of: constructive change in both the behaviour country • Positive workplace attitudes – from the and attitude of all parties. Chief Executive Officer to the newest It is every worker’s right to have a safe and hire and the lowest ranking employee. So with this, I am pleased to launch the healthy working environment and this right • Involvement and buy-in of all members Soft Launch Conference and Exhibition must be respected at all levels. of the workforce. on Occupational on Safety and Health • Mutual, meaningful, and measurable (20th COSH) 2017 with the theme Therefore, the government, employers safety and health improvement goals. “OSH SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH and workers must actively participate and • Policies and procedures that serve as PROFESSIONALISM”. improve their professionalism in securing reference tools, rather than obscure a safe and healthy working environment rules. where the principle of prevention is • Personnel training at all levels within the Thank you accorded the highest priority. organization. • Responsibility and accountability TAN SRI LEE LAM THYE Relevant parties should also perform their throughout the organization. roles professionally in order to sustain the Chairman, NIOSH Malaysia good OSH culture and practices.

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dianjurkan ini bertujuan untuk (PICC) dengan tema COSH 2017 adalah meraikan usaha, sumbangan “OSH SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH serta sokongan yang telah PROFESSIONALISM”,. diberikan oleh para pembekal dan pempamer yang terlibat Dalam hal ini, adalah penting untuk dengan COSH setiap tahun. NIOSH, sebagai sebuah organisasi Ini jelas membuktikan yang diamanahkan untuk melaksanakan kerjasama kukuh di antara fungsi-fungsi tertentu yang berkaitan NIOSH dengan para dengan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan pengamal OSH, pempamer, Pekerjaan (OSH), untuk menyediakan peserta dan juga agensi satu platform untuk pekerja, majikan, kerajaan yang terlibat seperti ahli akademik, pengamal OSH, industri JKKP dan juga PERKESO. dan orang awam untuk membentangkan dan berkongsi pandangan dan idea Pada majlis tersebut Tuan mengenai pelbagai isu-isu keselamatan ada 11 April 2017, NIOSH telah Pengerusi NIOSH iaitu dan kesihatan pekerjaan. Usaha NIOSH menganjurkan MAJLIS PRA- YBhg. Tan Sri Datuk Seri Lee Lam dalam menganjurkan persidangan PPELANCARAN Persidangan dan Thye, telah melancarkan tema dan logo tahunan mengenai Keselamatan dan Pameran Keselamatan dan Kesihatan COSH untuk tahun ini. COSH kali ke- Kesihatan Pekerjaan (COSH) harus dipuji, Pekerjaan 2017 ataupun dikenali sebagai 20 ini adalah dijadualkan berlangsung kerana ia adalah satu inisiatif yang paling COSH 2017, bertempat di Dewan Rafflesia mulai 18 hingga 19 September 2017 di terpuji ke arah meningkatkan kesedaran NIOSH, Bandar Baru Bangi. Majlis yang Putrajaya International Convention Centre keselamatan dan kesihatan di Malaysia.

PROGRAM BUAL BICARA SEMPENA Program Promosi dan Publisiti Majlis SAMBUTAN HARI PEKERJA 2017 Perhimpunan Hari Pekerja 2017 dan kali ini, Tn Hj Sham@Zahary bin Sudin, ada tahun ini, sekali lagi NIOSH diberi Pengurus Kanan Jabatan Perkhidmatan peluang dalam mempromosikan Korporat & Sokongan NIOSH ditemu PAktiviti dan Perkhidmatan NIOSH bual secara eksklusif di stesen radio melalui Program Bual Bicara di Saluran NASIONALfm pada 25 April 2017. Nasional FM- My Klik sempena dengan Temu bual ini boleh didengari melalui Sambutan Hari Pekerja 2017 pada jam frekuensi 88.5 atau secara atas talian 3.30- 4.30 petang melalui frekuensi 88.5. melalui NASIONALfm - My Klik. Topik yang dibincangkan pada kali ini adalah Program bual bicara ini ke udara di “Kemalangan di Tempat Kerja : Selamatkah corong Radio RTM bersempena dengan Kita ?”

ada 13 April 2017 – Institut tangan. Kecederaan tangan termasuk SEMINAR Keselamatan dan Kesihatan luka, otot tegang dan tendon, saraf rosak, PROMOTING PPekerjaan Negara (NIOSH), penyakit kulit, dan terbakar boleh memberi sebuah syarikat di bawah Kementerian kesan kepada kualiti kerja, produktiviti dan PERSONAL Sumber Manusia menganjurkan Seminar juga menamatkan kerjaya. Memahami Kesedaran Umum Bertajuk “Promoting risiko ketika menjalankan kerja-kerja yang EQUIPMENT: Personel Protection Equipment : Hand melibatkan anggota badan perlu diberi Safety”. Seminar ini diadakan di Dewan perhatian. HAND SAFETY Rafflesia, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. Seminar ini juga menitikberatkan Tujuan seminar ini diadakan adalah untuk bagaimana untuk melindungi tangan dan memberi penekanan terhadap keselamatan menggunakan alat perlindungan tangan kesihatan pekerjaan (KKP) kepada setiap atau sarung tangan semasa menjalankan peringkat pekerja supaya memahami tugas yang mempunyai risiko kecederaan aspek KKP dan mematuhi peraturan- kepada anggota tangan. Selain itu, memberi peraturan akta yang sedia ada di samping kesedaran kepada setiap majikan dalam mewujudkan program “Kemalangan Sifar mempertingkatkan kemahiran pekerja dan Budaya Kerja Selamat dan Sihat.” melalui program latihan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan dan seterusnya dapat Seminar ini memberi pendedahan kepada mengurangkan penyakit pekerjaan serta para peserta tentang pentingnya menjaga kemalangan di tempat kerja. keselamatan diri terutamanya anggota

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