NIOSH chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the number of cases has reduced from 232 cases in 2009, 184 cases in 2010 and 112 cases last year.
Lee also reported a drastic drop in fatal accidents from 33 cases in 2009, 28 cases in 2010 and 13 cases in Sabah last year.
Since the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 was passed, Lee said there has been an obvious drop in industrial accidents from 35,616 cases in 2010, compared to 75, 386 cases in 2000.
Based on statistics by Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), the industrial accident rate is 5.59 cases for every 1,000 employees in 2009, compared to 11 cases per 1,000 employees in 2000.
On occupational safety and health, Lee said it also included mental health of employees, as he said many employees he talked to reported facing a lot of pressure at work.
“In some NIOSH seminars, we invite experts to talk about mental health issues and how to cope with work stress; it is important because it not only happens in the workplace, but also school students who complained about stress in our academic oriented education system in the country,” he said when opening the Occupational Safety and Health for Media Seminar 2012 here, yesterday.
Lee further said an organisation with more than 40 employees should have its own safety and health committee.
Meanwhile, DOSH Sabah director Ir Mohamad Razak Ismail added that there was only one fatal accident in February this year thus far.
Razak said the drop was the effect of continuous enforcement and cooperation between Dosh and the employers on occupational safety and health.
He pointed out that there was an increase in fatal accidents mainly in the plantation, palm oil factory and construction sectors.
Source : www.TheBorneoPost.com
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