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Occupational Safety and Health Management among Five ASEAN Countries: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore

Occupational safety and health is one of important issues for workforce movement among ASEAN countries. The objective was to study laws, main agencies, and law enforcement regarding occupational safety and health in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. This documentary research covered laws, main agencies’ duties, and occupational safety and health law enforcement in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. Thailand has its Occupational Safety, Health, and Work Environment Act 2011. Its main agency was Department of Labor Protection and Welfare. Indonesia had Work Safety Act (Law No. 1, 1970). Its main agency was Department of Manpower and Transmigration. Malaysia had Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994. Its main agency is the Department of Occupational Safety and Health. The Philippines has its Occupational Safety and Health Standards. Its main agency was Department of Labor and Employment. Singapore has its Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006. Its main agency is Occupational Safety and Health Division. Occupational safety and health law enforcement among each country covers work environment surveillance, workers’ health surveillance, advice about prevention and control of occupational health hazards, training and education of employers and employees, data systems, and research. Further in-depth surveys of occupational safety and health among each ASEAN country are needed to develop frameworks for occupational safety and health management for all ASEAN countries.

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Field Value
Document type Advocacy and promotional materials
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Logging and timber
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Thailand
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ThaiScience is a non-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to science and engineering journals published in Thailand, as well as research related to Thailand published internationally. The goal of ThaiScience is to make science and technology related information generated in Thailand available to the region and to the international research community, as well as ensuring that research results are readily shared amongst the community in Thailand.

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Author (individual) Surasak Buranatrevedh MD, DrPH
Author (corporate) ThaiScience
Publication date 2015
Pagination 6
Keywords V4MF,FLEGT,Occupational health,Safety,ASEAN
Date uploaded July 5, 2018, 20:06 (UTC)
Date modified February 18, 2019, 07:31 (UTC)