Vietnam National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (VNNIOSH): Outstanding results after 3 years of the implementation of OSH Law

Saturday, 02/12/2023, 08:42(GMT +7)

The Law on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) was passed by the XIII National Assembly and takes effect from July 1, 2016 with a lot of new content, including expanding the scope for non-working employees. The law also focuses on activities to prevent occupational accidents, occupational diseases, improve working conditions, establish safety culture in production, integrate OSH in environmental protection, etc. After 3 years of implementing the Law on OSH, VNNIOSH has achieved the following results:

From 2016-2018, the Institute contributed ideas for 138 OSH legal documents, technical regulations and standards; joining the Expert group of compilation of national OSH profile for the period of 2015-2017 presided by Department of Labor Safety, Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs; joined the Committee of drafting standards and regulations on ergonomics, directly contributed ideas on the development of 9 sets of TCVN standards on ergonomics.

VNNIOSH is a state science and technology organization under the VGCL. The Institute is assigned to conduct scientific researches in service of state management, operation of the VGCL on occupational safety and health, environmental protection. With the assigned political task, in the period of 2016 – 2018, VNNIOSH has implemented 33 research and application projects of science and technology on OSH, including 1 independent national-level project. The theses has focused on researching scientific bases to promulgate labor grading policies and policies for people suffering from occupational accidents and occupational diseases; building a list of national standards and technical regulations on OSH; study and propose regulations and national standards on OSH, standards for assessment of work-related diseases with biological monitoring indicators, propose supplementation of work-related diseases; methods and techniques of risk assessment for compulsory industries in accordance with the Law on labor safety and health; researching and assessing the effects of dangerous and harmful factors affecting occupational health, causing occupational accidents and occupational diseases; research on the impact of working conditions on the health of non-structural objects such as: offshore fishing workers, in rice production, in the use of agricultural equipment and machines; researching on many technological solutions to control labor environment pollution.

Information dissemination and propaganda on OSH laws and training on OSH have been strengthened, creating a significant change in the awareness of employers and employees on OSH. Over the past 3 years, the Institute has organized training for more than 68.000 groups of managers, trade union officials, workers and safety practitioners. The Institute also collaborates with a number of universities in training labor protection engineers, preventive medicine doctors, OSH workers in a number of disciplines; collaborates with the Bureau for Safe Work (MOLISA) to organize training and testing of trainers training classes on OSH.Annually, the Institute coordinates with enterprises to organize medical examinations for 30.000 laborers, occupational diseases probing for 20.000 laborers. Based on the results of these examinations, the Institute has treated and proposed preventive measures for thousands of workers, recommended examinations for many cases contracting occupational diseases.

Occupational safety and health is a policy of preventing, limiting and overcoming risks. In order to effectively continue the law on occupational safety and health, contribute to improving conditions for minimizing occupational accidents and occupational diseases, VNNIOSH continues to actively advise VGCL in contributing ideas and critique for OSH policies aimed at union members and workers. At the same time, promote researching and apply science and technology in improving the working environment and conditions for laborers.


(Source: Vnniosh.vn)

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