Empowerment Accountable Responsive

Lt. Col. (R) Dr Mohd Hatta Usul

Group Health Adviser, PETRONAS

Process safety

Occupational

Diseases

Personal Injuries

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Workers off work at least 1 month due to accidents at work and work-

related health problems in the past 12 months

2

2.5

3

3.5

% of Workers

0

0.5

1

1.5

15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64

Accident Health Problems

% of Workers

Age Group

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Main Findings

• 3.2% of workers in the EU-27 had an accident at work during a one year

period, which corresponds to almost 7 million workers.

• Approximately 10% of these accidents were a road traffic accident in the

course of work.

• 8.6% of workers in the EU-27 experienced a work-related health • 8.6% of workers in the EU-27 experienced a work-related health

problems in the past 12 months, which corresponds to 20 million persons.

• Bone joint or muscle problems and stress, anxiety or depression were

most prevalent.

• 40% of workers in the EU-27, i.e. 80 million workers, are exposed to

factors that can adversely affect physical health.

• 27% of workers, i.e. 56 million workers, are exposed to factors that can

adversely affect mental well-being.

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• 1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering from an

illness with 555,000 of these were new conditions which started during the

year.

• 2,249 people died from mesothelioma in 2008 and thousands more from

other occupational cancers and diseases.

• 152 workers were killed at work.

• 233 000 reportable injuries occurred, according to the Labour Force

Survey.

• 28.5 million days were lost overall (1.2 days per worker), with 23.4 million

due to work-related ill health and 5.1 million due to workplace injury.

HSE UK

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(HSE UK Statistics)

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Probable Cases of Occupational Diseases Among

MOH Hospital Admission 1999=2003

Occupational Diseases Reported to SOCSO 1999-2003

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*Difficulty in recognizing occupational diseases

*Long latent period between exposure and disease

*Low awareness among employees and employers

*Intentional under reporting

*Exclusion of certain group of workers*Exclusion of certain group of workers

*Competency of HSE and medical practitioners

*Reporting process

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Health hazards and risks not adequately managed

Emergence of new issues and challenges

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*

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*Low level of awareness

*Lack of legal push

*Low on enforcement

*Lack of economic push

*Perceived low ROI

**Lack of resources

*Lack of infrastructure

*Low in competency

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Health hazards and risks not adequately managed

Emergence of new issues and challenges

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• 99.2% or 518,996 of total establishments in the three main

economic sectors of manufacturing, services and

agriculture.

• 65% of total workforce or 3 million for the 3 sectors(DOS Malaysia, 2005 Census)

• Low budget/expenditure operations

• No proper OSH management system

• No resources

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*Drive for more productivity, increasing pace of

work, shorter deadlines.

*People are working harder and for longer hours, with implications for both physical and mental health.

*While traditional physical hazards still dominate in high

risk sectors such as construction, psychosocial risks have

*

risk sectors such as construction, psychosocial risks have

assumed greater importance in the public and white

collar sectors.

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*Reproductive health issues

*

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*Domestic issues

*Sexual harassment

*Work-life balance issues

*

• Unskilled and poor OHS

awareness

• Social problems

• Communicable diseases

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• Communicable diseases

• Mental health

• Use of public resources

• Lifestyle diseases

• Occupational diseases

• Mental health

• Burden on medical care and

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• Burden on medical care and

OH services

*Better delivery of OH services

*Better reporting and data

*Increased awareness among

employees, employers and public

*Better infrastructure to provide support to industries

*Laws and regulations

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*

*Laws and regulations

*Better competency among OH professionals

*More impactful OH programs

*OH programs targeted to change mindset and

work culture

*Enforcement with support

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*Priority of focus areas

*Industry/ enterprise level

*National level

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*Industry/ enterprise level

1.

*Caucus of OH practitioners, enforcement

agencies and employers

*Develop medium and long term plan to develop

and enhance OH management practices

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and enhance OH management practices

*Determine target and performance indicators

*Development of required infrastructure

*Provide support to industries especially the SME

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*Improve processes in reporting and data gathering

*Collaboration of public and private agencies

*Self reporting on occupational diseases

* Incentive for reporting by OHD

*Set realistic target and KPI

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2.

*Set realistic target and KPI

*Company to report performance

*

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*Laws and regulation with clear instruction

on compliance

Social Discipline Window

CONTROL

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3.

on compliance

*Punitive enforcement

with restorative action

SUPPORT

*OH professionals and OSH officers should be provided

with basic knowledge on business management

*OHD provided with in-depth knowledge on core OH

management knowledge

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4.

*Improve quality and delivery of OH training

*Industry/ enterprise level

*National level

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*Industry/ enterprise level

*To promote and create awareness in employers and employees of

the benefits of work and of a positive working;

*To reduce the prevalence and incidence of work-related illness and disease and improve the health and well-being;

*To put in place programs designed to enhance the health and well-

being of workers through promotion, prevention and rehabilitation;

*

being of workers through promotion, prevention and rehabilitation;

*To define the information and data required for monitoring

workplace health and well-being, including key indicators and

collection methodologies

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Workplace

OH Management

Voluntary

Health Practices

Occupational

Health Programs

Organizational

Culture

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*Programs targeted at changing mindset and work/ organization culture

*Improve delivery of OH services

* Competency

* Resources

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*

*

* Planning

* Data and information gathering

*Monitoring and review

*Focus on human behavior

* Behavior based health program

* UA-UC program

* Increase awareness among employees & management

* Tool-box meeting, HAZOP, HEMP

*Enhance competency

* OSH officers trained on OH management

* Access to OH expertise

*

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*Supportive organizational culture

* Management participation

* Proactive programs

* Guidelines and procedures

* Performance indicators

Control

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Support

Control

*Occupational diseases will be a major concerns to

government and industries in the near future

*We need workable strategies and enhance OH services

delivery to reduce foreseeable impacts

*Achievement depends on collaborative efforts from all

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*

*Achievement depends on collaborative efforts from all

stakeholders the government, the industry, the OH

professionals and the employees

Question?Question?

Change now or laterChange now or later

*

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