The document summarizes Malaysia's efforts to promote occupational safety and health (OSH) among small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which make up over 99% of businesses in Malaysia. It outlines initiatives by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Malaysia to support OSH compliance among SMEs, such as fast track registration, door-to-door guidance, mobile promotional services, and an umbrella project to generate OSH awareness through industry associations. It also discusses guidelines and standards developed by DOSH to assist SMEs in implementing OSH management systems tailored to their needs.

1. Department of Occupational Safety
and Health (DOSH)
MALAYSIA
16th ASEAN-OSHNET CBM16
Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
21 April 2015

2. • Demographic Data
• Legislation on SMEs
• Government Initiative on OSH for SMEs
• Strategic Initiative for SMEs
• Efforts to Extent OSH in SMEs
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16th ASEAN-OSHNET CBM16
Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
21 April 2015

3. GDP (IN USD$)
375.633 billion
COUNTRY’S SIZE
330,290 KM2
POPULATION’S SIZE
30.5 million
KEY INDUSTRIES
Services,
Manufacturing &
Agriculture
EMPLOYMENT
13.6 million
LABOUR
FORCE
14.0 million
MALAYSIA
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** NO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION FOR SMEs
FACTORIES AND MACHINERY
ACT 1967 ( ACT 139)
and 15 Regulations
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ACT 1994 (ACT 514)
and 6 Regulations + 2 Orders
PETROLEUM (SAFETY
MEASURES) ACT 1984 (ACT 302)
and a Regulation

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Occupational Safety &
Health Act 1994 (ACT 514)
• Provide legislative
framework to secure
the safety, health and
welfare among all
workers in Malaysia
• Enforced by DOSH
Malaysia
Guidance Note on OSHMS for SMEs
• Guidance note for ASEAN-OSHNET
members
• Developed to assist
employers/owners/managers of
SMEs to manage OSH in their
workplace
MS1722 : 2005
• Malaysian Standard on OSH
Management System
• Basis for the development of
sustainable OSH Culture in
an organization
• Based on ILO Standard ILO-
OSH 2001
MS1722 : 2011
• Revision of MS1722: 2015

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OSH Management System Regulations 20XX
• The purpose of these Regulations is to ensure
industries implement OSH management system
to manage OSH issues at their place of work
• Final draft has been completed

7. Ministry of Health, Labour and
Welfare, Japan
Japan Association of Safety and
Health Consultant
DOSH Malaysia
Reference : ILO-OSH 2001 : Guidelines on OSHMS
Scope : Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Focus : Simple and Low Cost Solutions
Concept : Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Model/ Improvement Cycle
Guidance Note on
OSHMS for SMEs
OVERVIEW
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8. CONCEPT
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9. FLOW CHART
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10. MICRO Sales Turnover <RM 300,000 Sales Turnover <RM 300,000
< 5 workers < 5 workers
SMALL Sales Turnover from RM 300,000 to less
than RM 15 million
Sales Turnover from RM 300,000 to less
than RM 3 million
5 ≤ workers < 75 5 ≤ workers < 30
MEDIUM Sales Turnover from RM15 million to less
than RM 50 million
Sales Turnover from RM3 million to less
than RM 20 million
75 ≤ workers < 200 30 ≤ workers < 75
Source : http://www.smecorp.gov.my
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11. Manufacturing 21,619 13,934 2,308 37,861 (5.87%)
Services 462,420 106,061 12,504 580,985 (90.05%)
Agriculture 3,775 1,941 992 6,708 (1.04%)
Construction 8,587 6,725 3,971 19,283 (2.99%)
Mining and Quarrying 57 126 116 299 (0.05%)
TOTAL 496,458 128,787 19,891 645,136 (100%)
90.05%
5.87% 2.99% 1.04% 0.05%
Services Manufacturing Construction Agriculture Mining & Quarrying
Source : http://www.smecorp.gov.my
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The government of Malaysia acknowledges the importance of the SME
sector, thus as the custodian for OSH, DOSH Malaysia has a vital role in
assisting the SMEs to improve their working condition and increase
productivity
SMEs constitute
99.2% of total
business
establishments in
the country
SMEs contribute
32% of GDP
Account for 56%
of total
employment
19% total exports
of the nation
* Malaysia SME Master Plan 2012-2020

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Fast Track
Registration
SME Mobile
Promotional
Services
Door to Door
1 2
4 3
Umbrella Project
OSH
Compliance
Support

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Organizing dialogs, seminars, forums
or similar functions;
Encouraging induction training to the
workers through safety passport;
System or equivalent for selected
high risk industries; and
Conducting inspection and sites visit.
Umbrella Project
Under this scheme, the main
purpose is for DOSH to generate
awareness on OSH through the
establishment of networking
within respective industry
associations.
UMBRELLA PROJECT

15. Additionally, through this exercise, the safety and health of
the workers in such workplaces will be safeguarded.
The purpose is ensure that such workplaces are placed under
regular inspections by DOSH to ensure safety and health
compliance by the owners or occupiers of such workplaces.
Will cover new and existing unregistered workplaces that
have not been registered with DOSH.
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FAST TRACK REGISTRATION

16. To develop OSH Policy;
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This project is designed for DOSH officers to directly
approach selected SMEs for the purpose of providing
guidance on how to carry out the following activities :-
DOOR TO DOOR
1
To identify and assess health and safety risks at
workplaces, by providing simplified format of
HIRARC checklist;
2
To assist SMEs in the selection of control measures,
by prioritizing the risk in the workplaces; and
3
To assist SMEs in analyzing their working conditions and
OSH performance, to enable continuous improvement.
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Technical support;
SME MOBILE PROMOTIONAL SERVICES
Promotional activities (distribution of
pamphlets, posters, guidelines, etc.);Under this project, DOSH officers plan to provide
OSH services to a group of SMEs either based on
one specific location or one particular cluster of industry.
The services offered includes :- Chemical monitoring;
Advisory on OSH legal
requirements and compliance;
Medical screening;
Advisory on matters related to
OSH improvement.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Technical Supports

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3
1
2

19. WIND
(WORK IMPROVEMENT
NEIGHBOURHOOD
DEVELOPMENT)
• 42 elements of
WIND
• 281 has been
implemented
WISE
(WORK IMPROVEMENT
IN SMALL
ENTERPRISES)
• 52 elements of
WISE
• 489 has been
implemented in
SMEs
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2
1

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2
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‘Action Plans for OSH Improvement’ for 5 sectors have been
developed from all these research. Now, DOSH Malaysia is focused on
the implementation of Compliance Support with the aim of improving
OSH issues among these 5 sectors.

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3
1
Material on OSH
DOSH Headquarters
has set-up SMEs
Division to focus on
SMEs and OSH
problem.
Allocation on SMEsSMES Division
Special allocation on
promotion of OSH for
SMEs by Government,
SOCSO, NIOSH and
NGOs
Promotional
material on OSH
for SMEs

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Total Accident

27. Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Malaysia
2nd, 3rd & 4th Floor, Block D3, Complex D,
Federal Government Administrative Centre,
62530 W. P. Putrajaya, MALAYSIA.
 03-8886 5000  03-8889 2443  jkkp@mohr.gov.my
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