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APPRECIATION EVENT: Therefore, the Department of
GUIDELINES OF Occupational Safety and Health
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND (DOSH) took an effort to make the
HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION Guidelines of Occupational Safety
INDUSTRY (MANAGEMENT) and Health in Construction Industry
(OSHCIM) as mechanism on behalf
The rate of accidents in the workplace of the Government to ensure the
increased by 13 percent (2.71/1,000 implementation of related part
employees) 2019 compared to responsibilities. OSHCIM provides
2.40/1,000 employees in 2018. The practical guidance to the client,
rate of fatal accidents at workplaces designer and contractor on the
recorded a decrease in 2019 management of safety, health and
compared to 2018 whereby the welfarewhen carrying out construction
statistic equivalent to 3.83/100,000 projects. Atotal often (10) pilot projects
employees in 2019 compared to had been recognised as OSHCIM
4.14/100,000 employees recorded in Pilot Projects until the year of 2019.
2018. For the construction sector in The ten (10) pilots projects consists
particular, fatal accidents involving of three (3) government projects
workers decreased by 16 percent under the Public Works Department
(11.28/100,000 employees) compared (JKR) and seven (7) private projects.
to 13.44/100,000 employees in 2018.

O306 FFICIAL YEAR BOOK 2020 Minister of Human Resources, YB Datuk Seri M .Saravanan launched the Guidelines of Occupational Safety and
Health in Construction Industry event at Merdeka Stadium.