At the event (Photo: VNA)Quang Nam (VNA) – The NationalCouncil on Labour Safety and Hygiene held a dialogue in the central province ofQuang Nam on May 3, drawing more than 200 participants across the nation.
The event, co-held by the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs(MoLISA), was part of activities in response to the national action month for laboursafety and hygiene in 2019.
Head of the national council’s secretariatand director of the labour safety department of the MoLISA Ha Tat Thang saidthat various issues were tabled for discussion during the dialogue, including criteriaof trainers, content and time of training in labour safety and hygiene foremployers, and standards of labour safety and hygiene towards the completion ofpolicies in this field.
Participants discussed issues that frequentarise in reality such as investigation of work accidents, punishment forviolations of labour safety and hygiene rules, requirements on management ofequipment, rules and standards for labour safety, as well as the monitoring of workingenvironment and health care for labourers.
They also underlined practical issues thatneed to be handled harmoniously to complete labour safety and hygiene policies,notably aid provision of the insurance fund for working place accidents and occupationaldiseases, and measures to enhance communication work to raise employers’awareness, among others.
Speaking at the dialogue, Deputy Ministerof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung said opinions and queries atthe event will contribute to the making and completion of policies on laboursafety and hygiene.
In 2018, about 8,000 occupational accidentsoccurred nationwide, taking the lives of 1,039 labourers and leaving 1,939others seriously injured.
Localities with most occupational accidentfatalities in the year included Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Duong, ThaiNguyen, Yen Bai, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh, Ca Mau, Quang Nam and Binh Duongprovinces.
Most of occupational accidents occurred inconstruction, building materials production, metallurgical engineering, andother fields.
Employers were accountable for nearly 46.5percent of the total occupational accidents, in which their failure to buildsafe working practices for employees accounted for 24.56 percent and theirfailure to fully train safe working practices for employees accounted for 7.2percent. Meanwhile, employees’ violation of labour safety practices was blamedfor 18.42 percent of the total accidents.
Last year, 2 million labourers tookperiodical health examinations. Occupational deafness was found in 66.6 percentof the labourers, followed by silicosis (16.8 percent), and occupationalchronic bronchitis (9.9 percent).-VNA
The event, co-held by the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs(MoLISA), was part of activities in response to the national action month for laboursafety and hygiene in 2019.
Head of the national council’s secretariatand director of the labour safety department of the MoLISA Ha Tat Thang saidthat various issues were tabled for discussion during the dialogue, including criteriaof trainers, content and time of training in labour safety and hygiene foremployers, and standards of labour safety and hygiene towards the completion ofpolicies in this field.
Participants discussed issues that frequentarise in reality such as investigation of work accidents, punishment forviolations of labour safety and hygiene rules, requirements on management ofequipment, rules and standards for labour safety, as well as the monitoring of workingenvironment and health care for labourers.
They also underlined practical issues thatneed to be handled harmoniously to complete labour safety and hygiene policies,notably aid provision of the insurance fund for working place accidents and occupationaldiseases, and measures to enhance communication work to raise employers’awareness, among others.
Speaking at the dialogue, Deputy Ministerof Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung said opinions and queries atthe event will contribute to the making and completion of policies on laboursafety and hygiene.
In 2018, about 8,000 occupational accidentsoccurred nationwide, taking the lives of 1,039 labourers and leaving 1,939others seriously injured.
Localities with most occupational accidentfatalities in the year included Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Duong, ThaiNguyen, Yen Bai, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh, Ca Mau, Quang Nam and Binh Duongprovinces.
Most of occupational accidents occurred inconstruction, building materials production, metallurgical engineering, andother fields.
Employers were accountable for nearly 46.5percent of the total occupational accidents, in which their failure to buildsafe working practices for employees accounted for 24.56 percent and theirfailure to fully train safe working practices for employees accounted for 7.2percent. Meanwhile, employees’ violation of labour safety practices was blamedfor 18.42 percent of the total accidents.
Last year, 2 million labourers tookperiodical health examinations. Occupational deafness was found in 66.6 percentof the labourers, followed by silicosis (16.8 percent), and occupationalchronic bronchitis (9.9 percent).-VNA
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