| Danial Norjidi |
TWO Bruneian companies were among the recipients of the second Asean Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) awards in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 3.
Haji Adinin and Sons (B) Sdn Bhd, and PDS Meat Industries (B) Sdn Bhd from Brunei Darussalam were among the 19 companies from the Asean member countries to receive the awards.
Dr Ith Samheng, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of Cambodia and Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi, the Asean Secretary-General presented the awards.
The awards recognised the companies’ excellent achievements in realising safe and healthy workplaces. The awards also support the Asean Labour Ministers’ vision of ensuring a favourable environment for economic growth and a productive, competent, competitive workforce.
There are two categories of Excellence Awards for companies with good OSH management systems and performances, and Best Practice Awards for small and medium-sized enterprises with good OSH practices.
Prior to the awards ceremony, the 19th Asean-Occupational Safety and Health Network (Asean-OSHNET) Coordinating Board Meeting (CBM-19) convened on April 2-3.
The meeting, chaired by Cambodia, discussed the follow-up actions to the Asean Labour Ministers’ Statement on ‘Improving Occupational Safety and Health for Sustainable Economic Growth’, signed by Asean Labour Ministers in September last year. It also reviewed the Implementation of the Asean-OSHNET Plan of Actions 2016-2020.
According to a statement on asean.org, several projects were rolled out for this year, including an Asean research on economic justification of OSH in the construction sector and the second Asean Red Ribbon for Outstanding Workplace (ARROW) award. A common checklist for OSH inspection standards was also developed. Complementing this, the Asean-OSHNET Scorecard was adopted to track country performances in lowering occupational accidents and work-related illness.
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