Ensuring occupational safety at work

Along with implementing well the regimes on salary, bonus, facilities, working environment..., in recent years, Kim Binh Garment Company Limited (Phu Ly city) has always paid attention to taking care of the health and ensuring safety for employees; maintaining the effective operation of the occupational safety and health committee consisting of 24 members, regularly inspecting the production line to promptly fix incidents. Every year, the company organizes and coordinates the organization of training courses on fire prevention and fighting for employees. The union maintains propaganda activities on loudspeakers twice a month on regimes, policies, contents of collective labor agreements; regulations and rules on occupational safety and health, dangerous and toxic factors that can cause occupational accidents, occupational diseases and preventive measures... Thereby, raising employees' awareness in complying with occupational safety and health regulations.

Mr. Ngo Hai Nam, Chairman of the Trade Union of Kim Binh Garment Company Limited, said: To ensure occupational safety and health, the trade union regularly consults with the company's leaders to pay attention to improving working conditions, fully equipping employees with personal protective equipment; monitoring the working environment and taking measures to prevent and combat occupational diseases; organizing training on occupational safety and health for 100% of new employees. In particular, the company conducts periodic health check-ups twice a year and occupational disease check-ups once a year for all employees. All machinery is inspected before being put into use and periodically inspected to ensure safety for employees during the production process... With many positive measures, for many years, the company has not had any occupational accidents.

Workers of Kim Binh Garment Company Limited (Phu Ly city) are fully equipped with labor protection equipment during work.

At JY Plasteel Vina Co., Ltd., Chau Son Industrial Park (Phu Ly City) - an enterprise specializing in the production of children's toys, the work of ensuring occupational safety and health is also well implemented. Accordingly, the unit regularly upgrades and renovates the infrastructure system; arranges production lines, equipment, and workshops reasonably and airy; performs well the inspection of machinery and equipment, promptly overcomes factors that cause unsafety for workers. At the same time, assigns specific tasks to departments and people working in occupational safety; pays attention to training and coaching knowledge and skills of occupational safety and health for people working in occupational safety and health and workers. Along with that, fully equips workers with labor protection, tools, and working tools; strengthens inspection and supervision of occupational safety and health; Launching the emulation movement "Green - clean - beautiful, ensuring occupational safety and health"... With 1,400 workers, health check-ups and occupational disease check-ups for workers are carried out in accordance with regulations.

According to Mr. Dang Dinh Quynh, Chairman of the Provincial Industrial Parks Trade Union, occupational safety and health is an important factor in ensuring the health and rights of employees, contributing to the sustainable development of enterprises. In the context of a working environment that always has many potential risks, the role of trade unions in assessing and controlling risks in the workplace is very important and urgent. In recent times, the Provincial Industrial Parks Trade Union has actively guided and directed grassroots trade unions to coordinate with business owners to assess and prevent risks in the workplace; build safe working procedures, more strictly control the operation of dangerous machinery and equipment; and provide full labor protection for employees. At the same time, organize training courses on occupational safety and health for grassroots union officials and safety officers at enterprises to raise awareness and capacity of union officials and employees in detecting occupational safety and health risks and direct grassroots unions to coordinate with business owners to effectively implement this content.

The 2025 OSH Action Month with the theme "Strengthening assessment, identifying hazards and risks and proactively implementing measures to ensure OSH at the workplace" will take place from May 1 to 31, 2025. Organizing activities in response to the OSH Action Month associated with the Workers' Month aims to create a communication highlight, raise awareness and compliance with OSH laws for employees and employers, and promote specific solutions and action programs to prevent occupational accidents and diseases, and improve working conditions. During this time, units and enterprises have launched emulation, built a culture of occupational safety, promoted the mass movement to do OSH work; strengthened control of risks and ensured OSH at the workplace; cared for and improved the health of employees, and minimized occupational accidents and diseases.

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