Ensure occupational safety and hygiene to improve production efficiency

As a worker at the Hot Rolling Mill - Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation (Vung Ang Economic Zone, Ky Anh Town), Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thai has to operate the hot rolled steel coil production line system every day. Although the production line with complex machinery and equipment always has the potential for occupational accidents, for many years the Hot Rolling Mill has ensured safety in production. The reason is that Mr. Thai and his colleagues are regularly trained in the use and operation of machinery and equipment, and at the same time, during the working process, everyone strictly follows the regulations on occupational safety and health (OSH).

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thai said: "The company regularly inspects and supervises the implementation of occupational safety and health regulations for workers, coordinates with relevant units to organize fire prevention and fighting drills, rescue victims... therefore, the production process always ensures safety."

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thai - hot rolling mill worker, Formosa Ha Tinh Iron and Steel Company Limited (wearing a helmet) and his colleagues strictly follow occupational safety and health regulations while working.

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation currently has more than 6,500 employees. In recent times, the company has always focused on ensuring occupational safety and health, maintaining a smooth production line. Mr. Ho Sy Quoc - Chairman of the Trade Union of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation said: "With the desire to build a "culture of occupational safety", the company always complies with the provisions of the law, especially the issue of occupational safety and health. Every year, the company provides protective gear for each working department, at the same time, regularly trains and conducts daily and weekly inspections to ensure the best working environment".

Workers of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation are fully equipped with labor protection equipment.

Haivina Hong Linh Company Limited (Nam Hong Industrial Park, Hong Linh Town) is a garment and sportswear exporting enterprise with more than 1,300 employees, mainly female workers. Occupational safety and health is considered a vital task of the company, so all stages, from the design stage to the finished product stage, are focused on ensuring safety. In addition to requiring workers to strictly comply with regulations and rules on safety in production, the machinery system is also regularly inspected and periodically maintained to improve productivity, product quality, save materials and reduce negative impacts on the environment such as dust, waste, and noise.

Ms. Vo Thi Tam - Chairwoman of the Trade Union of Haivina Hong Linh Company Limited said: “Every year, the company organizes training courses, coaching, and fostering new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health for workers and widely disseminates regulations and rules on occupational safety and health, dangerous and toxic factors that can cause occupational accidents, occupational diseases and preventive measures. In addition, the company also organizes periodic health check-ups, improves the quality of shift meals, creates a good working environment, allocates reasonable working and resting regimes for workers... Due to the focus on ensuring occupational safety and health, the company has not had any incidents in production and business.”

Workers of Haivina Hong Linh Company Limited feel secure in production when they are regularly equipped with knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health.

According to statistics from the former Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (now the Department of Home Affairs), Ha Tinh has more than 10,200 enterprises, branches, representative offices, business locations, and cooperatives operating with nearly 159,000 employees. Basically, enterprises focus on ensuring occupational safety and health, regularly checking the safety of machinery and equipment, and performing periodic maintenance. At the same time, coordinate with competent agencies to organize training courses, coaching, and knowledge improvement in the field of occupational safety and health for workers. In 2024 alone, enterprises organized occupational safety and health training for more than 8,000 workers; issued certificates of declaration of use of more than 1,220 machines and equipment with strict requirements on occupational safety...

Ensuring occupational safety and health not only helps reduce accident risks, protect workers' health, help workers feel secure at work, and stay with the business for a long time, but also helps businesses improve the efficiency of production and business activities.

In the coming time, the Department of Home Affairs will coordinate with agencies, units and localities to continue to strengthen propaganda, training and specialized training on skills and safe working procedures. Organize seminars, dialogues, share experiences, and replicate typical models of occupational safety and health. Pay attention to, visit, encourage and support victims and their families of occupational accidents, workers in difficult circumstances, and regularly carry out inspections, checks and supervision of occupational safety and health in enterprises, in order to ensure the building of a safe production and business environment.
Mr. Dao Quang Hung - Head of Labor and Employment Department (Department of Home Affairs)

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