OSHMP25

Occupational Safety and Health Master Plan 2025 (Malaysia)

    The embarking of Occupational Safety and Health Master Plan 2021 – 2025 (OSHMP25) is a nation’s paradigm to enhance the excellence of OSH performance with the objective to protect human resources. Furthermore, this master plan is in line with the nation’s development programme which is the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 (SPV2030).

In this particular master plan, the principal strategy is to inculcate a Safety Culture in the workplace which emphasize the characteristic of attitude, internal nature of the organization and individual towards safety aspect. The OSHMP25 transformation and development was based on the investigation results on various occupational accidents and disaster. It is learned that there are loopholes in the local safety and health system. Furthermore, cooperation among involving agencies needs to be strengthened and set a clearer goal in achieving OSH excellence.

The Occupational Safety and Health Master Plan 2021-2025 consists of 6 main strategies and programmes respectively as shown below.

 

Strategy 1 – Empowering OSH in Public Sector

·         Programme 1: Upholding OSH Policies and Laws

·         Programme 2: Empowering NCOSH Functions

·         Programme 3: Government as OSH Catalyst

·         Programme 4: OSH Enforcement Transformation

·         Programme 5: Enhancing OSH Database Management

 

Strategy 2 – Reinforcing Self-Regulation Practices at Workplace

·         Programme 1: OSH Ownership and Leadership

·         Programme 2: Implementation of Systematic Self-Regulation

·         Programme 3: Improvement of OSH Best Practices Through Intervention at  

                        Workplace

·         Programme 4: Workers Self-Regulation Readiness

 

Strategy 3 – Promoting OSH Education and Research

·         Programme 1: Increasing Awareness, Education, and Community

                        Involvement in OSH

·         Programme 2: OSH Competency and Capacity in the Workplace

·         Programme 3: Enculturing OSH Research and Development

 

Strategy 4 – Empowering Occupational Health

·         Programme 1: Providing OSH Competent Occupational Health Practitioners

                       at Workplace to Increase the Performance and Access to

                       Occupational Health Services

·         Programme 2: Comprehensive Occupational Health Risk Management

·         Programme 3: Awareness and Information Sharing Related to Occupational

                        Health and Diseases.

·         Programme 4: Empowering Industrial Hygiene Towards Occupational Quality

                        Improvement.

·         Programme 5: Integrating Occupational Health Risk Assessment

 

Strategy 5 – Enhancing OSH Compliance in SME Sector

·         Programme 1: Special Incentive for SME Sector for OSH Activities

·         Programme 2: Enhancing OSH Management System in SME

·         Programme 3: Enhancement of Support and Cooperation Among Agencies

                        including Special Programme Initiatives.

·         Programme 4: Increase in OSH Knowlegde, Skill and Commitment

 

Strategy 6 – Enhancing OSH Through Technolgy

·         Programme 1: Smart Workplace Development Centered on IR4.0

·         Programme 2: Technological Ecosystem Development in OSH

·         Programme 3: OSH Risk Management System Through Digital Technology

Reference: https://www.dosh.gov.my/index.php/list-of-documents/penerbitan/oshmp2025/4219-occupational-master-plan-2125/file