BINTULU: Workers need to be more aware of their rights to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) especially at high-risk workplaces, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. Under the act, employers who failed to provide PPE to employees could be fined not more than RM50,000 or a maximum jail term of two years or both. "The issue regarding the use of PPE will not arise if both employers and workers understand its importance and always implement good Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) practices. The Human Resources Ministry, he said, had introduced the Occupational Safety and Health Master Plan (OSHMP 2020) to help create safe, healthy and conducive working environment by 2020. "NIOSH also conducts research and development (R & D) activities where 81 projects have been completed from 2002 to date," he said.

Source: New Strait Times December 05, 2017 06:45 UTC