Improving workplace compliance, fostering preventive OSH culture
ILO's efforts on occupational safety and health is to improve workplace compliance through strengthening the service-orientation of labour and OSH inspection and fostering a preventative OSH culture.
China’s efforts in improving workplace safety and health in recent years, backed by the top leadership, have yielded remarkable progress. The number of full-time labour inspectors has risen considerably and the reported fatality and injury rates in the most hazardous industries has fallen by a big margin.
However, challenges still remain in further promoting occupational safety and health (OSH) in the country. The hazardous manufacturing sectors with high occupational risks are still the main driver of growth. The increasingly complex employment relationships in a huge labour market pose major challenges to inspectors in handling compliance issues.
In the last several years, ILO supported the actions of the constituents in improving working conditions in the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) through the SCORE project and piloting ILO OSH tools such as ergonomic checkpoints and WISE. ILO also supported the efforts of the constituents to improve the OSH protection for health care workers.
Based on pervious achievements and in consultations with the constituents and relevant partner organizations, the ILO will focus its interventions on improving workplace compliance through strengthening the service-orientation of labour and OSH inspection and fostering a preventative OSH culture. The ILO interventions will be grounded in promoting the ratification of key international labour conventions on OSH and labour inspection.
However, challenges still remain in further promoting occupational safety and health (OSH) in the country. The hazardous manufacturing sectors with high occupational risks are still the main driver of growth. The increasingly complex employment relationships in a huge labour market pose major challenges to inspectors in handling compliance issues.
In the last several years, ILO supported the actions of the constituents in improving working conditions in the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) through the SCORE project and piloting ILO OSH tools such as ergonomic checkpoints and WISE. ILO also supported the efforts of the constituents to improve the OSH protection for health care workers.
Based on pervious achievements and in consultations with the constituents and relevant partner organizations, the ILO will focus its interventions on improving workplace compliance through strengthening the service-orientation of labour and OSH inspection and fostering a preventative OSH culture. The ILO interventions will be grounded in promoting the ratification of key international labour conventions on OSH and labour inspection.