Occupational Safety and Health
Indonesia ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)
Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace
Today, the Government of Indonesia deposited the instrument of ratification of the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187).
Upon receipt of the instrument of ratification, Guy Ryder, Director General of the International Labour Office, said: “I am very pleased to count Indonesia among the member States which have ratified Convention No. 187, which is one of the pillars of the ILO’s systematic approach to occupational safety and health issues. In 2012, the Government of Indonesia issued Government Regulation No. 50 on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management Systems which prescribes the establishment of OSH management systems in every undertaking employing 100 workers or more or which has a high level of potential hazard, with a view to protecting the safety and health of workers through the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. By its ratification of Convention No. 187, the Government of Indonesia reinforces its commitment to achieve sustained and continuous improvement of occupational safety and health to prevent occupational injuries, diseases and deaths, in consultation with the social partners.”
When depositing the instrument of ratification, Ambassador Triyono Wibowo, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, said: “Indonesia highly regards the importance of occupational safety and health. Economic development and improvement of national production should not be conducted at the expense of occupational safety and health in industrial sectors and other workplaces. It is our hope that this ratification will support our efforts to promote occupational safety and health culture in Indonesia.”
According to ILO estimates, every day some 6,300 workers die from occupational accidents or work-related diseases, amounting to over 2.3 million deaths a year. Most of the 317 million accidents that occur every year result in prolonged absence from work.
Ratified by 34 member states so far, Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s three key occupational safety and health instruments, alongside the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and its Protocol of 2002. As a promotional framework providing for the coherent and systematic approach to occupational safety and health issues, Convention No. 187 calls on ratifying member States to take active steps, in consultation with the social partners, to progressively achieve a safe and healthy working environment in a cohesive and concerted manner, through the development of a national policy, a national system and a national programme on occupational safety and health. In March 2010, the ILO Governing Body adopted a Plan of Action (2010-2016) to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of these three instruments.
To date, Indonesia has ratified 19 international labour Conventions. For further information, see:
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Upon receipt of the instrument of ratification, Guy Ryder, Director General of the International Labour Office, said: “I am very pleased to count Indonesia among the member States which have ratified Convention No. 187, which is one of the pillars of the ILO’s systematic approach to occupational safety and health issues. In 2012, the Government of Indonesia issued Government Regulation No. 50 on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management Systems which prescribes the establishment of OSH management systems in every undertaking employing 100 workers or more or which has a high level of potential hazard, with a view to protecting the safety and health of workers through the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. By its ratification of Convention No. 187, the Government of Indonesia reinforces its commitment to achieve sustained and continuous improvement of occupational safety and health to prevent occupational injuries, diseases and deaths, in consultation with the social partners.”
When depositing the instrument of ratification, Ambassador Triyono Wibowo, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, said: “Indonesia highly regards the importance of occupational safety and health. Economic development and improvement of national production should not be conducted at the expense of occupational safety and health in industrial sectors and other workplaces. It is our hope that this ratification will support our efforts to promote occupational safety and health culture in Indonesia.”
According to ILO estimates, every day some 6,300 workers die from occupational accidents or work-related diseases, amounting to over 2.3 million deaths a year. Most of the 317 million accidents that occur every year result in prolonged absence from work.
Ratified by 34 member states so far, Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s three key occupational safety and health instruments, alongside the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and its Protocol of 2002. As a promotional framework providing for the coherent and systematic approach to occupational safety and health issues, Convention No. 187 calls on ratifying member States to take active steps, in consultation with the social partners, to progressively achieve a safe and healthy working environment in a cohesive and concerted manner, through the development of a national policy, a national system and a national programme on occupational safety and health. In March 2010, the ILO Governing Body adopted a Plan of Action (2010-2016) to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of these three instruments.
To date, Indonesia has ratified 19 international labour Conventions. For further information, see:
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