World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Building a culture of prevention for Indonesian young workers
To commemorate this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work on the 28th of April, the ILO is organizing an interactive discussion in Jakarta on safe work for youth, raising public awareness, particularly on the part of Indonesian young workers themselves. The event will include a radio talkshow on key actions that employers, government authorities, and young workers themselves can take to proactively promote a culture of prevention.
JAKARTA (ILO News) – Young workers are 40 percent more likely than older workers to suffer injuries at work. Why is this figure so high? Young workers are often relatively new to the world of work and may have only limited experience of staying safe in the working environment. They may lack access to good-quality training to prevent occupational accidents. When managers assign young workers to inappropriate tasks, or fail to recognize the additional protection that young workers need, the risk of harm is compounded.
To commemorate this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work on the 28th of April, the ILO is organizing an interactive discussion in Jakarta on safe work for youth, raising public awareness, particularly on the part of Indonesian young workers themselves. The event will include a radio talkshow on key actions that employers, government authorities, and young workers themselves can take to proactively promote a culture of prevention.
“Young workers often lack in knowledge and exposure how to protect themselves in their workplaces. Even when they do, they may not feel confident to speak up. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) at workplace is a good example. When young workers see something hazardous in their workplace, they are often not sure to alert anyone until it is too late. A safer working environment for young workers is a win-win scenario for both employers and workers. Young workers and their employers need effective tools and strategies for raising workplace safety awareness, in order to create a culture that constantly promotes zero occupational accidents and diseases,” said Ms Michiko Miyamoto, ILO Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
The key speakers for this interactive discussion include representatives from the Ministry of Manpower, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and young worker representatives as well as employers. Participants from a wide range of backgrounds will be able to raise questions and discuss the issue of OSH and young workers directly with the experts.
The event is the first in a series of other discussions leading up to the 21st World Congress on Safety and Health at Work that will be held in Singapore in September this year, where one of the key topics on the agenda will be OSH for youth. Some 200 youth delegates for various countries, including Indonesia, will gather during the World Congress to collaboratively develop and propose their own ideas about how we can build safer workplaces for young workers.
The event also marks the launch of two ILO projects in Indonesia: ‘Youth4OSH’ and ‘SafeYouth@Work’ which will support government authorities, employers and workers to reduce workplace injuries, fatalities and occupational diseases for young workers in Indonesia, as well as other countries in the region including Viet Nam, the Philippines, and Myanmar, and around the world.
ILO’s Programme Officer
Tel.: +6221 3913112 ext. 135
Email: lusiani@ilo.org
Gita Lingga
ILO’s Communication Officer
Tel.: +6221 3913112 ext. 115
Email: gita@ilo.org
A safer working environment for young workers is a win-win scenario for both employers and workers. Young workers and their employers need effective tools and strategies for raising workplace safety awareness, in order to create a culture that constantly promotes zero occupational accidents and diseases."
Michiko Miyamoto, ILO Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste
“Young workers often lack in knowledge and exposure how to protect themselves in their workplaces. Even when they do, they may not feel confident to speak up. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) at workplace is a good example. When young workers see something hazardous in their workplace, they are often not sure to alert anyone until it is too late. A safer working environment for young workers is a win-win scenario for both employers and workers. Young workers and their employers need effective tools and strategies for raising workplace safety awareness, in order to create a culture that constantly promotes zero occupational accidents and diseases,” said Ms Michiko Miyamoto, ILO Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
The key speakers for this interactive discussion include representatives from the Ministry of Manpower, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and young worker representatives as well as employers. Participants from a wide range of backgrounds will be able to raise questions and discuss the issue of OSH and young workers directly with the experts.
The event is the first in a series of other discussions leading up to the 21st World Congress on Safety and Health at Work that will be held in Singapore in September this year, where one of the key topics on the agenda will be OSH for youth. Some 200 youth delegates for various countries, including Indonesia, will gather during the World Congress to collaboratively develop and propose their own ideas about how we can build safer workplaces for young workers.
The event also marks the launch of two ILO projects in Indonesia: ‘Youth4OSH’ and ‘SafeYouth@Work’ which will support government authorities, employers and workers to reduce workplace injuries, fatalities and occupational diseases for young workers in Indonesia, as well as other countries in the region including Viet Nam, the Philippines, and Myanmar, and around the world.
For further information please contact:
Lusiani JuliaILO’s Programme Officer
Tel.: +6221 3913112 ext. 135
Email: lusiani@ilo.org
Gita Lingga
ILO’s Communication Officer
Tel.: +6221 3913112 ext. 115
Email: gita@ilo.org