ILO and the Ministry of Manpower celebrate the 2022 World Day for Safety and Health at Work by encouraging multi-stakeholder collaboration
Mark every year on 28 April, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. Indonesia emphasized the need for collaboration of all parties.
JAKARTA (ILO News) — The International Labour Organization (ILO) together with Ministry of Manpower held a media gathering in Jakarta today (28/03) to present the milestones and ongoing activities towards the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2022 that mark annually on 28 April. The World Day for Safety and Health focuses the international attention on the need to prevent deaths, injuries and diseases caused by work and promote a safety and healthy culture that can help to prevent this tragedy.
The launch of the compilation of ILO's journalistic reporting on COVID-19 at workplaces. According to the National Security Programme for Manpower (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan), there were 82 thousand cases of work accidents and 179 cases of work-related illnesses of which 65 percent were caused by COVID-19 throughout January to September 2021.
Throughout the COVID-19, we have seen that having an OSH system, which include a meaningful participation of governments, employers, workers, public health actors and all relevant parties at the national and enterprise level, has been crucial in protecting working environments and safeguarding the safety and health of workers."
Michiko Miyamoto, ILO Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste
The theme of this year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses to build a positive, inclusive and sustainable OSH culture with the involvement of all parties. In which, employers and employees can make OSH element as an important part in their work and daily life by prioritizing the safety of their own as well as those around them.
“Throughout the COVID-19, we have seen that having an OSH system, which include a meaningful participation of governments, employers, workers, public health actors and all relevant parties at the national and enterprise level, has been crucial in protecting working environments and safeguarding the safety and health of workers,” said Michiko Miyamoto, ILO Country Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
Throughout 2021 to 2022, ILO has been initiating approaches that encourage various parties, including the mass media and the general public to become more aware of preventive culture in OSH through various awareness-raising and capacity building activities and effort to build shared ownership and joint commitment.
Ministry of Manpower underscored OSH as a multidisciplinary field that concerned with safety, health and welfare of workers. Safety and health at work itself is a key to sustainable development and investment in OSH can help contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
“OSH is an issue for all of us, not only a global issue yet also a national issue. Therefore, we need collaboration and commitment from all parties to realize and build the OSH culture. OSH issue does not only belong to the government yet it is our common issue, therefore we need to strengthen collaboration and stimulate dialogue,” said Muhammad Idham, Director of OSH Development of the Ministry of Manpower.
The live streaming of the media gathering can be viewed on ILO TV Indonesia.
For more information, please contact:
Gita Lingga Senior Communication Officer Email: gita@ilo.org
Adelin Alexandra Communication Officer for the ILO's COVID-19 Prevention at Workplace Project Email: alexandra@ilo.org
