The Overview of Occupational Safety and

Health in Cambodia

Department of Occupational Health and Safety

Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Cambodia
PREFACE

I am pleased to present the first Overview of Occupational Safety and

Health (OSH) of Cambodia. The Overview contains the updated, available
OSH information on legislation, law enforcement, statistics, and training
etc. The Royal Government of Cambodia is striving to provide adequate
safety and health protection for our workers. Reviewing the current
occupational safety and health situation and preparing the OSH overview
are a logical step to identify priority action areas and launch a strategic
National OSH Programme.

In 1993 after the creation of the Royal Government of Cambodia

in its first term, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health was
established within the Ministry in charge of Labour and implemented the
1992 Labour Code on a temporary basis until after the Labour Law was
promulgated in 1997. Chapter VIII of the Labour Law concerning Health
and Safety of Workers largely provides for the Ministry in charge of Labour
to develop Prakas and other regulations in view of monitoring the working
conditions which ensure occupational safety and health for workers.

These steps are in line with the new ILO’s Promotional Framework
for Occupational Safety and Health Convention (No 187) 2006 and its
accompanying Recommendation (No 197) adopted at the 95th Annual
Conference of the ILO in June 2006. Cambodia, as a member country of
the ILO, has taken many positive, collaborative actions with the ILO, and
now we have developed the first OSH Master Plan 2009-2013.

The Overview is the result of a collaborative effort among the Ministry

of Labour and Vocational Training; the Ministry of Health; the Ministry of
Industries, Mines and Energy; the Ministry of Land Management, Urban
Planning and Construction; the Ministry of Women’s Affairs; the Ministry
of Commerce; the Ministry of Planning; the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries; and the Ministry of Environment; and numerous
committed colleagues of the General Directorate of Labour, with resources
provided by the ILO/Korea Partnership Programme.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Government

of Republic of Korea for their financial support to develop the Overview
of Occupational Safety and Health of Cambodia through the ILO/Korea
Partnership Programme.

I hope that the Overview will give practical ideas for government
institutions, employers’ and workers’ organizations, non-governmental
organizations and all those who are concerned with workers’ safety and
health in Cambodia.

Phnom Penh, 22 April 2011

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Special thanks go to the following persons who devoted their valuable time to collect and provide
the information and data and worked diligently together to develop this OSH Overview.

1. H.E. Dr. Huy Hansong, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
2. Mr Hou Vudthy, Deputy Director-General of the General Directorate of Labour,
MoLVT.
3. Dr. Leng Tong, Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department, MoLVT.
4. Dr. Lay Meng Ly, Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department,
MoLVT.
5. Dr. Mou Sorn, Former Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department,
MoLVT.
6. Dr. Pok Vanthat, Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department,
MoLVT.
7. Dr. Yi Kannitha, Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department,
MoLVT.
8. Dr. Khon Naryth, Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department,
MoLVT.
9. Mr. Chhay Vanna, Former Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department,
MoLVT.
10. Dr. Han Nopakun, Chief of Bureau of Statistic and External Relation, DOSH, MoLVT.
11. Mr. Kim Phally, Ministry of Commerce
12. Mr. Chhun Houth, Deputy Director of the Department of Social Security, MoLVT.
13. Mr. Keo Bunna, Technical Staff of the Department of NSSF, MoLVT.
14. Mr. Chhorn Sokhom, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning & Construction.
15. Mr. Chuon Mony, Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy.
16. Mr. Ly Chanthan, Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy
17. Ms. Sao Sitho, Ministry of Woman affairs.
18. Mr. Huy Kang On, Ministry of Planning.
19. Mr. Vong Hour, Technical staff of the Department of Labour Market Information,
MoLVT.
20. Mr. Yos Thirin, Technical staff of the Department of Labour Market Information,
MoLVT.
21. Mr. Sreng Chou Long, Technical staff of the Department of Employment and Manpwer,
MoLVT.
22. Mr. Sok Sun, Deputy Director of Hospital Management Department
23. Dr. Heng Bunna, Officer of the National Centre for Health Promotion
24. Mr. Say Somethea, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
25. Mr. Bun Chhun, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
26. Mr. Eng Tay Meng, Ministry of Environment
27. Mr Tun Sophorn, National Coordinator for Cambodia, ILO
28. Dr. Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Senior Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, ILO
CONTENT

I. Introduction ............................................................................................1

II. Method of Information Collection .............................................................3

III. Main Findings .........................................................................................4

1. OSH policy in Cambodia ..................................................................4
2. OSH Laws and Regulations in Cambodia ..........................................5
3. OSH inspection systems ................................................................11
4. National competent authorities or other bodies with
responsibilities related to OSH........................................................15
5. OSH education and training ...........................................................16
6. Overall national level of human resources active in OSH .................18
7. Statistics and information concerning occupational safety and
health ............................................................................................19
8. OSH campaign ..............................................................................20
9. International cooperation activities .................................................22
10. Essential national actions needed to further promote and
improve national OSH programmes and actions to assist
workplaces in implementing OSH improvements ............................22
IV. References ...........................................................................................24

V. Annex ...................................................................................................25

Annex 1 ................................................................................................25

Annex 2 ................................................................................................31
Annex 3 ................................................................................................34

Annex 4 ................................................................................................35
ACRONYMS

MoLVT Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training

MoWA Ministry of Women’s Affairs

MoAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

DOSH Department of Occupational Safety and Health

NSSF National Social Security Fund

DoLVT-KC Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Kampong Cham

DoLVT-MK Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Mondolkiri

DoLVT-RK Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Ratanakiri

DoLVT-ST Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Stung Treng

DoLVT-PV Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Prey Veng

DoLVT-KT Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Kratie

DoLVT-BTM Department of Labour and Vocational Training, Banteaymeanchey

DoAFF Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Siem Reap

ILO International Labour Office

CAID Cambodian Association for Informal Economy Development

PAD People’s Association for Development

CUF Cambodian Union Federation

CIFUF Cambodian Industrial Food Union Federation

CNS National Silk Center

AFD Association for Farmers Development

CFBW Cambodia National Federation of Building and Wood Workers

CCTUF Cambodian Construction Workers Trade Union Federation

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I Introduction

OSH is an outcome of the very long experience of people who perform

a profession with the feeling of an imminent danger with which they are
careful and try best and avoid. A dangerous occurrence does not always
come with carelessness but an incident may happen without our sensitivity
to the work we are doing and cause an accident if there is no preventive
measure in place.

As everyone knows during 1975-1979 Pol Pot ruled the country under
the darkest regime ever in Cambodian history through the genocidal policy
for its own people. During the terror regime, infrastructure in all sectors,
including the labour sector was destroyed. People were deprived of their
basic rights and freedom and were forced into overworking, starving and
inhumane safety and health conditions.

Since liberation from the regime on 7 January 1979 individual life

and Cambodian society had been progressively restored. Apart from
the agriculture the service and manufacturing sectors had resumed with
around 100 factories operated (in Phnom Penh) at the time. Despite the
lack of regulation the work on OSH was spearheaded by a few experienced
professionals in this filed who had guided and demonstrated in labour
protection among co-workers.

In line ministries a similar initiative was undertaken to form a task force

in charge of safety and health and to introduce some preventive measures
according to its experience in all professions. Notably, the establishment
of enterprise health service made it easy with support from managers and
all personnel units with the same needs and was subsided by the state.
Other social services pertinent to the living conditions of workers were
carefully arranged and provided by the factory management without much
convincing effort from outside.

In earlier 1980’s the Ministry of Planning established the Department

of Wage and Labour and the Labour Protection Office from which there
were quite a number of technical officers performing the OSH in factories
and enterprises. The Department also initiated the 1992 Labour Code.
The Royal Government of Cambodia, since its first establishment in 1993
after the 1st General Election, has paid highest attention on the protection

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Cambodian people from diseases and injuries as well as the provision of the
health care services. For this reason, Constitution, Laws, National Strategy
and some other regulations have been issued as well as some activities have
been conducted:

• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia adopted by the

Constitutional Assembly on 21 September 1993 at its 2nd Plenary
session: Chapter III, articles 36, 38, 45, 46, 47 and 48.
• The Labour law of the Kingdom of Cambodia, which had been
adopted on 10 January1997 by the National Assembly during its 7th
session of its first legislature and promulgated on 13 March 1997:
Chapter VIII, Health and Safety of Workers, articles 228 to 247.
• The Law on Social Security Schemes, for Persons Defined by the
Provisions of the Labour Law, was promulgated on 25 September
2002 by the Royal Order No. NS/RKM/0902/018.
• CEDAW Convention of the United Nations adopted by the Resolution
No. 34/180 of the General Assembly on 18 December 1979 with
effect on 3 September 1981. Cambodia signed CEDAW convention
on 22 September 1992 and ratified the convention on 15 October
1992 without condition.
• The Rectangular Strategy, Phase II, of the 4th Mandate of the Royal
Government of Cambodia, addressed by Samdech Hun Sen, Prime
Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia at First Cabinet
Meeting of the Fourth Legislature of the National Assembly, on 26
September 2008: Side 3 and Side 4 of the Rectangular III; and, Side 2
of the Rectangular IV.
• The Sub-decree No 52 dated 01 April 2005 concerning the
organization and the functioning of the Ministry of Labour and
Vocational Training mandated the ministry to be in charge of the OSH
matter of all persons under the provisions of the Labour Law.
• Some other ministries, under their mandates, have conducted activities
related to the safety and health services according to the Regulations
under their responsibility and competency.
• National Tripartite Seminars on the OSH in small enterprises,
construction sites and farms, have been conducted from 2000 to 2008
under the Technical Assistance of the International Labour
Organization and the Governments of the Republic of Korea and
Japan.

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II METHOD OF THE
INFORMATION COLLECTION

To collect necessary information concerning the occupational safety

and health, the
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has actively:
• Studied concerned laws and regulations, consulted concerned
authorities and interviewed responsible persons in charge of OSH
matters and related information;
• Conducted a meeting with representatives of concerned ministries on
23 November 2005.
• During the meeting all representatives of concerned ministries
have been provided with the Terms of References (ToR) to develop
the Overview of OSH of Cambodia and the date of a meeting for
concerned information collection was fixed.
• Conducted a meeting with representatives of concerned ministries
on 08 December 2005. During the meeting representatives of
concerned ministries have provided all information and data
responding to the Terms of References (TOR) to develop the OSH
Overview.

Besides the Department of Occupational Safety and Health, the

Department of Social Security, (which has now become the National Social
Security Fund by Anukret (sub-decree) No. 16 ANKR.BK on 2 March
2007), the Department of Labour Market Information and the Department
of Employment and Manpower of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational
Training, have actively involved in the process of the data collection.

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III MAIN FINDINGS

1. OSH policy in Cambodia.

1.1. Written National OSH policy or OSH related articles

There is not any written national OSH policy or OSH related articles
yet in the National Socio-Economic Development Plan. But, there are
articles in the Royal Government Rectangular Strategy (Phase II) of the 4th
mandate: Side 3 and Side 4 of the Rectangular III and Side 2 of
the Rectangular IV:

Side 3 of the Rectangular III:

Job Creation and Ensuring Better Working Conditions for Workers
and Employees:
The Royal Government will implement at systematic policy aimed at:
(i) Creating jobs, especially for young people entering the labour market,
and for all Cambodian labourers through various measures which
encourage domestic investment in priority sectors, especially agriculture,
agro-industry, labour-intensive industries and tourism;
(ii) Establishing skills training networks for the poor, linked to employment
assistance especially for young people and new graduates to response to
new labour market needs;
(iii) Developing a Labour Statistical System.
More attention will be focused on improving the management of foreign
workers in Cambodia to create jobs for Cambodian citizens and facilitate
the transfer of new technology for national
development.

Side 4 of the Rectangular III:

Establishment of Social Safety Net for Civil Servants, Employees
and Workers:
The Royal Government will seriously enforce the Labour Law and
other International Conventions related to the role of trade unions in order
to insure the rights and benefits of workers, employees and employers.
The Royal Government will put special priority on improving the working
conditions of workers and employees, enhance the implementation of the
Law on Social Security, encourage the implementation of pension funds
especially pensions for disability and dependents, and insurance for work

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accidents as stipulated in the Labour Law.

Side 2 of the Rectangular IV:

Ensuring Enhanced Health Services:
The Royal Government will continue to focus on the implementation
of prevention programs and combat contagious diseases and promote
maternal and child health care to reduce the maternal and infant mortality,
improve emergency services and provide health and sanitation education
and information, especially in the rural areas. The poor shall be entitled
to free health care in referral hospitals and health centers. Equity funds
designed to help the poor in accessing quality of health care services will
be further strengthened and expanded.

1.2. National tripartite consultation/advisory mechanisms in OSH

The Labour Advisory Committee has been established since 1999 to be

national tripartite consultation mechanism of the labour field in Cambodia
including also the OSH issues.

2. OSH laws and regulations in Cambodia.

2.1. List of Laws and Regulations relating to OSH issued under

MoLVT.

Under the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT),

the Department of Occupational Safety and Health is a main department
to be in charge of industrial hygiene and occupational safety. Besides,
the National Social Security Fund and the Department of Labour Market
Information are also responsible for some other issues related to the OSH
matter.

Labour Law, Law on Social Security schemes and 18 ministerial

regulations (Prakas) relating to OSH have been issued under the Ministry
in charge of Labour:

The Labour Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia, which had been adopted
on 10 January 1997 by the National Assembly during its 7th session of its
first legislature and promulgated on 13 March 1997: Chapter VIII, Health
and safety of Workers, articles 228 to 247: Article 228 concerning the
Scope of Application; Articles 229 to 232 concerning General Provisions;
Articles 233 to 237 concerning Inspection; Articles 238 to 247 concerning
Labour Health Services.

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In accordance with the Labour Law, the Ministry of Labour and

Vocational Training has issued regulations concerning the OSH as follows:

• Prakas No 052 dated 10 February 2000 concerning the sanitary

toilet;
• Prakas No 053 dated 10 February 2000 concerning the seating
arrangement at the work place;
• Prakas No. 054 dated 10 February 2000 concerning the provision of
the safe drink;
• Prakas No. 330 dated 6 December 2000 concerning the Creation of
Enterprise Infirmary;
• Prakas No. 124 dated 15 June 2001 concerning the heavy object
lifting by hand;
• Prakas No. 125 dated 15 June 2001 concerning the air ventilation
and sanitation;
• Prakas No. 139 dated 28 June 2001 concerning Conditions and
Missions of the Enterprise Physicians;
• Prakas No. 147 dated 11 June 2002 concerning the Temperature
Ambiance at the Workplace;
• Prakas No. 138 dated 22 April 2003 concerning the Noise at the
Workplace;
• Prakas No. 139 dated 22 April 2003 concerning the Work at the
Confined space;
• Prakas No. 484 dated 23 December 2003 concerning the Light and
the Lighting;
• Prakas No. 106 dated 28 April 2004 concerning the prohibition of
working children from the dangerous work place
• Prakas No. 086 dated 03 May 2006 concerning The Creation of the
HIV/AIDS Committee in Enterprises and Establishments and
Managing HIV/AIDS in the Workplace;
• Prakas No. 305 dated 14 December 2007 concerning the Maritime
Fishing;
• Prakas No. 306 dated 14 December 2007 concerning the Working
and Living Conditions in Plantations;
• Prakas No.308 dated 14 December 2007 concerning the Working
and Living Conditions in Salt Fields;
• Prakas No. 309 dated 14 December 2007 concerning the Working
and Living Conditions in Brick Enterprises;
• Prakas No.307 dated 14 December 2007 concerning the
Occupational Health and Safety Conditions in Garment and Shoes
Factories.
• Prakas No.077 dated 30 March 2011 concerning the Information at
the Construction Site

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• Prakas No. 075 dated 30 March 2011 concerning the Sanitation at

the Construction Site
• Prakas No. 076 dated 30 March 2011 concerning the Prevention of
Risks associated with the Changing Weather Conditions at the
Construction Site
• Prakas No. 078 dated 30 March 2011 concerning the Storage, Waste
Management and Cleanliness at the Construction Site
• The Law on Social Security Schemes for Persons Defined by the
Provisions of the Labour Law, promulgated by Royal Krom (Order)
No. NS/RKM/0902/018, dated 25 September 2002. The law
composed of 6 chapters and 41 articles. Chapter 1: General
Provisions; Chapter 2: Pension Scheme; Chapter 3: Occupational
Risk; Chapter 4: Common Provisions; Chapter 5: Penalties; and
Chapter 6: Final Provisions;
• Prakas No. 343 dated 10 September 2002 concerning the Notice on
work-related accidents, compensation and invalidity;
• Announcement No. 003 dated 10 February 2004 of the Ministry in
charge of Labour to remind all enterprises and establishments
to comply well with the provisions of all Prakas issued by the
Ministry concerning OSH;
• Announcement No. 089 dated 4 September 2009 concerning the
preventive measures on new avian influenza A (H1N1).
• Circular concerning application of Joint Prakas No. 330 dated 6
December 2000 and Joint Prakas No. 139 SKBY dated 28 June
2001.

2.2. List of ILO Conventions ratified by Cambodia

• Convention No. 182 on the Worst form of child Labour ratified in

2006;
• Convention No. 6 on Night Work of Young Persons (Industry)
ratified in 1969
• Convention No. 4 on Night Work (Women) ratified in 1969;
• Convention No. 29 on Forced Labour 1969 ratified in 1969;
• Convention No. 13 on White Lead (Painting) ratified in 1969;
• Convention No. 105 on Abolition of Forced Labour ratified in 1999;
• Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the
Right to Organise ratified in 1999;
• Convention No. 98 on Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining
ratified in 1999;
• Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age ratified in 1999;
• Convention No. 100 on Equal Remuneration ratified in 1999;
• Convention No. 111 on Discrimination (Employment and

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Occupation) ratified in 1999.

2.3. The mandate and roles of OSH inspectorates.

The name of the inspectorate in charge of OSH is the Department of

Occupational Health under the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
being established by the Royal Government of Cambodia through Anukret
(sub-decree) No. 52 dated 01 April 2005 concerning the establishment and
the functioning of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.

2.4. List of Laws and Regulations on compensation for occupational

accidents andinjuries.

The responsibility for the occupational accidents and injuries is

under the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). To regulate the matter,
the Ministry in Charge of Labour has issued a Prakas No. 243 dated 10
September 2002 concerning the Notice for Work-related Accident, Formula
for Compensation and Degree of Disability.

2.5. List of occupational accidents and injuries and of compensable

accidents and injuries.

From 2001 to 2005, the Department of Social Security; Department of

Labour Inspection and Department of Occupational Safety and Health have
jointly conducted the investigations of 48 cases in garment factories, brick
factories and in construction sites, which mostly are in Phnom Penh City.
Most of the accidents are faint spells due to panic, exhaustion, insufficient
ventilation and hot dust in workplace, injury by falling objects, arm cut off
by machines, died by electric shock, falling from building and traffic, and
eye accident by gasoline got into, etc. More detailed information is attached
as Annex 1.

2.6. Summary on the occupational accidents and injuries recording and

notification requirements.

See the lists on the Occupational Accidents from 2009 provided by

NSSF in Annex 1 and 2001 to 2005 provided by the Department of Social
Security in Annex 2.

2.7. List of laws and regulations covering aspects related to OSH but
issued under other Ministries (Industry, Health, Agriculture,
Environment, Public Works and Transport, Construction, etc.).

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Besides, the Ministry in charge of labour, some other ministries have

also issued ministerial regulations related to OSH such as:

Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy:

• Law concerning the Factory Administration, Chapter 3 concerning
the Industry Safety, Articles 24 to 34.
• Sub-decree No. 35 dated 26 April 1999 concerning the organization
and the functioning of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy
which covers the (1) Provisions, Foods, Beverages and Tobacco; (2)
Textile, Apparels and Foot wears; (3) Wood Products; (4) Production
of paper; (5) Chemical section, Rubber and Plastic; (6) Production
of mine non-metallic; (7) Industrial section of metal based; (8)
Industrial section of metal processing; (9) Other industrial section;
and (10) Traditional Handicraft.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery:

• Anukret (sub-decree) No. 16 dated 13 March 2003 concerning the
control of the animal hygiene and products originated from animal.
It is composed of 9 Chapters and 34 Articles. The Anukret has been
issued with the purpose to determine the control of the animal hygiene
and the products originated from animal for preventing and protecting
the transmission of contagious animal diseases to protect the health
of animals and of public.
• Anukret No. 69 dated 28 October 1998 concerning the standardisation
and management of the agricultural materials;
• Anukret No. 108 dated 24 August 2007 concerning the control of the
slaughterhouse and the animal hygiene, meat and animal products;
• Anukret No. 26 dated 2 Marchh 2001 concerning the establishment
and management of village animal health agents;
• Anukret No. 15 dated 13 March 2003 concerning the control of the
botanical hygiene;
• Prakas No. 114 dated 21 July 2004 concerning the list of contagious
animal diseases;
• Prakas No. 455 dated 31 December 2004 on the strengthening of
preventive measures for avian influenza (bird flu);
• Prakas No. 334 dated 7 August 2007 concerning the control of food
safety of agricultural production;
• Circular No. 02 dated 10 February 2005 concerning the control of the
import of live animals and products originated from egg at the border
line;
• Circular No. 345 dated 21 October 2002 concerning the implementation
of Anukret No. 16 dated 28 October 1998 concerning the standardisation

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and management of the agricultural materials;

• Guideline issued in 2002 concerning the safe use of agro-chemicals
of the Ministry of Agriculture; and
• Notice dated 19 August 2004 concerning the poisonous fish.
Ministry of Commerce:
• Anukret No. 47 dated 12 June 2003 concerning Food Hygiene for
people. The purpose of the Anukret is to define the general rules of
the hygiene of products for people’s foods.

Ministry of Health
• National Policy and Guideline for the safety of vaccination dated 31
January 2001.

Ministry of Land Management, urbanisation and Construction:

• Anukret No. 86 dated 19 December 1997 concerning the permit of
the Construction.
• Prakas No. 32 dated 20 March 2001 concerning the Administration of
the Construction Site. The Prakas is issued with a purpose to keep the
public order and security and safety in the construction site.
• Prakas concerning the fines of all kinds of abuses in the construction
field.

Ministry of Environment
• Anukret No. 42 ANRK.BK dated 10 July 2000 concerning Air
Pollution and Noice Control.
• Anukret No. 36 ANRK.BK dated 27 April 1999 concerning Solid
Waster Management.
• Anukret No. 27 ANRK.BK dated 06 April 1999 concerning Water
Pollution Control.
• Anukret No. 180 ANRK.BK dated 20 October 2010 concerning
Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling
of Hazardous Chemicals.

Ministry of Public and Transportation

• Law concerning of Traffic Law dated 08 February 2007

2.8. How ILO Conventions and codes of practice relating to OSH were
used and referred to in the occupational safety policy and legislative
frameworks of Cambodia.

The ILO Conventions No. 155 of 1981, concerning Occupational

Safety and Health and No. 167 of 1988, concerning safety and health in
construction have used as guidelines in the establishment of new Prakas and

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other ministerial regulations concerning the OSH. Promotional Framework

for OSH Convention (No. 187, 2006), which Cambodia has not ratified
yet, has been used for developing the OSH Management system at the
workplace and national OSH programme through the publication of the
first OSH Master Plan 2009-2013. As for the national OSH policy, we have
implemented through the Rectangular Strategy of the Royal Government
of Cambodia and ILO Convention No. 155.

3. OSH inspection systems.

3.1. Scope of sectoral coverage

The OSH inspectors cover all occupations in enterprises and companies
in the private sector under the scope of the Labour Law of Cambodia:
Chapter 1: Article 1.

So far, informal economy which is not registered by the Ministry,

is excluded from the inspection. In the process of the Labour Law
applicatiom, the informal economy will also benefit from the Law within
the MoLVT’s mandatory labour protection at the national level, for
instance, an accidence prevention and insurance.

3.2. Number of OSH inspectors with the breakdown by types of OSH

inspectors and by provinces.

There are 91 OSH inspectors (19 based in the Ministry and 72 based in
municipality and provinces) in charge of inspection visits countrywide. In
the past, the regular inspection visits have been made only in Phnom Penh
City. Since 2010 OSH inspections have been extended nationwide.

3.3. Roles of OSH inspectors

• Conduct technical inspection on industrial hygiene (level of lighting,

noise, dust, vibration and other harmful physical hazards)
• Build an OSH network in the establishment
• Promote medical check-up for workers
• Establish an HIV/AIDS Task Force or Committee in enterprises
• Provide OSH protection to workers and prevent workplace accidences
and occupational diseases
• Advise employers and workers on OSH-related regulations and
ministerial orders (Prakas)
• Explain measures to be taken in case of breakout of contagious
diseases (A(H1N1) pandemic and avian influenza).

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3.4. Number of OSH inspections carried out during 2001-2006 with

the breakdown by provinces, types of industries, sizes of industries.

During 2001-2006, the OSH inspection visits have been conducted in

Phnom Penh City, Kompong Speu and Kandal Provinces.

Phnom-Penh

Types by industries Sizes by industries (Workers)

Years Garment&
Companies 400< 400-1000W >1000W
Foot wear
2001 125 303 386 74 42
2002 207 418 495 91 39
2003 235 445 535 99 46
2004 261 426 538 98 52
2005 303 408 116 145 42
2006 307 394 401 237 63
Kandal Province

Types by industries Sizes by industries (Workers)

Years
Garment 400< 400-1000W >1000W
2001 01 01
2002 03 01 02
2003 07 01 06
2004 07 01 06
2005 10 01 09 01
2006 55 00 50 03
Kompong Speu Province

Types by industries Sizes by industries (Workers)

Years
Garment 400< 400-1000W >1000W
2001
2002
2003 01 01 00
2004 00 00
2005 01 01 00 00
2006 07 00 05 02

Inspection Visits have been conducted once a year in each small enterprise in
Phnom Penh City. Not in provinces.

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3.5. Number of OSH inspections carried out during 2001-2006 with the
breakdown by types of inspections (regular, after accidents, revisits,
based on the workers request, etc.). Tables of the regular visits, after
accident visits, revisits are as follows:
Phnom-Penh
Number of OSH Inspections
Years Establishment Regular After Breakdown
Revisit
Inspection accident
2001 502 637 09 09 12
2002 567 565 09 09 04
2003 663 661 10 10 00
2004 648 1614 12 12 03
2005 711 1542 8 8 06
2006 701 1461 07 07 06

Kandal Province
Number of OSH Inspections
Years Establishment Regular After Breakdown
Revisit
Inspection accident
2001 01 04 01 00 00
2002 03 12 00 00 00
2003 07 24 03 01 00
2004 07 28 01 00 00
2005 10 38 02 01 00
2006 55 165 03 02 00

Kompong Speu Province

Number of OSH Inspections
Years Establishment Regular After Breakdown
Revisit
Inspection accident
2001 00 00 00 00 00
2002 00 00 00 00 00
2003 01 02 00 00 00
2004 00 00 00 00 00
2005 01 03 00 00 00
2006 07 21 00 00 00

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3.6. OSH training conducted by Department of OSH.

Department of OSH had conducted three OSH training courses

for factories physicians (2 courses in 2003 and 1 course in 2004). 143
physicians had participated in these training courses. The training courses
provided participants with OSH management and implementation of the
provisions of Laws and all Prakas issued by the Ministry.

Many inspectors have also carried out OSH training for home workers,
construction workers, farm workers and farmers in cooperation with
workers, employers, NGOs, and the ILO. Participatory training programmes
like WISH (Work Improvement in Safe Home) for home workers,
WISCON (Work Improvement in Small Construction) for construction
workers in small construction sites, and WIND (Work Improvement for
Neighbourhood Development) for farm workers and farmers have been
applied actively and widely. After the training, the inspectors in cooperation
with other OSH trainers have organized follow-up visits to the previous
trainees and achievement workshops to exchange improvement experiences
among workers. (Please see Annex 4 for statistics).

• Three training workshops organized for municipal and provincial

labour officers.
Also, since September 2006 when Prakas on the establishment of
enterprise-level HIV/AIDS committees to promote HIV/AIDS workplace
prevention was enforced, the Department has trained nearly 400 HIV/AIDS
peer educators at the target enterprises and provided them with educational
materials for workplace education. An HIV/AIDS education center was
established to provide HIV/AIDS educational services to workers who
come for medical examination. By the end of 2009, 74,607 people received
education on HIV/AIDS through the drama video and soap opera at the
centre.

3.7. Cooperation on OSH Inspection

While accident cases happen at an enterprise or establishment, the

OSH inspectors closely cooperated with technical staff of the relevant
departments of the Ministry or relevant ministries (health, environment,
industry, construction, commerce0 and local authorities to conduct the
investigation are.

3.8. Checklists and other tools used for OSH inspections.

OSH inspectors use the accident investigation reporting format while

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investigating an accident and the inspection checklist and some tools (lux,
noise, temperature meters) when conducting an inspection.

4. National competent authorities or other bodies with responsibilities

related to OSH.

4.1. Organization structure of MOLVT and roles of OSH-related

divisions.

There are 3 main departments being mandated with the roles of OSH
issues:
(1)- Department of Occupational Health and Safety;
(2)- Department of Labour Inspection; and
(3)- Department of Social Security which has now become the National
Social Security Fund.
The structures of these 3 departments appear in Annex 3.

4.2. Occupational accident and disease insurance/compensation systems.

Currently, there are the Law on Social Security Scheme, Sub-decree on

the establishment of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and Prakas on
work-related accidents of the Ministry in Charge of Labour.

• The Law on Social Security for persons defined by the provisions of

the Labour Law composed of 6 Chapters included provisions
concerning: (1)-Pension scheme which is in charge of providing old
age benefit, invalidity benefit, survivor benefit; (2)-Occupational
risk which is in charge of providing employment injury and
occupational disease benefits.
• The law also opens the establishment of sub-decree concerning
other contingencies in accordance with the actual situation of the
national economy.

• The Law on Social Security Scheme was adopted on 25 September

2002 and has just begun its implementation in late 2008.
• Anukret (sub-decree) No. 16 dated 2 March 2007 of the Government
on the establishment of National Social Security Fund (NSSF). It
provides general guidance on the organization and functioning of the
NSSF which covers the NSSF’s entity and structure, management
of its financial resources, contribution and compensation schemes,
and technical supervision. It also serves as a fundamental tool to
implement the Social Security Law.
• Prakas No. 243 dated 10 September 2002 of the Ministry in charge

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of Labour concerning Notice for Work-related Accident, Formula for

Compensation and Degree of Disability.

Given the fact that the Law on Social Security has just been
implemented, and thus the Prakas still plays a very crucial role in regulating
all occupational accidents and injuries so far and at the present time.

At this moment, employment injury insurance schemes does not

financially support the OSH prevention and promotion programmes. This is
an important future agenda.

5. OSH education and training

5.1. OSH programmes and the number of training courses for workers
carried out.

The OSH Department provided the two training courses on OSH

conditions to Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business
Associations (CAMFEBA). The first training was offered to 20 participants
on 11-12 January 2010 and the second on 6-7 April 2010 with 25
participants. The total number of trainees to both courses was 45.

Since 1998, three courses for 143 factory physicians and 4 courses
for 160 workers (foremen) have been conducted by the Department of
Occupational Safety and Health. The topic of courses for physicians is
“Hygiene and Safety at workplace”. The course is provided for 3 hours
and a half every afternoon within a period of 15 days. The topic of courses
for foremen is “Hygiene, Safety and First Aid at workplace”. The course is
provided for 3 hours every morning within a period of 4 days.

A new 10-module training programme on OSH for enterprise physicians

has been developed and piloted by the Department of Occupational
Health with technical support by the ILO. The course addresses the
needs for promoting the safety culture and developing a functioning OSH
management system at enterprise level.

Since 2004 the ILO Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment

Project in collabouration with the ILO/Korea Programme and the MOLVT
has trained labour inspectors, workers’ and employers’ representatives,
and NGO members as participatory trainers to extend OSH protection to
informal economy workplaces such home workplaces, small construction
sites, farms and rice fields. Applying WISH (Work Improvement in Safe
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WIND (Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development) programmes,

these trainers had carried out many on-site OSH training workshops
through their own human networks. As of 31 March, 2008, 43 WISH,
56 WIND and 37 WISCON training workshops had been carried out by
the trained local trainers and 3,702 (1,946 women, 1,756 men) informal
economy workers and farmers had been trained. (Pease see Annex 4 for
further detail).

• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries trained 219 farmers in

Kampong Speu and Svay Rieng provinces during 2005 on WIND
method.

• Ministry of Women Affairs conducted 23 WISH courses for over 600

women vendors and home workers 12 WISH training workshops for
360 farmers across the country during 2007.

5.2. Summary of OSH training structures run by employers’ or workers’

organizations

• Six training workshops on WISH (Work Improvement in Safe Home)

were offered to 140 home workers during 2005 by the trade union
training teams.
• 13 courses on WIND (Work Improvement in Neighbourhood
Development) were provided to 233 farmers in Kampong Cham and
Kampot during 2005-2008 by the trade union training teams.
• 29 on-site training workshops on WISCON (Work Improvement in
Small Construction Sites)were run by three union federations
(Cambodian Union Federation, Cambodian Construction Workers
Federation and Cambodian National Federation Building and Wood
Workers) during 2005-2007 for more than 700 construction workers
in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.

Training course run by the employer is not available yet.

5.3. List of non-governmental bodies involved in OSH related activities

in Cambodia

• ILO Better Factories Cambodia Project (BFC) implemented an OSH

program for garment factories that have participated in the project.
The program comprises of 1-year modular training and single-
issue course and induction training such as fire safety, machine safety,
spot removing, first aiding, etc. The project also produced soap opera
and comic books as OSH training aids, and also best practice guides

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that can be found in the BFC website: www.betterfactories.org. By

April 30, 2007, 136 employees and employers from 32 factories have
participated in the modular program. 156 participants from 19
factories completed the single-issue course while 322 participants
from 63 factories attended the first aid training. 185 workers from
112 factories undertook the induction training
• ILO Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment Project introduced
the ILO participatory work improvement programmes (WIND,
WISCON and WISH) as described above. The project also developed
an educational Toolkit on HIV and AIDS for informal economy
workers and their community.
• CAID (Cambodian Association for Informal Economy Development)
trained 184 informal economy workers on WIND and WISH during
2005-2006. Also, CAID conducted 11 courses on road safety for 336
motorcycle taxi drivers and tuk tuk drivers in Phnom Penh during the
same period.
• Association for Farmers Development trained 120 farmers in Takeo
province on WIND during 2005.
• People Association for Development (PAD) trained 128 home
workers and farmers in Kandal province during 2004-2005.

6. Overall national level of human resources active in the area of OSH

6.1. Number of OSH officers at enterprise level by provinces and

description of their roles in occupational safety.

There are one OSH officer in Kampong Speu province and two OSH
officers in Kandal province while 140 OSH officers are working in factories
in Phnom Penh City.

These officer’s role is to control the workplace with a purpose to:

• Advise the employers on the OSH matter.
• Prevent occupational injuries, accidents, diseases and other contagious
diseases.
• Provide the workers who were injured and had accident with First
Aid services.
• Provide the workers with personal health data while moving to work
in new factory.
• Anti-tetanus vaccination for all workers.

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6.2. Definition of qualification required

Enterprise physicians shall be trained by the Department of

Occupational Safety and Health as per Prakas No. 139 dated 28 June 2001,
on the mission and service of enterprise physicians by the Ministry of
Labour and Vocational Training and the Ministry of Health.

7. Statistics and information concerning occupational safety and

health

7.1. Number of undertakings and the number of workers by types of

industries; and other relevant statistics showing socio-economic
conditions of Cambodia;

The information given by the Department of Labour Market

Information prevailed the number of undertakings and workers by types of
industries, in Phnom Penh City, as of December 2004, as follows:
Number of Number of
Classification Types of Industries
Factories Workers
A Agriculture, hunting and forestry 5 68
B Fishing
C Mining and Quarrying 3 13
D Manufacturing 529 103 595
E Electricity, gas and water 11 543
F Construction 49 1 200
G Whole sale and retail trade 472 10 307
H Hotel and restaurant 325 10 630
I Transport, storage and communication 170 4 903
J Financial intermediation 39 3 489
K Real estate and renting 21 1 332
L Public administration and defense
M Education 76 2 774
N Health and Social Affairs 98 1 241
O Other community and social activities 117 7 769
P Private housing
Q Foreign Institution and Organization 1 102
X Non classified
TOTAL 3516 147 938
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7.2. Number of occupational fatalities per year from 2001-2005 (total

and per sector of economic activity with gender breakdown) with brief
description on how the data was collected and coverage of reporting
should be explained. In 2009, 55 occupational fatalities has been
reported to NSSF and during 2001-2005, 11 occupational fatalities
have been reported to the department of Social Security:
2001 5 persons caused by traffic accidents
2002 2 persons caused by traffic accident 1 person
and by fighting 1 person
2003 3 persons caused by traffic accidents
2004 1 person caused by electric shock
2005 no report.

Remark: The numbers reported every year may not be the real total
number of fatalities.
This number was reported in Phnom Penh City (9 fatalities), Sihanouk Ville
(1 fatality) and Kampong Speu province (1 fatality). No report from others.

7.3. Number of reported cases of occupational accidents in Cambodia

Please see Annex 1 concerning the Occupational Accidents providing

by the Department of Social Security from 2001 to 2005 and 2009 providing
by NSSF.

The department of Social Security received the cases by three sources:

• Newspapers;
• Complaints; and
• Information given by OSH officers or other persons in factories.

While receiving information on the cases, the Ministry gave order to

investigate accordingly and make records.

8. OSH campaign

8.1. National occupational safety campaign activities

Prior to 2006, there was no national event on OSH yet. But, the National
Tripartite Workshop on National OSH Programs on 17-18 August 2005
concluded to propose to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
to accept the 28 of April of each year to be the OSH Day in Cambodia.
The first National OSH Day of Cambodia was successfully organized on 28
April 2006, the subsequent celebration of OSH Day is held annually.

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Under the technical Assistance of the International Labour Organization

and the Financial Support of the Governments of the Republic of Korea and
Japan, a number of national seminars have been conducted in Cambodia:
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshops on OSH Management System was
held in Siem Reap on 09-12 August 2010.
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshops on OSH techniques (WIND/
WISH/WISCON) was held in Kep City on 23-27 November 2009. 34
tripartite participants attended the workshop.
• A National Awareness Raising Workshop on Protecting Your
Employees and Business from Pandemic Human Influenza in the
Workplace was held in Phnom Penh on 27 August 2009. 110 tripartite
participants attended the workshop.
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshops on OSH Management System was
held in Phnom Penh on 24-26 August 2009. 72 participants attended
the workshop.
• A National Workshop to Train OSH Officers in Cambodia on OSH
was held in Phnom Penh on 02-06 March 2009 with 72 participants.
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshop on OSH techniques (WIND/WISH/
WISCON) was held in Phnom Penh on 01-02 December. 34 tripartite
participants attended the workshop.
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshops on OSH techniques (WIND/
WISH/WISCON) was held in Battambang City on 24-28 March
2008. 37 tripartite participants attended the workshop .
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshops on OSH techniques (WIND/
WISH/WISCON) was held in Kratie Town on 27 February – 2 March
2007. 37 participants attended the workshop.
• A Training-of-Trainers Workshop on Work Improvement and
Neighbourhood Development (WIND) for farmers was conducted in
Siem Reap City on 15-18 February 2005. 39 tripartite participants
attended the training.
• A National Seminar on Safety and Health in the construction safety
was conducted in Phnom Penh City on 12-13 October 2005. 30
tripartite participants attended the Seminar.
• A National Tripartite Workshop on National OSH programs was
conducted in Phnom Penh City on 17-18 August 2005. 60 tripartite
participants attended the Workshop.
• A Training-of-Trainer Workshop on Work Improvement in Small
Construction Sites (WISCON) was conducted in Phnom Penh City
on 9-11 March 2005. 28 tripartite participants attended the Workshop.
• A Training-of-Trainer Workshop on Work Improvement for Safe
Homes (WISH) for home workers and small businesses was
conducted in Phnom Penh City on 9-12 August 2004. 35 tripartite
participants participated in the Workshop.

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• A National Tripartite Seminar on Work Improvement in Small

Enterprises was conducted in Phnom Penh City on 18-19 March
2004. 28 tripartite participants participated in the Seminar.

9. International cooperation activities

Under the technical assistance of the ILO and the financial assistance
of France, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.
Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam, Belgium, and Australis, officials of the
Ministry in charge of Labour have been sent to participate in the following
events:

• Three officials participated in JICOSH/Japan Technical Workshops on

OSH, Safety Management and Inspection of Machinery Seminar in
Japan in 2007.
• One official participated in ILO/Korea Fellowship Training
Programmes on Participatory Approaches to Improving Working
and Employment Conditions at Korea Labour Education Institute
(KLEI), Seong-nam City, Republic of Korea, 7-11 November 2005.
• Two officials participated in ILO/Korea Fellowship Training
Programs in Korean Institutions Training on OSH in Small
Construction at Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
(KOSHA), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17 June to 8 July 2005.
• Three officials participated in ILO/Korea Technical Assistance
Program Workshop on OSH in Small Construction Sites and
Development of National OSH Policies in Vientiane,
Lao PDR, 16-17 December 2004.
• Three officials participated in JICA/Japan Technical Workshops on
OSH, Environmental Risk Management in the workplace at Japan
Industrial Safety and Health Association in 2004.
• Three officials participated in National Technical Workshop on
Occupational Health of Small Enterprises and Agriculture, in Cantho,
Vietnam, 11-12 March 2004.
- Three officials participated in ILO/Korea Technical Workshop on
Occupational Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites, in
Hanoi, Vietnam, 27-28 November 2003.

10. Essential future national actions

Essential national actions are created to further promote and improve

national OSH programmes and actions to protect workplaces against
accidents and occupational hazards, contributing to enhanced national
productivity and competitiveness.

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The first OSH Master Plan 2009-2013 was established under the
technical assistance of the International Labour Organization and was
officially launched on 28 April 2009. The Master Plan sets out a vision that
all workplaces create and promote preventative safety and health culture. It
is being used as a practical OSH road map in Cambodia. The Master Plan
defines six priority actions as follows:
1) Strengthen national OSH systems;
2) Improve safety and health inspection and compliance with Labour
Law;
3) Promote OSH activities by employers’ and workers’ organizations;
4) Implement special programmes for hazardous occupations;
5) Extend OSH protection to small enterprises, and rural and informal
economy workplaces; and
6) Promote collaborative actions with hazardous child labour and
HIV/AIDS projects for stronger compliance.

For detailed information, please read the First OSH Master Plan 2009-
2013.

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IV REFERENCES

1. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia

2. The Labour Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia

3. The Law on Social Security Schemes for Persons Defined by the

Provisions of the Labour Law of the Kingdom of Cambodia

4. The Law on the Assurances 2000 / Ministry of Land Management,

Urban Planning and Construction.

5. The Sub-decree No 52 dated 01 April 2005 concerning the organization

and the functioning of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.

6. The Law concerning the Factory Administration and handucraft.

Ministry of Industry, Mine and Energy.

7. Rectangular Strategy of the Royal Government of Cambodia 2004.

8. National Policy and Guideline for Safe Vaccination dated 31 January

2001.

9. OSH Master Plan 2009-2013, MoLVT

10. Reports of NSSF 2009

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Annex 1
V ANNEXES

STATISTICS OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS

1. Statistics of Occupational Accidents characterized by economic situations, sexes, and levels

of injury 2009.

Total Levels of Injury

Permanent
Economic Permanent
Both Fatality Temporary disablement,
situations F M disablement,
sexes disablement less than
Over 20 %
20%
Garment sector 2,785 2,438 347 14 2,762 2 7
Banks 195 128 67 0 195 0 0
Hotels 101 52 49 0 101 0 0
Supermarkets 27 12 15 0 27 0 0
Airports 7 2 5 0 7 0 0
Construction 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
Telecommunication 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Security 28 1 27 0 28 0 0
Beer production 27 13 14 0 27 0 0
Publishing 61 34 27 0 61 0 0
Food production 9 6 3 0 9 0 0
Oil sales 4 1 3 0 4 0 0
Cable production 6 0 6 0 6 0 0
Roof tile 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
production
Hygiene 13 2 11 0 13 0 0
Animal food 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
production
Shoes production 218 171 47 2 215 0 1
Real-estate 6 1 5 0 6 0 0
Laundry 5 3 2 0 5 0 0
Oil pump and gas 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Paper production 4 1 3 0 4 0 0
Weaving 12 3 9 0 12 0 0

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Steel production 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Restaurants 5 2 3 0 5 0 0
Education 5 4 1 0 5 0 0
Wooden and foam 3 1 2 0 3 0 0
rubber products
Equipment and 2 2 0 0 2 0 0
supplies
Recruitment 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
agencies
Port activities 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Motorbike 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
production
Automobile sales 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Insurance 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Electricity 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
Entertainment 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
production
Total 3,553 2,878 675 16 3,527 2 8

2. Statistics of Occupational Accidents characterized by sexes and causes

Sex
No Causes
M F Total
1 Miscarriage 0 48 48
2 Hit on trousers hanger 1 0 1
3 Hit on steam furnace 1 0 1
4 Hit on sewing machines 15 36 51
5 Hit on motors 10 1 11
6 Hit on warehouse 0 1 1
7 Hit on light bulbs 0 1 1
8 Hit against the cockpit of an plane 1 0 1
9 hit on ironing machines 0 56 56
10 Hit on wheel-barrows 0 1 1
11 Hit against a car 0 1 1
12 Hit o scissors on the eye 0 1 1
13 Hit on a table 0 2 2
14 Hit on a bathroom door 1 1 2
15 Hit one a container door 0 2 2
16 Skidded while walking 0 35 35
17 Electronic tube falling on the legs 2 2 4
18 Cut by an axe 1 0 1
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19 Hit a car while riding a motorbike 8 0 8

20 Hit on the pubic 0 1 1
21 Hit on a pile of rock while riding a 1 1 2
motorbike
22 Hit on the head on first-aid box 0 1 1
23 Poisoned by washing detergent 1 2 3
24 Food poisoning 16 33 49
25 Hit on the hands on shoes molds 41 23 64
26 Stepped on scissors 8 24 32
27 Plates falling on 1 0 1
28 Forefingers pulled by the conveyor belts 18 6 24
29 Drank petrol 5 3 8
30 Burned on the abdomen by steam 0 1 1
31 Attacked by unidentified persons 4 1 5
32 Hit on while picking up trousers 0 1 1
33 Low sugar levels 6 53 59
34 Sand in the eye 1 0 1
35 Detergent got in the eyes 5 6 11
36 Broken pins hit on the nose 0 3 3
37 Hit on the hands 18 172 190
38 Chemical substance affected the hands 18 1 19
39 Unconscious 20 1,186 1,206
40 Hit on the foot while opening the doors 2 1 3
41 Traffic accidents 289 950 1,239
42 Broken pins in the eyes 7 36 43
43 Water poisoning 3 18 21
44 Insects got in the eyes 0 1 1
45 Dog bites 11 21 32
46 Snake bite 0 1 1
47 Glue got in the eyes 13 29 42
48 Fill down in the bathrooms 0 38 38
49 Steel fell on the legs 49 2 51
50 Glass fell on the legs 8 5 13
51 Falling cloth 32 9 41
52 Hit on shoes polishing machines 51 40 91
53 Scissors fell on the legs 7 21 28
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3.Statistics of Occupational Accidents characterized by types of injury and sexes

Sex
No Injuries
M F Total
1 broken collarbone 8 4 12
2 broken thigh bones 3 6 9
3 broken left legs 6 16 22
4 broken right legs 5 21 26
5 broken arms 13 21 34
6 broken tooth 0 2 2
7 broken jaws 2 5 7
8 broken ribs 9 16 25
9 cuts and scratches on the palm of the hand 23 14 37
10 scratches on little fingers 8 10 18
11 cut on the right hand 21 58 79
12 affected the embryo 0 2 2
13 cuts and scratches on the lips 75 35 110
14 cuts and scratches on the forefingers 8 75 83
15 swollen forehead 13 29 42
16 hit on the vagina 0 1 1
17 food poisoning 9 21 30
18 got stuck with the right-hand buttons 0 1 1
19 bruises on the waist 3 19 22
20 bruises on the knees 13 26 39
21 bruises on the abdomen 18 16 34
22 bruises on the left eye 0 2 2
23 bruises on the forehead 21 32 53
24 bruises on the hips 6 18 24
25 bruises on the chest 9 26 35
26 scratches on the eyebrows 15 31 46
27 scratches on the right forefingers 14 21 35
28 scratches on the chins 8 11 19
29 cuts on the left elbows 11 36 47
30 cuts on the part underneath the eyes 14 23 37
31 cuts and scratches on the legs 23 152 175
32 cut off the top end of the forefinger 1 7 8
33 scratches on the fingers 0 1 1
34 broken nail of the forefinger 14 51 65
35 cuts on the right legs 21 19 40
36 cuts on the left legs 9 23 32
37 right toe nail pulled out 14 26 40
38 scratches on the shins 15 18 33

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39 scratches on the back of hand 19 29 48

40 scratches on the back 11 18 29
41 bruises on the eyes 9 25 34
42 scratches on the little toes 12 34 46
43 hands infected by chemical substance 18 1 19
44 unconscious 55 1,106 1,161
45 scratches on the back of hand 15 83 98
46 low sugar level 6 53 59
47 right shoulders 8 34 42
48 deeply cuts on the fingers 13 36 49
49 throbbing legs 12 18 30
50 miscarriage 0 41 41
51 falling intestines 1 0 1
52 scratches on the body 12 167 179
53 scratches on the calf 10 16 26
54 scratches on the hand 16 25 41
55 scratches on the face 13 87 100
56 hit on the heads 10 184 194
57 broken pins hit the eyes 3 26 29
Total 675 2,878 3,553

4. Statistics of Occupational Accidents characterized by age groups and sexes

Sex
No Ages
M F Total
1 18 10 40 50
2 19 31 133 164
3 20 30 127 157
4 21 35 263 298
5 22 40 350 390
6 23 40 225 265
7 24 65 205 270
8 25 38 173 211
9 26 92 375 467
10 27 34 186 220
11 28 40 243 283
12 29 42 128 170
13 30 40 140 180
14 31 27 39 66
15 32 13 23 36
16 33 12 27 39

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17 34 17 30 47
18 35 11 19 25
19 36 6 19 25
20 37 5 17 22
21 38 4 21 25
22 39 10 12 22
23 40 9 23 32
24 41 4 10 14
25 42 3 10 13
26 43 2 5 7
27 44 2 2 4
28 45 1 4 5
29 46 1 5 6
30 47 1 4 5
31 48 3 4 7
32 49 3 5 8
33 50 0 1 1
34 51 0 2 2
35 52 0 1 1
36 53 0 3 3
37 54 1 0 1
38 55 1 0 1
39 57 1 0 1
40 58 1 1 2
41 59 0 2 2
42 61 1 0 1
Total 675 2,878 3,553

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Annex 2
Occupational Accidents in 2005

Types of Victims Types of Causes of Working

No. Location Remark
industry M F Age accident accident day lost
1 Phnom Garment 1 27 18-28 Fainted Panic NA
Penh
2 Phnom Garment 33 18-26 Fainted Hot, stuffy, NA
Penh dust, without
ventilation
system
3 Phnom Garment 36 18-28 Fainted Hot, stuffy, NA
Penh dust, without
ventilation
system
4 Phnom Garment 28 18-27 Fainted Hot, stuffy, NA
Penh dust
5 Phnom Garment 18 18-26 Fainted Panic NA
Penh
6 Kandal Brick 1 13 Arm cut Machine NA
Province off(right)
7 Phnom Garment 66 18-28 Fainted Hot, stuffy, NA
Penh dust
8 Kandal Brick 1 14 Arm cut Machine 400 US$
Province off(left)
3 208 209 persons fainted, 2 persons arm cut-off

Occupational Accidents in 2004

Types of Victims Types of Causes of Working

No. Location occupation Remark
M F Age accident accident day lost
1 Phnom Garment 14 18-22 Fainted Panic NA
Penh
2 Phnom Garment 1 37 18-22 Fainted Hot, NA
Penh stuffy,dust
3 Phnom Printing 1 18 Injury Traffic (to 700$
Penh be hit by
car)
4 Phnom Garment 30 18-25 Fainted not
penh allow to
investigate
5 Phnom Garment not
penh allow to
investigate

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6 Phnom Brick 1 36 Arm cut Right arm NA

Penh off slipped
into
grinding
machine
7 Phnom Garment 1 Injured Scissors NA
Penh fell down
into the
eye (right
side)
8 Sihanu Footwear 1 32 Died Electric NA
Ville shocked
9 Kandal Knitting 130 18-30 Fainted Panic of 3 days 1300 USD
Province fire out
side the
factory
10 Phnom Garment 186 18-30 Fainted Panic of NA
Penh fire from
the engine
of the
factory
11 Phnom Garment 1 19 Fainted Sick NA
Penh
4 399 Total 403 persons, 1 person died, 2 persons
injured, 400 persons fainted

Occupational Accidents in 2003

Types of Victims Types of Causes of Working

No. Location Remark
occupation M F Age accident accident day lost
1 Phnom Garment 25 18-25 Fainted Hot, dust in 200 US$
Penh workplace paid
2 Kandal Garment 26 17-30 Fainted Hot, dust in 600 US$
Province workplace paid
3 Phnom Garment 10 161 18-30 Fainted Hot, dust in 3 days 3 692,56
Penh workplace US$ paid
4 Phnom Garment 1 26 Died Traffic 326 US$
Penh paid
5 Phnom Garment 1 Died Traffic US$300
Penh
6 Kampo Garment 1 Died Traffic 1000 US$
Speu
Province
7 Kandal Garment 2 83 Fainted Hot, dust in 2000 US$
Province workplace

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Province fainted
9 Phnom Garment 25 18-30 Fainted Panic 2000 $
Penh
10 Phnom Garment 1 25 Injured and Slippering NA
Penh fainted floor
14 373 3 persons died, 4 injured, 380 fainted

Occupational Accidents in 2002

Types of Victims Types of Causes of Working

No. Remark
occupational M F Age accident accident day lost
1 Plastic 1 21 Fatal Per. dispute 250 $
2 Garment 1 19 Fatal Traffic 190 $
3 Garment 1 22 Injured Traffic NA
4 Construction 1 21 Fatal Fall from 1 500 $
building
5 Garment 25 18-26 Fainted Panic 500 $
6 Garment 2 33 18-27 Fainted Panic 660 $
7 Garment 10 18-25 Fainted Panic 1 000$
8 Garment 18 103 18-27 Fainted Panic 2 420$
9 Garment 9 38 18-26 Dizzy Food & hygiene 940 $
31 211
242 3 died, 1 injured, 238 fainted

Occupational Accidents in 2001

Types of Victims Types of Causes of

No. Working Remark
occupational M F Age accident accident
1 Garment 28 18-26 Fainted Overtime 560 $
2 Garment 1 22 Eye accident Gasoline got 3 80 $
into the eye
3 Garment 1 23 Fatal Traffic accident 7 100 $
4 Garment 1 20 Fatal Traffic accident 400 $
5 Footwear 6 18-27 Fatal Traffic accident 300 $
6 Garment 7 18-26 Fatal Traffic accident 350 $
7 Tobacco 1 28 Fatal Fall from truck 300 $
(slippery)
8 Garment 7 18-25 Injured Fear in electric 140 $
shock
9 Garment 199 18-27 Fainted Overtime 4 3 980 $
3 248
251 8 injured, 16 died, 227 asphyxiated
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MINISTER

Secretary of State

Undersecretary of State
Cabinet / Advisor

Department General of Department General of Department General of Department General of

Admin. and Finance Labour TVET Inspection

Department of Department of Department of TVET

Admin. and Personnel Labour Inspection Affairs Management
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Department of Planning Department of Department of National Department of

Statistics and Legislation Labour Dispute Resolution Capacity Standards Internal Auditing

Department of Finance and Department of Employment Department of

State Property and Manpower Labour Market Information

Department of International Department of

Cooperation Social Security

Department of
Child Labour

Department of Financial Control Unit

Occupational Health and Safety

Provincial Departments of Labour and Vocational Training

District Offices of Labour and Vocational Training

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Annex 4
Training WISH, WIND, WISCON from 2004-2009

Paticipants
No. Date Tittle Course Place Agency
Female Male Total
1 2004 WISH 1 Phnom Penh Working # 1 24 16 40
2 2004 WISH 1 Phnom Penh Working # 5 53 33 86
3 2005 WISH 1 Phnom Penh ILO-IEP 16 10 26
4 2005 WISCON 1 Phnom Penh CUF 17 10 27
5 2005 WISH 2 Phnom Penh PAD 18 10 28
6 2005 WIND 1 Preyveng OHD &DAE 15 17 32
7 2005 WIND 2 K.Speu & Kandal CAID 25 15 40
8 2005 WISH 2 Kandal Working # 4 11 30 41
9 2005 WISH 2 Siemreap ILO-APTT 37 5 42

10 2005 WISH 2 Banteaymeanchey CUF 19 41 60

11 2005 WIND 6 K.Cham CIFUF 39 24 63

12 2005 WIND 2 Siemreap CNS 61 4 65
Banteaymeanchey
13 2005 WISH 2 Working #1 57 29 86
& Phnom Penh
14 2005 WIND 4 K.Cham MOLVT 18 72 90
15 2005 WIND 3 K.Cham & Kampot Unions Group 3 45 50 95
Kampot, Svayrieng
16 2005 WIND 3 MAFF/DAE 45 54 99
& K.Speu
17 2005 WISH 4 Takeo CAID 46 58 104
18 2005 WIND 4 Siemreap AFD 72 48 120
19 2005 WIND 4 Siemreap DAFF 60 60 120
2005-
20 WISCON 6 Siemreap CCTUF 28 99 127
2006
2005-
21 WISCON 12 Phnom Penh CFBW 94 204 298
2006
22 2006 WIND 4 Kandal PAD 53 48 101
23 2007 WIND 1 K.Cham DoLVT-KC 20 10 30
24 2007 WISCON 1 Mondulkiri DoLVT-MK 9 21 30
25 2007 WISCON 1 Ratanakiri DoLVT-RK 9 21 30

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26 2007 WISCON 1 Stoungtreng DoLVT-ST 7 23 30

27 2007 WISH 1 Mondulkiri DoLVT-MK 5 25 30
28 2007 WISH 1 Ratanakiri DoLVT-RK 5 25 30
29 2007 WISCON 2 Siemreap CCTUF 21 29 50

30 2007 WIND 2 Preyveng DoLVT-PV 22 38 60

31 2007 WIND 2 Kratie DoLVT-KT 2 58 60

32 2007 WISCON 2 Kratie DoLVT-KT 14 46 60
33 2007 WIND 3 Stoungtreng DoLVT-ST 44 46 90
34 2007 WISCON 3 K.Cham DoLVT-KC 32 58 90
35 2007 WISCON 8 Phnom Penh CFBW 48 152 200
2007-
36 WIND 4 Siemreap MoWA 87 33 120
2008
2007-
37 WIND 8 K.Chhnang MoWA 205 35 240
2008
2007-
38 WISH 10 Siemreap MoWA 215 85 300
2008
2007-
39 WISH 13 K.Chhnang MoWA 299 81 380
2008
40 2008 WIND 1 K.Speu CIAD 12 8 20
41 2008 WISH 1 Phnom Penh CIAD 15 5 20
42 2008 WIND 2 Kandal PAD 22 20 42
43 2008 WISCON 4 Phnom Penh MoLVT-ILO 0 78 78
WIND,
44 2009 WISH, 3 Keb DOSH 23 43 66
WISCON
45 2009 WISH 2 Kompot DOSH 12 32 44
46 2009 WISH 2 Takeo DOSH 5 40 45
DOSH-
47 2009 WISCON 2 Phnom Penh 42 8 50
CCTUF
48 2009 WIND 2 Kompot PAD 18 32 50
DOSH-
49 2009 WISCON 2 Phnom Penh 26 35 111
CCTUF
50 2009 WISCON 4 Siemreap CCTUF 70 31 101

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51 2009 WIND 5 Kandal PAD 35 79 114

52 2009 WISH 1 Kandal PAD 22 6 28
WISH,
53 2009 2 Mondulkiri DoLVT-MK 30 20 50
WISCON
54 2009 WIND 3 Preyveng DoLVT-PV 65 24 89
WISH,
55 2009 WIND, 4 Ratanakiri DoLVT-RK 52 63 115
WISCON
56 2009 WIND 4 B.Meanchey DoLVT-BTM 37 63 100
57 2009 WISH 2 Phnom Penh DOSH 50 0 50
58 2009 WIND 2 K.Cham MoLVT-KPC 20 28 48
Total 180 2461 2385 4846

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