BOSH 2022 Borneo

1 November 2022
Alan Stevens, Head of Strategic Engagement

#CatchtheWave
#CatchtheWave
A fundamental right

10th June 2022 International

Labour Conference adds safety
and health to Fundamental
Principles and Rights at Work
“Safety and health at work is
a foundation of sustainable
development”
Work-related burden of disease and injury, 2000–2016

1.9 million 90 million

people died from disability-adjusted life years
occupational risk factors (DALYs) we lost globally in
2016, risk factors at the
globally in the year 2016. workplace caused the loss .

Of these work-related deaths, diseases Disease accounted for 71% and

accounted for 81%, while injuries injuries 30%.
comprised 19%.

Source: WHO/ILO
Occupational disease in Malaysia

Deaths from occupational disease in Malaysia

4,982
4,491
3,948

2000 2010 2016 Source: WHO/ILO

 Occupational risk factors
Proportions of total attributable deaths, by
occupational risk factor, 183 countries, for 2016
Exposure to asbestos Exposure to arsenic

Exposure to benzene Exposure to beryllium

Exposure to cadmium Exposure to chromium

Exposure to diesel engine exhaust Exposure to formaldehyde

Deaths Exposure to nickel

Exposure to silica
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydocarbons

Exposure to suplhuric acid

Exposure to trichloroethylene Asthmagens

Particulate matter gasses and fumes Noise

Injuries Ergonomic factors

Long working hours

Source: WHO/ILO
 Occupational risk factors
Proportions of total attributable DALYs, by
occupational risk factor, 183 countries, for 2016
Exposure to asbestos Exposure to arsenic

Exposure to benzene Exposure to beryllium

Exposure to cadmium Exposure to chromium

Exposure to diesel engine exhaust Exposure to formaldehyde

DALYs Exposure to nickel

Exposure to silica
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydocarbons

Exposure to suplhuric acid

Exposure to trichloroethylene Asthmagens

Particulate matter gasses and fumes Noise

Injuries Ergonomic factors

Long working hours

Source: WHO/ILO
Occupational risk factors in Malaysia

DALYs Deaths

49,958 4,982
3,948
4,491 1,577
38,768
1,132

Stroke Ischaemic heart Stroke Ischaemic heart

disease disease
ILO report on Occupational Safety and
Health, 2019

7,500
People die due to unsafe
and unhealthy working
conditions every day

6,500 5-7% 1,000

die from work related of deaths die from occupational
diseases globally accidents

Source: Safety4Sea
The benefits of good health and safety

Good health and safety can:

 Reduce work-related harm
 Reduce burden on healthcare system
 Attract inward investment
Good health and
safety supports the
healthcare system
Good health and safety also
keeps children in education
Social transformation – Core labour standards

2 new fundamental
conventions:
 Occupational Safety and
Health Convention, 1981
(No. 155)
 The Promotional Framework
for Occupational Safety and
Health Convention, 2006
(No. 187)
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The IOSH Vision

A safe and
healthy world
of work
Does social sustainability not just mean environment ?

Economic or
“profit”

Social or Environment
“people” or “planet”
“Social sustainability in the
world of work is the impact
an employer has on people
and wider society.”
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 What we knew

“Safety and health professionals

are considered a central
component in a create a positive
productive work culture by only
31% of business leaders, and
less than a third say they are
essential to the success of the
business”
Survey of Medium and Large Businesses,
IOSH-Opinium, 2017
Sustainable development goals
Sustainable development goals

Ensure healthy lives and promote Reduce inequality within and among
Goal 3 wellbeing for all at all ages Goal 10 countries

Ensure inclusive and equitable Ensure sustainable consumption

Goal 4 quality education and promote life- Goal 12 and production patterns
long learning opportunities for all

Promote peaceful and inclusive

Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls
Goal 16 societies for sustainable development,
provide access to justice for all and
build effective, accountable and
inclusive institutions at all levels
Promote inclusive and sustainable
Goal 8 economic growth, employment and
decent work for all
Sustainable development goals

Ensure healthy lives and promote

Goal 3 wellbeing for all at all ages
Sustainable development goals

Goal 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable

quality education and promote
life-long learning opportunities
for all
Sustainable development goals

Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and

empower all women and girls
Sustainable development goals

Goal 8 Promote inclusive and

sustainable economic growth,
employment and decent work
for all
Sustainable development goals

Reduce inequality within and

Goal 10 among countries
Sustainable development goals

Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption

and production patterns
Sustainable development goals

Goal 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive

societies for sustainable
development, provide access to
justice for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels
A vision for
action
Recognising challenge:
culture change
Tools for change
Catch the Wave – timeline 2022

Campaign timeline

 IOSH Sustainability Statement of  Regular feed of content through;

Intent specifies IOSH’s leadership
commitment to sustainability and
details activity to-date.
 thought leadership – white papers
and IOSH/member case studies
 bitesize learning – for members and
training provider network
 full suite of ’Sustainably’ products

Thought Bite-sized Bite-sized A vision

leadership learning learning for action
White paper series White paper support Leading Sustainably OSH professional
Catch the Wave webinar material Managing Sustainably engagement illustrated on
series FREE downloads Working Sustainably IOSH Catch the Wave
website
 A vision for action

“ Catch the Wave has instilled

in me… a sense of purpose.
Health and safety is an integral part of any
company's sustainability journey. It is my
objective to ensure that people, and more
specifically the need for safer and healthier
working environments, are elevated and
represented on the sustainability agenda of my
organisation to fulfil a necessary social need."

Sheena O’Brien GradIOSH

Risk Manager, Sun International, Johannesburg
“Catch the Wave, post-COVID, is a call to
action for all employers of every size to
recognise your role in harnessing the
power of your people by reaching out to
the occupational safety and health (OSH)
professionals who operate at the heart of
every community.”
 Get involved and Catch the Wave
iosh.com/catchthewave

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