Enterprises in Vietnam need to ensure the completion of the safety management system

Enterprises in Vietnam need to ensure the completion of the safety management system (Internet image)

Article 4 of Circular 43/2010/TT-BCT stipulates the responsibilities of enterprise in safety management system in Vietnam as follows:

1. Enterprise in Vietnam has to set up:

- Safety objective and policy, reward policy and handling of violations on safety of enterprise in accordance with provisions of legislation on safety;

- Regulation on safety check: The program, content, form of safety check, record of inspection, minute, petition book, safety inspection book in accordance with regulations;

- The organizational system of safety work in enterprises according to provisions of law;

- A list of documents in the field of safety, standard system, safety standard is applied in enterprise;

- Safety regulations for each factory, production line, machine, equipment, materials, used chemical, the jobs with strict requirements for safety;

- Safe technical measures, fire & explosion prevention, equipment investment to ensure safety work in labor protection plan annually;

- Records on qualification, professional experience of employees for job position in enterprises.

2. Management of machinery, equipment, materials, chemical in Vietnam

- To periodically to examine, test, maintain and repair machinery and equipment;

- To assess and register as prescribed towards machinery, equipment and materials which are required strictly on specific safety in the industry;

- To choose organizational to verify pressure equipments, lifting equipment in accordance with conditions prescribed by Ministry of Industry and Trade;

- Management of chemical safety in accordance with law on chemical.

3. Training, scientific research on safety in Vietnam 

- To train workers on proper safety content, materials, time as prescribed by law;

- To research science, to apply technical advances in order to enhance safety and reduce risk.

4. Statistic and report

- There must be records for inspection, investigation, evaluation, overcoming accidents, incidents and injuries to persons or damage to property;

- To quickly report about serious accidents, emergency situations;

- To periodically report on occupational accidents as prescribed;

- To periodically report on labor protection as prescribed.

The economic group, the head of company shall integrate statistics and reports of affiliated enterprises to send to competent authorities and Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam; the non- affiliated enterprises of economic group, its head of company shall total up and report to competent authorities and Department of Trade and Industry of province or city where headquartered of enterprise locate.

More details can be found in Circular 43/2010/TT-BCT, which comes into force from February 14, 2011.

Nguyen Phu

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