Ensuring workers' health through occupational safety and hygiene

Fully equipped with labor protection

Having been attached to the job for nearly 20 years, Mr. Le Quoc Viet - Head of the installation team of the Water Supply and Drainage Enterprise - shared that because they often work outdoors and are exposed to toxic environments, workers must focus on ensuring occupational safety and hygiene (OSH), comply with the process, strictly comply with the company's regulations and rules to minimize risks to themselves and their brothers.

According to Mr. Viet, in addition to organizing periodic health check-ups and providing preferential treatment and compensation for goods such as sugar and milk for workers to recover and restore their labor, every year, the company also opens training courses to review and update more knowledge about occupational safety and health for employees. Thanks to that, workers uphold their sense of responsibility and carry out occupational safety and health when performing their duties: "With careful guidance and adequate equipment for labor protection, workers also feel secure and serve the people more wholeheartedly".

Mr. Tran Trung Thinh - Acting Director of the Water Supply and Drainage Construction Enterprise - informed that due to the nature of the work with many risks, occupational safety and health work is always of interest to the unit. Along with regularly organizing quarterly and monthly training courses, the company also fully equips vehicles with traffic warnings, barriers, and signs to ensure safety for employees during their duties.

When exposed to a toxic working environment, workers will be equipped with gas masks, multi- khi measuring devices (used to measure unusual gas concentrations that can affect workers), oxygen machines (workers used in harsh environments) ..., Mr. Thinh said.

Digital transformation application

After more than 10 years of working at O Mon I Thermal Power Plant (O Mon District, Can Tho City), in addition to good welfare and treatment regimes, what helps Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Automatic Power Repair workshop, Automatic Control Team - complete her assigned tasks well is also compliance with occupational safety and health.

Ms. Huong shared that at the beginning of each shift, workers will be informed about occupational safety and health. When performing the task, the commanding officer will also disseminate occupational safety and health work to the officers accompanying and the new operator to start working. Thanks to that, safety is always guaranteed: "Every time we work, we have a risk assessment before starting work. In case of danger, we will report back and find a way to handle it".

Mr. Nguyen Huu Loc - Deputy Director of Can Tho Thermal Power Company - said that the company and the trade union are always proactive in handling occupational safety and health. The occupational safety and health council, including members of the professional side and the Trade Union side, will be established to plan the provision of labor protection equipment and supervise the work implementation process to ensure the safety of workers.

According to the Deputy Director of Can Tho Thermal Power Company, one of the issues to ensure the safety of electricity workers is the operating procedures. The company has applied digital transformation in the operating procedures to ensure that operations are not missing, missed, or mistaken, ... as well as arranging occupational safety and hygiene workers in the teams to supervise during the work process. Each employee will also receive regular training in accordance with regulations with lecturers from reputable units and companies.