Industrial hygiene was introduced in Malaysia in 1966 and has played an important role in protecting worker safety. Several key events and regulations helped formalize and expand industrial hygiene in Malaysia over the following decades, including the formation of an industrial health unit in 1966, the Factories and Machinery Act of 1967, and the establishment of a pollution control unit in 1969. The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in 1994 to further address workplace health hazards. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was established in 1993 to conduct training, research, and promote occupational safety. The Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association was formally registered in 2003.
Industrial hygiene was introduced in Malaysia in 1966 and has played an important role in protecting worker safety. Several key events and regulations helped formalize and expand industrial hygiene in Malaysia over the following decades, including the formation of an industrial health unit in 1966, the Factories and Machinery Act of 1967, and the establishment of a pollution control unit in 1969. The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in 1994 to further address workplace health hazards. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was established in 1993 to conduct training, research, and promote occupational safety. The Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association was formally registered in 2003.
Industrial hygiene was introduced in Malaysia in 1966 and has played an important role in protecting worker safety. Several key events and regulations helped formalize and expand industrial hygiene in Malaysia over the following decades, including the formation of an industrial health unit in 1966, the Factories and Machinery Act of 1967, and the establishment of a pollution control unit in 1969. The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in 1994 to further address workplace health hazards. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was established in 1993 to conduct training, research, and promote occupational safety. The Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association was formally registered in 2003.
Industrial hygiene was introduced in Malaysia in 1966 and has played an important role in protecting worker safety. Several key events and regulations helped formalize and expand industrial hygiene in Malaysia over the following decades, including the formation of an industrial health unit in 1966, the Factories and Machinery Act of 1967, and the establishment of a pollution control unit in 1969. The Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in 1994 to further address workplace health hazards. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was established in 1993 to conduct training, research, and promote occupational safety. The Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association was formally registered in 2003.
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Puteri Khaleeda Aisya Binti Kemi
2020833768
AS1211D
Madam Adida Binti Mahammud
Discuss the history of IH in Malaysia
Industrial hygiene has been introduce at Malaysia since 1966 until today and have been applied to every succesful industry company because industrial hygiene took a big part at anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling the workplace conditions and also protecting workers safety.However, everyone should know the history of industrial hygiene because it gave a lot of benefit to all of human being .
Starting at the year 1966, industrial health unit has being form as a part of machinery department which means includes specific machines workers used. On the very next year the preliminary introduce an act cited as the Factories And Machinery Act 1967. This act only happen to a factory that qualify all the requirement needed.the act does not apply to the premise that used for the purposes of housing locomotive or vehicles that include washing, cleaning, running repairs or carry out minor adjustments.
On the 1969 Pollution Control Unit formed to monitor pollution from boiler chimney, chemical plant and discharge of effluent into drains and rivers this pollution control unit were very importance to mankind because even this unit has being formed till today there still a few irresponsible person who threw chemical into river like the incident that happen to kim kim river at Pasir Gudang, Johor. Can you guys imagine our country without any control unit it may be worse than 2019. Can you guys imagine the consequent of our country will have if this unit did not formed.
Later 1974 under EQA 1974 Department of environment has been formed eventually after Department of environment has been formed pollution control unit was closed because the replacement of the pollution control unit has an almost similar function it is to prevent, eliminate, control pollution and improve the environment, consistent with the purposes of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 the mission of EQA is to ensure sustainable development in the process of nation- building. After the lead poisoning case in battery factory was diagnosed, this initiate massive industrial hygiene monitoring. Lead poisoning were very dangerous to human body that can bring fatal. Background Lead is an environmentally persistent toxin that causes pathologies and induced oxidative stress by reactive oxygen species (ROS) causing reduction of antioxidants and a weakening of defense system of the cell in the meantime on May 2011 battery factories across China has been closed after more than 100 people affected.
1980’s Industrial Hygiene Division formed at Factory Machinery Department (FMD) focus more on lead, asbestos and silica. During this period other regulations on occupational health were passed to deal with asbestos, mineral dust and noise. In the early 1980s, as the petroleum and gas industry developed, the petroleum and gas companies experienced many disasters. To cope with that, the petroleum (Safety Measures) Act was enacted in 1984, and the FMD set up the petroleum safety division in 1985.
Occupational Safety and Health witch call as (OSHA) was enacted in 1994. FMA 1967 emphasis on safety while OSHA 1994 emphasis on adressing health hazards in the workplace.OSHA in Malaysia has gazette on 24th February 1994. OSHA is an Act which is provides the legistative framework to secure the safety, health and welfare among all Malaysian workforces and to protect others against risks to safety or health in connection with the activities of persons at work. The act of OSHA contains 67 sections, which has divided to 15 parts and appended with 3 schedules the first three part state object of the act and provide the infrastructure for appointment of officers of the National Councils. Part V to IV provide the general duties for those who creates the risks such as employer, self-employed person, designer and manufacturer.
Regulation on use and standard of chemical exposure was gazette on 2002 together with the formed of Industrial Hygiene Division in NIOSH. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health called as (NIOSH) was conceived in 1985 as one of requisites for self-regulation. It was established in 1993 and has four main activities including training, consultion, research and development, and information delivery.NIOSH was formed as a company with its own board of directors headed by a director seconded from DOSH.
Before the formation of Malaysian Industrial Hygience Association the original of this name known as International Occupational Hygiene Accosiation (IOHA) so in order to use Malaysian in association’s name at least 7 states representative who live and work in their represented states need to attend the formation meeting and after the formation meeting the registration has been submitted to Selangor’s registration of society on 18th September 2002 and finally has been approved on 30th May 2003.
