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Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963 (No. 119) - Malaysia (RATIFICATION: 1974)

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Article 15 of the Convention. Appropriate inspection to supervise the application of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) undertakes periodical inspections of all factories at an interval of once every 15 months, as well as at any time deemed necessary. The Committee also notes the observations of the Malaysia Employers Federation (MEF), submitted with the Government’s report, stating that the inspection of machinery at an interval of once every 15 months has put pressure on DOSH inspectors. The MEF indicates that the increasing number of machines to be inspected each year has overloaded DOSH inspectors, and as a result, a lot of hazardous machinery in industries is left uninspected. It indicates that DOSH needs to increase the number of inspectors of machinery to address the shortage of inspections. In this regard, the Committee notes the information in the DOSH Report of 2012, the most recent annual report available on the Department’s website, that 24 per cent of the posts for factory and machinery inspectors were vacant (126 of the 518 posts for factory and machinery inspectors had not yet been filled). The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on steps taken to ensure that appropriate inspection for the purpose of supervising the application of the provisions of the Convention is ensured, including the measures taken to increase the number of factory and machinery inspectors.