"Of 54,134 cases reported in 2008, only 1,500 had reports on accidents involving workers. The government had allocated RM1.18 billion for the purpose," she said when opening the Employee Safety and Health Conference here today.
To this end, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) had launched an online report system to make preparing accident reports faster and more systematic.
Employers should send in the accident reports in one week failing which they could be sentenced to two years' jail or fined RM50,000 or both while companies not registered with Socso could be jailed two years or fined RM10,000 or both.
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Maznah said Socso would proceed with 'Ops Kesan' to trace one million workers who were not protected and would ensure a high safety level.
DOSH had so far prepared courses and trained over 71,000 workers in safety and health.
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