About JKKP

The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is a department under the Ministry of Human Resources. This department is responsible for ensuring the safety, health and welfare of people at work as well as protecting other people from the safety and health hazards arising from all workplaces throughout Malaysia including the public service and statutory authorities except for jobs specified in the First Schedule of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) namely:

1. Employment of domestic work in relation to a person who takes the work of another person, or who is employed, as a domestic worker within the meaning of the Employment Act 1955 [Act 265];

2. Military forces; and

3. Employment on board ships governed by the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 [Ord. No. 70 of 1952], Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960 (Sabah) [Ord. No. 11 of 1960] or the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960 (Sarawak) [Ord. No. 2 of 1960].

As a government agency, the department is responsible for the administration and enforcement of legislations related to occupational safety and health of the country, with a vision of becoming an organisation which leads the nation in creating a safe and healthy work culture that contributes towards enhancing the quality of working life.