‘Data helps keep workplaces safer’

Zahrim (right) looking at safety boots after launching the World Day for Safety and Health at Work seminar at Menara NIOSH in Bangi.

COMPANIES should provide data on accidents and safety at the workplace to promote a safer working environment, said National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) executive director Zahrim Osman.

Under the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda, the collection of health and safety data was very important for each country as it was in line with the development of a country, he added.