Workplace safety compliance checklist: Thailand

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01Safety officers (จป.) and registration

Every supervisor is appointed as a supervisory-level safety officer within 120 days, where the business type and headcount require it. MR 2022 cl.7
A technical, advanced technical or professional safety officer is in post for your schedule and headcount, within 180 days of reaching that headcount. MR 2022 cl.14, 17, 20
Each safety officer is registered with DLPW within 30 days of appointment. OSH Act s.13; MR 2022 cl.42
DLPW told within 30 days when a safety officer leaves the post. MR 2022 cl.45
Technical, advanced technical and professional officers have at least 12 hours of further training each year, reported to DLPW within 30 days. MR 2022 cl.23

02Safety committee

Committee set up within 30 days of reaching 50 employees. MR 2022 cl.25
Committee has at least 5 members (50 to 99 employees), 7 (100 to 499) or 11 (500 or more), with equal supervisor and employee representatives. MR 2022 cl.26
Employee representatives elected by non-supervisory employees. MR 2022 cl.27
Committee meets at least once a month, with minutes kept. MR 2022 cl.33
Names and duties of committee members posted for at least 15 days, and updated within 7 days of a change. MR 2022 cl.34

03Notices and information for workers

Workers told about the hazards of their work before they start, change work or change workplace. OSH Act s.14
Every employee has a work manual. OSH Act s.14
Warning signs, safety signs and the statement of employer and employee rights and duties displayed where people can see them. OSH Act s.17
Any warning, order or decision from the Director-General or an inspector posted for at least 15 days. OSH Act s.15

04Assessment, plans and standards

Hazard assessment and study of working-condition impacts done, where your business type and size require it. OSH Act s.32
Safety operation plan and supervisory plan written and submitted to the Director-General. OSH Act s.32
Work meets the ministerial standards for your activities, such as construction, scaffolding and work at height. OSH Act s.8
On a shared site, every employer coordinates safety work, and contractors carry out the same duties as employers. OSH Act s.18, s.23

05Training and PPE

Executives, supervisors and employees trained in occupational safety, health and environment. OSH Act s.16
Every employee trained before starting work, and before a change of work, workplace or machinery that may be hazardous. OSH Act s.16
Standard PPE provided, and its use supervised. OSH Act s.22
Rule in place that anyone not wearing required PPE stops work until they do. OSH Act s.22

06Defects and accident reporting

Employees know to report defects they cannot fix to a safety officer, supervisor or executive, who tells the employer in writing. OSH Act s.21
Named person reports a death or serious incident to a safety inspector at once, by phone, fax or other means. OSH Act s.34
Written report on form สปร. ๕ sent within 7 days, with cause and prevention measures. OSH Act s.34; DLPW notice 2011
Copy of each Social Security Office injury notice sent to the inspector within 7 days. OSH Act s.34(3)
Safety committee meets without delay after an accident causing loss of a body part, disability or death, and reviews the investigation report. MR 2022 cl.33

Legal requirement

The OSH Act B.E. 2554 requires employers to keep the workplace safe and meet ministerial standards (ss.6, 8), provide registered safety officers (s.13), inform and train workers (ss.14, 16), provide PPE (s.22) and report deaths and serious incidents to a safety inspector at once, in writing within 7 days (s.34). The 2022 Ministerial Regulation sets safety officer levels and requires a safety committee at 50 or more employees. Failing to report or inform carries a fine of up to THB 50,000 (s.57). Failing on safety officers, training or assessment carries up to 6 months in prison, a THB 200,000 fine, or both (s.56).

Sources and further reading

Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Act B.E. 2554 (2011), English translation, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW).
Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Act B.E. 2554, Royal Gazette text (Thai), Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW).
Ministerial Regulation on safety officers, personnel, units and committees B.E. 2565 (2022) (Thai), Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW).
DLPW notice setting the serious incident and work injury report form (form สปร. ๕), 2011 (Thai), Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW).

This is practical guidance, not legal advice. Laws and codes of practice change; always check the current official text and your site's own procedures.

Workplace safety compliance checklist: Thailand

01Safety officers (จป.) and registration

02Safety committee

03Notices and information for workers

04Assessment, plans and standards

05Training and PPE

06Defects and accident reporting

Sources and further reading

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