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THE WORKMEN’S THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION FUNDCOMPENSATION FUND

Social Social Security OfficeSecurity Office Ministry of Ministry of Labour ThailandLabour Thailand byby MRS. MRS. Jitra TanodomJitra Tanodom Chief of Chief of Contribution Rating SectionContribution Rating Section

Workmen’s Compensation FundWorkmen’s Compensation Fund

The purpose of the Fund are :The purpose of the Fund are :

- replacing employer's liability and - replacing employer's liability and

- giving prompt and equitable - giving prompt and equitable protection against injury, disease, disability protection against injury, disease, disability or death resulting from employmentor death resulting from employment

Number of Number of Occupational Injuries Occupational Injuries or disease: 2001- 2005or disease: 2001- 2005

yearyear EmployeesEmployeesNumber Number

of of

InjuriesInjuries

Rate of Work Injury Rate of Work Injury

per 1,000 per 1,000 employeesemployees

20012001 5,544,4365,544,436 189,621189,621 34.2034.20

20022002 6,541,1056,541,105 190,979190,979 29.2029.20

20032003 7,033,9077,033,907 210,673210,673 29.9529.95

20042004 7,386,8257,386,825 215,534215,534 29.1829.18

2005 2005 7,720,7477,720,747 214,235214,235 27.7527.75

Table 1 statistics of occupational diseases Table 1 statistics of occupational diseases

                          

Occupational Occupational DiseasesDiseases years /casesyears /cases

   25392539 25402540 25412541 25422542 25432543 25442544 25452545 25462546 25472547 25482548

- Byssinosis- Byssinosis 88 44 55 22 -- -- 11 11 11 22

- Pneumoconioses- Pneumoconioses 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- 22 33 44

- Silicosis- Silicosis -- 77 -- 11 11 -- 11 -- 22 22

- Occupational di- Occupational di seases cause by dus seases cause by dus

tt -- 11 -- 33 99 1313 33 11 33 --

- Bronchitis- Bronchitis -- 33 -- -- -- 11 33 -- 11 --

- Occupational- OccupationalAsthmaAsthma 33 11 -- -- -- -- 44 55 66 33

totaltotal 1414 1616 55 66 1010 1414 1212 99 1616 1111

Main functions of the WCF Main functions of the WCF Main functions of the WCF Main functions of the WCF

1.1.Provide medical treatment Provide medical treatment and rehabilitation for and rehabilitation for employees who are faced with employees who are faced with work-related injury ,disease work-related injury ,disease

2.2.Provide protection for Provide protection for employees who are faced with employees who are faced with work-related injury and work-related injury and occupational disease. occupational disease.

3. Promoting safety at work 3. Promoting safety at work place and work injury place and work injury preventionprevention..

1.1.Provide medical treatment Provide medical treatment and rehabilitation for and rehabilitation for employees who are faced with employees who are faced with work-related injury ,disease work-related injury ,disease

2.2.Provide protection for Provide protection for employees who are faced with employees who are faced with work-related injury and work-related injury and occupational disease. occupational disease.

3. Promoting safety at work 3. Promoting safety at work place and work injury place and work injury preventionprevention..

Roles of WCF relevant to supporting Roles of WCF relevant to supporting pneumoconiosis diagnosispneumoconiosis diagnosis

How to find out the worker who is How to find out the worker who is suffered from suffered from inorganic dust inorganic dust atat work, work,

How to Prevent How to Prevent PromotPromoting improvement ting improvement too better better Heath Heath

-and safety work place -and safety work place

Roles of WCF relevant to supporting Roles of WCF relevant to supporting pneumoconiosis diagnosispneumoconiosis diagnosis

Providing statisticalProviding statistical information information Financial Supports that is Financial Supports that is

-- The Department of Disease Control The Department of Disease Control

The Ministry of Public health The Ministry of Public health

- Department of Labour Protection & - Department of Labour Protection &

Welfare The Ministry of Labour Welfare The Ministry of Labour

- Experts from university for research - Experts from university for research

- Employer and employee for training- Employer and employee for training

Ministry of Public health Ministry of Public health Supporting budget for training of occupational

medicine and nurses Acquire foreign medical experts to conduct

physical examination in reading and diagnosis - of X ray films pertaining the relevant disease

Set up network for Occupational Clinic

- Co operate with networking public health hospitals which a re the center of each region.

- Co ordinate with hospitals in regard to the implementation of all measures to ensure itsaeffectiveness.

To ensure all employees with work-related disease will receive proper medical treatment in Occupational Clinic of the hospitals

To incorporate the funtion of To incorporate the funtion of occupational health , safety and occupational health , safety and

workmenworkmen’’ compensation fund compensation fund

Establisment of Establisment of Occupational HealthOccupational Health andandsafety Institutionsafety Institution

In summary. In summary.

We strongly hope that we wo We strongly hope that we wo uld be able to materialize at least a uld be able to materialize at least a

major part of the above plans, if no major part of the above plans, if no t all,which would enable all the aff t all,which would enable all the aff

ected employees to receive the ap ected employees to receive the ap propriated medical treatments incl propriated medical treatments incl

uding their rightfulclaims as a resu uding their rightfulclaims as a resu lt produced by this Asian Worksho lt produced by this Asian Worksho - p on ChestX ray reading of Pneumo - p on ChestX ray reading of Pneumo

coniosis. We also hope that this tr coniosis. We also hope that this tr aining will bring about a total redu aining will bring about a total redu

ction in the Occupational ction in the Occupational /Disease in the near future. /Disease in the near future.