Thailand updates Standards for Safety Management System 
Thailand Ministry of Labor published “Ministerial Regulation on Determination of Safety Management System Standards B.E. 2565 (2022)” in the Royal Gazette on 11 April 2022. The regulation, which repeals the Ministerial Regulation on Standards for Safety, Occupational Health, and Environment at Work Management (No. 2), B.E. 2553 (2010), sets out standards for safety management systems required for business establishments with fifty or more employees as defined in the Appendix of the regulation.
Target business establishments
The following industries are listed in the Appendix of the Ministerial Regulation.
| No. | Business Establishments |
| 1. | Industry on Mining under Mining Act |
| 2 | Industry on Petroleum Business under Petroleum Act |
| 3 | Industry on Petrochemicals |
| 4 | Industry on Petroleum and Oil Distillation |
| 5 | Industry on Natural Gas Separation |
| 6 | Printing Industry |
| 7 | Food Product Industry |
| 8 | Beverage Industry |
| 9 | Industry on Tobacco Products |
| 10 | Garment Industry |
| 11 | Apparel Industry |
| 12 | Leather Industry |
| 13 | Wood Product Industry |
| 14 | Paper or Paper Processed Product Industry |
| 15 | Chemical Production or Chemical Product Industry |
| 16 | Pharmaceutical Products or Medical Supplies Industry |
| 17 | Rubber Product Industry |
| 18 | Plastic Product Industry |
| 19 | Industry on Products Made of Non-Metallic Minerals |
| 20 | Mental or Mental Product Industry |
| 21 | Electronic Device Industry |
| 22 | Electric Appliance or Device Industry |
| 23 | Machinery or Mechanical Industry |
| 24 | Vehicle, Vehicle Parts, or Vehicle Accessories Industry |
| 25 | Furniture Industry |
| 26 | Jewelry Industry |
| 27 | Music Instrument Industry |
| 28 | Sports and Fitness Equipment Industry |
| 29 | Toy Industry |
| 30 | Medical Supplies Industry |
| 31 | Industry on electric power generation, Transmission, or Electricity Supply |
| 32 | Industry on Gas Production or Filling |
| 33 | Coke Production Industry |
| 34 | Steam Production, Storage or Distribution Industry |
| 35 | Livestock or Cultivation Industry |
| 36 | Gas Stations under Fuel Trading Act |
| 37 | Fuel Depots under Fuel Control Act |
| 38 | Wastewater Treatment or Waste Disposal Services under Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act |
| 39 | Recycle Industry |
| 40 | Ore Dressing, Subsistence Mining or Mineral Sieving Industry under Minerals Act |
| 41 | Construction, Modification, Repairing or Demolishment under Building Control Act |
| 42 | Transportation Industry |
| 43 | Air Navigation Services under Air Navigation Act |
| 44 | Warehouse Business, Silo Business or Cold Storage under Warehouse, Silo, and Cold Storage Act |
| 45 | Telecommunication Business under Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission |
| 46 | Machines Installation, Repairing, or Maintenance |
| 47 | Hotels under Hotel Act |
| 48 | Condominium Juristic Person Business under Condominium Act |
| 49 | Department Stores, Retailing Business or Wholesaling Business |
| 50 | Trade and Exhibition Centers |
| 51 | Hospitals |
| 52 | Test and Analysis on Physical, Biochemical or Engineering Operations |
| 53 | Automobile Selling and Maintenance or Repairing |
| 54 | Zoos or Amusement Parks |
Requirements
The Safety Management System shall at least consist of the followings:
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- Policy on safety, occupational health, and environment at work;
- Organizational management on safety, occupational health, and environment at work;
- Action plan on safety, occupational health, and environment at work and compliance;
- Evaluation of outcome and review of the safety management system; and
- Improvement and development of safety management system.
To ensure the effectiveness of a business establishment’s safety management system, the employer shall:
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- Control and supervise operations under a safety management system;
- Provide opportunities to all employees to participate in operations under a safety management system;
- Allow employees to access data related to the safety management system while taking personal data protection into account; and
- Provide channels for employees to voice their opinions, suggestions, and complaints about safety, occupational health, and the environment at work in order to consider, improve, and correct the safety management system.
In the event that an employer provides a safety management system under International Standardization for Organization (ISO), International Labor Organization (ILO), British Standards Institution (BSI), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Australia Standards/New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), or other equal standards as defined by the Director-General, it shall be deemed that safety management standard is provided as defined herein.
Download the Ministerial Regulation at
http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2565/A/022/T_0015.PDF
