SYNOPSIS

Road traffic safety (RTS) is a global concern as 1.3 million of people are killed on road every year. In Malaysia, we are losing 19 lives per day due to road crashes. The Government is committed with The United Nation Global Decade of Action with objective of halving fatalities due road safety by 2020.

ISO 39001 is one of the recommended tools under Road Safety Plan. This International Standard combines best practice and knowledge regarding road safety and quality management systems into a single safety management tools.  This generic management system provides the organizations with opportunity to reduce and ultimately eliminate the incidents and risk of killed and seriously injured on road.

The session will discuss on application of ISO 39001 in Malaysia and transportation engineers’ role in achieving the goal as highlighted by the Standard.


SPEAKER BIODATA

Puan Rabihah is a researcher in Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) since 2009. Holding a master degree in Occupational Safety and Health Management, she is passionate about safety and management system. Rabihah is appointed as a member of OSH in Agriculture, Forestry and Transport Subcommittee under The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.

Puan Rabihah serves as Secretary to The Malaysian Steering Committee for Implementation of ISO 39001, who is also a member of National Mirror Committee to ISO/TC 241. Rabihah also involved in the establishment of standards such as competency requirements for ISO 39001 auditor and commuting safety management. Rabihah also a participant of ISO NextGen program, a program established to groom the experts among echelon.