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Legislations and Laws in Singapore Regarding Workplace Safety & Health Jedison Ong Senior Safety & Health Manager

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Legislations and Laws

in Singapore Regarding

Workplace Safety & Health

Jedison Ong

Senior Safety & Health Manager

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mohdsuhaimisalim.blogspot.com

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Safety & Health Legislation Framework

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Workplace Safety & Health Act

OSHD Annual report 2013, MOM

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Stakeholders under the WSHA

OSHD Annual report 2013, MOM

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Legal Obligations of Stakeholders

To take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety and

health of :

1. his employees at work

2. persons (not being his employees) who may be affected by any

undertaking carried on by him in the workplace

To take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety and

health of :

1. any contractor engaged by him

2. any direct or indirect subcontractor engaged by such contractor

3. any employee employed by such contractor or subcontractor

4. persons (not being his employees) who may be affected by any

undertaking carried on by him in the workplace

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Legal Obligations of Stakeholders

The measures includes:

• providing and maintaining a work environment which is safe and

without risk to health

• ensuring adequate measures for any machinery, equipment,

plant, article or process

• ensuring persons are not exposed to hazards arising out of the its

activities

• developing and implementing procedures for dealing with

emergencies

• ensuring adequate instruction, information, training and

supervision

• provide persons (not being his employees) with information on

how their safety or health will be affected while at his workplace

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• To use any suitable appliance, protective clothing, equipment,

etc for securing his safety, health and welfare

• Co-operate with employer or principal to comply with the

provisions of the WSH Act

• Not to willfully or recklessly misuse any appliance, protective

clothing, equipment, etc

• Not to endangers the safety or health of himself or others

Legal Obligations of Stakeholders

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Penalties for Offences

Category of offender Maximum fineMaximum

imprisonmentConditions

Individual persons:

Repeated offence:

$200,000

$400,000

2 years Either or both

Corporate body:

Repeated offence:

$500,000

$1 million

Persons at Work

• Not using personal protective

equipment

• Not co-operating with employer or

principal to comply with Act

• misuse of any safety appliance.

1st conviction -

$1,000

2nd or subsequent

conviction - $2,000

Persons at Work

• Does any negligent act which

endangers the safety or health of

himself or others

$30,000 2 years Either or both

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Failure to comply with Remedial Order

or Stop Work Order

Category of offender Maximum fineMaximum

imprisonmentConditions

Person who fails to comply with Remedial

Order

If offence is continued after conviction:

$50,000

Additional fine of

$5,000 for each

day the offence

continues

12 months Either or both

Person who fails to comply with a Stop

Work Order

If the offence is continued after conviction:

$500,000

$20,000 for each

day the offence

continues.

12 months Either or both

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Putting WSHA into Practice…

The Key Subsidiary Legislation:

• WSH (Risk Management) Regulations

• WSH (General Provisions) Regulations

• WSH (Medical Examinations) Regulations

• WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations

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www.presentermedia.com

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/n

oise/images/HOC.png

WSH (Risk Management) Regulations

3Years

www.wgcoaching.com

Click here for details of this legislation

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WSH (General Provisions) Regulations

www.stationerybrands.com.au

PERMISSIBLE

EXPOSURE

LIMITSClick here for details of this legislation

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What is GHS?

Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of

Chemicals

Developed by United Nations (UN)

Standardised labels and Safety Data sheets (SDS)

Worldwide implementation (67 countries)

Singapore Standard SS586

- Specification for hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous good

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GHS Pictograms

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GHS Pictograms Stickers - OSHE

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Industrial Hygiene

Monitoring

Permissible Exposure Limits

workforcesafetytraining.comcorporatecomplianceinsights.com

Semi-Quantitative

Risk Assessment (SQRA)

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www.holnesslawgroup.com

WSH (Medical Examinations) Regulations

Perchloroethylene

Lead*

*Includes any of its compounds

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WSH (Medical Examinations) Regulations

http://www.nus.edu.sg/uhc

WHERE?OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (OH) CLINIC

Basement of the University Health Centre

(Next to the Dental Clinic)

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http://www.pacific.edu/Images/administrat

ion/oit/Incident_Response_350x233.jpg

WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations

More than 3 days MC

Hospitalization >24hrs

Fatality

Occupational Disease

Dangerous occurrence

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WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations

Accident & Incident Management System

AIMS24HOURS

Click here to access AIRS

REPORT ALL INCIDENTS TO OSHE WITHIN 24 HOURS!

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https://www.wshc.sg/files/wshc/upload/cms/file/2014/WS

H_Guidelines_on_Laboratories_Handling_Chemicals.pdf

We deal with chemicalsWhat are the legislation we need to know?

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Legislations & Authorities

21 3

54 6

Fire Safety

(Petroleum & Flammable

Materials) Regulations

Environmental Protection

& Management

(Hazardous Substances)

Regulations

Arms & Explosives

Act

Chemical Weapons

(Prohibition) ActPoisons Act

Misuse of Drugs

Act

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Quick Guide on Key Requirements

Type Regulatory Authority

Licence or Permit from the Authority to: Live

Inventory

Record

Lock and

KeyStore & Use

for ResearchImport Export

Petroleum &

Flammable

Materials√ √

Hazardous

Substances √ √ √

Explosive

Precursors √ √ √ √ √

Chemical

Weapons √ √ √ √ √

Scheduled

Poisons √ √ √ √Controlled

Drugs √ √ √ √ √

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Storage Requirements?

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SECURITY

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lifestyle-daily.com

How would I

know which are

the regulated

ones??

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ORMI

Your Identifier!

https://wws.nus.edu.sg/rci/default.aspx

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IVLE training requirements

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Respiratory protection

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Can I just throw or pour?

Environmental Public Health

(Toxic Industrial Waste)

Regulations

?

pixabay.com

Sewerage and Drainage

(Trade Effluent)

Regulations

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Environmental Public Health

(Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations

Licensed

Collector

TIW

Registere-Tracking

Click here for details of this legislation

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blog.idrenvironmental.com

TIW Generator

TIW

Transporter/Collector

www.newpig.com

Submit

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Chemical Waste label - OSHE

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www.business-stream.co.uk

Sewerage and Drainage

(Trade Effluent) Regulations

Discharge limits to public sewer

Click here for details of this legislation

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How will this impact YOU?

https://www.nccs.gov.sg/nccs-2012/preparing-

singapore-areas-of-work-in-progress.html

Sewerage System

DO NOT POUR

DOWN THE

SINK!

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How will this impact YOU?

https://www.nccs.gov.sg/nccs-2012/preparing-

singapore-areas-of-work-in-progress.html

Open Drain

System

DO NOT POUR

DOWN THE

OPEN DRAIN!

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Play a Part in Protecting our Portable

Water Source! waystodealwithwaterconstraint.blogspot.com

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Radiation Protection Act

Radiation Protection

(Ionising Radiation)

Regulations

Radiation Protection

(Non-Ionising Radiation)

Regulations

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Faculty holds

L4 License

PI – L6

license holder

R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1

PI – L6

license holder

PI – L6

license holder

Possession License

Use License

Worker License

Licence – Ionising Radiation

(Radioactive Materials)

Eg. H-3, C-14, S-35

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EQUIPMENT 2

L3 License R1 R1 R1

Owner/Operator/In-charge–

L5 license holder

EQUIPMENT 1

L3 License

EQUIPMENT 3

L3 License

Each equipment has its own L3 license

Owner or Operator has an L5 license and all

equipments owned/operated by the person

are listed in this license

Radiation Workers have R1 license to use the

equipment

Licence – Ionising Radiation

(Radiation Machines)

Eg. X-ray machine, gamma irradiator

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The N3 laser user licence shall indicate all the N2 laser equipment licence that

the user use!

Laser 1

N2

User 1

N3User 2

N3

Laser 2

N2

Laser 3

N2

Laser 4

N2

Licence – Non-Ionising Radiation Eg. Class 3B/4 lasers, Sonicators ≥50W, MRI

*N3 is only applicable for Class 3B/4 laser users

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IVLE training Requirments

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