Safety in numbers: All workplaces now covered under Workplace Safety & Health Act

The extension, effective 1 September 2011, brought on board more than 100,000 organisations.

The Ministry of Manpower said, “Companies and employees now covered under the Act will need to take reasonably practicable measures to ensure their workplaces are safe. This includes proper risk management or taking steps to identify and manage the existing risks in one’s workplace so as to prevent work incidents.”

According to the Ministry, here are the key revisions:

Besides the coverage extension of the WSH Act, other key changes were also effected. These include:
• making the duties and obligations of the principals and persons at work more defined;
• enhancing the definition of Occupational Diseases to include any diseases that are attributable to chemical and biological agent exposure at work; and
• the WSH (Noise) Regulations taking effect on 1 September 2011 and will include all workplaces to be covered under the regulation.

“1 September 2011 marks a high point in Singapore's WSH journey. The Council believes that involving everyone in WSH is the first step to building a national culture that is committed to safety and health. And with that culture, we can achieve significant progress in preventing incidents and unnecessary deaths at work. The extension to all workplaces follows years of engagement by the WSH Council," said Mr Lee Tzu Yang, Chairman of the WSH Council.

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