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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

WSH New Framework


What is the new framework for occupational safety and health?

In March 2005, the Government announced key reforms to improve Singapore’s occupational safety and health (OSH) standards. These reforms are based on the premise that accidents can only be prevented if all involved in the workplace take personal responsibility for achieving higher safety standards.

Thus, a new framework was developed aimed at reducing deaths at workplaces by a third in five years, and by half
Introduction  within a decade or sooner (from 4.9 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2004 to 2.5 by 2015).

The 3 principles of the new framework are.
• Reducing risk at source by requiring all stakeholders to eliminate or minimise the risks they create at the workplace;
• Instilling greater industry ownership of OSH standards. The focus will be shifted from complying with prescriptive requirements to making employers responsible for developing safe work procedures suited to their particular situations in order to achieve desired safety outcomes;
• Preventing accidents through higher penalties for poor safety and health management.

Workplace Safety and Health Act


The Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) is an essential part of the new framework to cultivate good safety habits in all individuals so as to engender a strong safety culture in our workplace. It emphasised the importance of managing workplace safety and health proactively by requiring stakeholders to take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety and health of workers and other people that are affected by the work being carried out.
The Workplace Safety and Health Act had come into effect on 1 March 2006
Refer to Singapore Statues Online for the latest update

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