WSH Guidelines -Event Management

What is WSH Guidelines 

WSH Guidelines showcased workplace safety and health best practices and WSH program for controlling workplace hazards and improving occupational health for various industry and program 

Check out the free WSH Guidelines -Event Management to improve your organization WSH practices. For the latest WSH Guidelines update, refer to Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Council Website.

Introduction

The dynamic and vibrant Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events (MICE) industry has propelled Singapore into one of the top global convention destinations, and is a significant contributor to the hospitality industry and Singapore’s economy.

Events range widely in scale and complexity, from one-day corporate seminars to public exhibitions and trade fairs that span several days. Events could be held in purpose-built multifunctional halls, or open spaces outdoors .To handle variationsmore efficiently, event management companies hire contractors to execute different aspectsof an event.

This publication helps event organisers and contractors identify work hazards present in various work activities, and suggests preventive measures to manage the associated risks. Employers should always look out for the safety, health and well-being of their employees. Through better safety and health management, companies can strive towards a goal of zero harm.

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WSH Guidelines -Landscape and Horticulture Management

What is WSH Guidelines 

WSH Guidelines showcased workplace safety and health best practices and WSH program for controlling workplace hazards and improving occupational health for various industry and program 

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Introduction

The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act came into effect in March 2006. Under the Act, stakeholders are responsible for managing the risks they create at the workplaces, and taking reasonable practical steps to ensure workers’ safety and health. From September 2011, the WSH Act was extended to cover all workplaces including maintenance works under the landscaping sector for their works involving general cleansing of parks, horticultural work, turf work and tree work.

Workers in the landscaping sector are exposed to hazards such as working alongside moving traffic, working at heights, excessive noise, use of machinery and equipment, contact with insects, use of chemicals and heat stress. The risk of accidents and ill health due to these hazards can result in suffering, sickness, absenteeism, productivity loss, disability or even death. All these can be prevented.

The purpose of this guide is to provide information and guidance on common workplace hazards which workers involved in landscaping maintenance activities may face, and their preventive measures. For ease of reading, the set of guidelines is divided into two parts:

Part A – Work Activities

Part B – Legislative Requirements

All landscape contractors and their supervisors should familiarise themselves with this set of guidelines. It is the responsibility of everyone to ensure that workers are healthy and are working in a safe environment. Through better safety and health management, companies can strive towards a goal of zero harm.

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WSH Guideline -Tent Related Works

What is WSH Guidelines 

WSH Guidelines showcased workplace safety and health best practices and WSH program for controlling workplace hazards and improving occupational health for various industry and program 

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Scope

This publication specifies the recommended practices for both traditional and engineered tent-related works. Key work activities include, but are not limited to, warehouse storage, transportation of materials, erecting and dismantling of tent structures and handling of electrical installations.

This publication also aims to raise WSH awareness of stakeholders (e.g., tent service buyers,contractors and workers) in the tent sector.

Additional WSH resources for the tent sector can be found in the Annex:

• Tentage safety checklist (see Annex B)

• Five Golden Safety Rules (see Annex C)

Relevant Legislation

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WSH Guideline -Cleaning and Custodial Services

What is WSH Guidelines 

WSH Guidelines showcased workplace safety and health best practices and WSH program for controlling workplace hazards and improving occupational health for various industry and program 

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Introduction

The cleaning and custodial services industry plays a crucial role in maintaining sanitary standards. Activities that employees carry out on a daily basis include sweeping, mopping, washing, and collecting and disposing refuse. During the course of their work, employees are exposed to numerous occupational hazards such as; chemicals, loud noises, sharp objects, slippery surfaces, and poor work postures.

The nature of their work also exposes them to the potential of falling from heights, as well as sustaining injuries such as cuts, electrocution, burns and crush by objects. We should also look out for our older workers who may be more prone to risks that are a result of aging; such as reduced flexibility and physical strength, declining eyesight and hearing and chronic health conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure.

Employers need to recognise that all hazards can be appropriately and effectively managed and thus avoid all injury and ill-health. Besides employers, employees can also play their part to strive toward zero harm in their daily work. This guideline serves as a resource for all, providing guidance in identifying work hazards and sharing advice on plausible preventive measures.

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WSH Guideline -Statutory Medical Examinations

What is WSH Guidelines 

WSH Guidelines showcased workplace safety and health best practices and WSH program for controlling workplace hazards and improving occupational health for various industry and program.

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WSH Guideline -Statutory Medical Examinations Scope

This set of guidelines would assist Designated Workplace Doctors (DWDs) in the conduct of the medical examinations for workers who are exposed to the following 19 hazards under the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations:

• Arsenic and its compounds

• Asbestos

• Benzene

• Cadmium and its compounds

• Work in a compressed air environment

• Raw Cotton

• Lead and its compounds

• Manganese and its compounds

• Mercury and its compounds

• Noise

• Organophosphates

• Perchloroethylene

• Free Silica

• Tar, Pitch, Bitumen and Creosote

• Trichloroethylene

• Vinyl chloride monomer

Other WSH professionals and management of companies may also find these guidelines useful to understand the rationale for the recommendations made by the DWD

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