Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

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2 Application of Act

3 Application of Act to Government

4 General interpretation

5 Meanings of "workplace" and "factory"

6 Meanings of "employee" and "employer"

7 Appointment of Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health and other officers

8 Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, inspectors, authorised officers, etc., to be public servants

9 Identification of inspectors and authorised officers

10 Duties according to different capacities

11 Duty of occupier of workplace

12 Duties of employers

12A Duties of platform operators

13 Duties of self-employed persons

14 Duties of principals

14A Additional duties of principals in relation to contractors

15 Duties of persons at work

16 Duties of manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment or hazardous substances used at work

17 Duties of persons who erect, install or modify machinery or equipment and persons in control of machinery for use at work

18 Other related duties of occupiers, employers and platform operators

19 Duties of occupiers of common areas

20 Offence of breaching duty under this Part

21 Power to issue remedial order or stop-work order

22 Appeal from order made by Commissioner

23 Power to suspend certificate

24 Investigation into accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc.

25 Alteration or addition to machinery, equipment, etc.

26 Minister may direct inquiry to be held

27 Notification and reporting of accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc.

27A Learning report of accident, etc.

27B Learning report, etc., not admissible in evidence

28 Workplace safety and health officers and coordinators

29 Workplace safety and health committees

30 Workplace safety and health auditors

31 Safety and health training courses

32 Requirement for approval of Commissioner to act

33 Application for and grant of approval

34 Duration of approval

35 Cancellation of approval

36 Surrender of certificate

37 False assumption of title

38 Offence under this Part

39 Establishment of Workplace Safety and Health Council

40 Powers and proceedings of Council

40A Functions of Council

40B Codes of practice

40C Use of approved codes of practice in criminal proceedings

41 Powers of inspectors

42 Power to take samples

43 Power to examine and secure attendance

44 Competency of inspector as witness

45 Persons not to reveal protected information

46 Unregistered factories

47 Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

48 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.

49 Arrest of person accused of offence under section 15(3) or 21(7)

50 General penalties

51 Penalty for repeat offenders

52 Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied

53 Forgery of certificates, false entries and false declarations

54 Jurisdiction of court

55 When Magistrate may try offence

56 Composition of offences

57 Power to modify agreements

58 Power to apportion expenses

59 Relation to other laws

61 Protection from personal liability

62 Exempt workers, workplaces and equipment, etc.

63 Service of documents, etc.

64 Amendment of Schedules

66 Saving and transitional provisions

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Versions

find current version as at

01 Jan 2025

Amended by
S 929/2024

Amended by
Act 30 of 2024

Amended by
Act 31 of 2022

Amended by
S 26/2022

Amended by
Act 40 of 2019

Amended by
Act 27 of 2019

Amended by
Act 10 of 2018

Amended by
Act 44 of 2017

Amended by
Act 5 of 2014

Amended by
Act 18 of 2011

Amended by
Act 15 of 2010

Amended by
Act 4 of 2010

Amended by
Act 9 of 2008

Amended by
S 634/2007

Amended by
S 72/2007

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Sections 16(9), 17(7) and 64(1)

Machinery, Equipment or Hazardous Substances

Part 1

Machinery and Equipment

1. Scaffolds and any materials or components used to erect them

2. All lifting equipment

3. Forklifts

4. Power presses

5. Bar-benders, sheet benders and sheet rollers

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6. Any equipment or piping intended for operation under pressure, including all statutory pressure vessels

7. Any equipment or piping intended to contain corrosive, toxic or flammable substances

8. Welding equipment, including any accessory, apparatus or fitting necessary to enable its use

9. Materials or components used for the construction of support structures

10. Explosive powered tools

11. Equipment used for abrasive blasting, including any accessory, apparatus or fitting necessary to enable its use and operation

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12. Lathes and milling machines

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13. Machines designed for industrial use for any of the following purposes:

(a)	cutting, including table saws and slicing machines;
(b)	packaging, including palletisers, balers and compactors;
(c)	mixing by mechanical movement, including paddle mixers and ribbon mixers;
(d)	handling or processing food, including grinders, mincers, blenders and juicers [S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]

Part 2

Hazardous Substances

1. Corrosive substances

2. Flammable substances

3. Explosives

4. Oxidising substances

5. Pyrophoric substances

6. Gases under pressure

7. Organic peroxides

8. Self heating substances

9. Self-reactive substances

10. Substances which in contact with water, emit flammable gases

11. Toxic substances

12. Mutagens

13. Carcinogens

14. Teratogens

15. Sensitizers

16. Irritants

17. Substances hazardous to aquatic environment

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18. Combustible dust

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Part 3

DEFINITIONS

In this Schedule —

“abrasive” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 607/2008);

“blasting” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008;

“combustible dust” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations (Rg 1);

“toxic substance” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations.

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