5. It shall be the duty of the occupier of a worksite to —
(a)
convene such site coordination meetings as are necessary with due regard to the progress of the works which are, or are to be, carried out in the worksite for the purpose of coordinating such works so as to ensure the safety, health and welfare of persons at work in the worksite; and
(b)
ensure that every meeting is —
(i)
presided by the project manager of the worksite; and
(ii)
attended by every person (being a supervisor, an engineer, a workplace safety and health co-ordinator or a workplace safety and health officer) who is involved in any work or process being co-ordinated in the worksite and any other person who oversees any such work or process.
Workplace safety and health co-ordinator
6.—(1) For the purposes of section 28(1) of the Act, a workplace safety and health co-ordinator shall be appointed in respect of every worksite where the contract sum of the building operation or works of engineering construction carried out therein is less than $10 million.
(2) Every workplace safety and health co-ordinator shall be appointed by the occupier of every worksite referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) The occupier of the worksite shall not appoint any person as a workplace safety and health co-ordinator unless the person is one —
(a)
who has successfully completed a training course to equip him to be a workplace safety and health co-ordinator;
(b)
whom the occupier reasonably believes is competent to perform the functions and duties of a workplace safety and health co-ordinator; and
(c)
whom the occupier reasonably believes has at least 2 years’ practical experience relevant to the work to be performed by a workplace safety and health co-ordinator.
(4) An occupier of a worksite who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
(a)
to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or
(b)
if the occupier of the worksite is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
[S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
(5) In paragraph (4), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence, means an occupier of a worksite who —
(a)
is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified in the first column of the following table (called the current offence); and
(b)
has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence specified opposite the current offence in the second column of that table, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the occupier of the worksite is convicted, or found guilty, of the current offence.
First column
Current offence
Second column
Previous offence
1.
Offence under paragraph (4) for contravening paragraph (2)
(a)
the current offence in this item (other than a continuing offence); or
(b)
an offence under paragraph (4) as in force immediately before 1 June 2024 for contravening paragraph (2) (other than a continuing offence)
2.
Offence under paragraph (4) for contravening paragraph (3)
(a)
the current offence in this item (other than a continuing offence); or
(b)
an offence under paragraph (4) as in force immediately before 1 June 2024 for contravening paragraph (3) (other than a continuing offence)
[S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
Duties of workplace safety and health co-ordinator
7.—(1) It shall be the duty of a workplace safety and health co-ordinator appointed under regulation 6(1) in respect of a worksite to —
(a)
assist the occupier of the worksite to identify any unsafe condition in the worksite or unsafe work practice which is carried out in the worksite;
(b)
recommend to the occupier of the worksite to implement such reasonably practicable measures to remedy the unsafe condition or unsafe work practice; and
(c)
assist the occupier of the worksite to implement such reasonably practicable measures referred to in sub-paragraph (b).
(2) [Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
Powers of workplace safety and health co-ordinator
8. A workplace safety and health co-ordinator shall, for the purposes of discharging his duties under regulation 7, have the power to do all or any of the following:
(a)
to enter, inspect and examine at any reasonable time the worksite;
(b)
to inspect and examine any machinery, equipment, plant, installation or article in the worksite;
(c)
to require the production of worksite records, certificates, notices and documents kept or required to be kept under the Act, including any other relevant document, and to inspect and examine any of them;
(d)
to make such examination and inquiry of the worksite and of any person at work at that worksite as may be necessary to execute his duties;
(e)
to assess the level of noise, illumination, heat or harmful or hazardous substances in the worksite and the exposure levels of persons at work therein; and
(f)
to investigate any accident, dangerous occurrence or occupational disease that occurred within the worksite.
Safety and health training
9.—(1) It shall be the duty of —
(a)
the employer of any person who carries out manual work in a worksite; or
(b)
the principal under whose direction a person carries out manual work in a worksite,
to ensure that the person does not carry out any manual work in the worksite unless the person has received adequate safety and health training for the purpose of familiarising the person with the hazards associated with such work and the precautions to be observed.
(2) It shall be the duty of —
(a)
the employer of any person who carries out oversight or supervisory work in a worksite; or
(b)
the principal under whose direction any person carries out oversight or supervisory work in a worksite,
to ensure that the person does not oversee or supervise any work (including any process) in the worksite unless the person has received adequate safety and health training to ensure that the work which the person oversees or supervises can be carried out safely.
