Workplace Safety and Health in Hazardous Industries

This presentation discusses the workplace safety and health guidelines in Singapore for hazardous industries. It covers the Workplace Safety and Health Act, risks associated with hazardous industries, and measures taken to ensure safety in industries like aviation and construction. The presentation also emphasizes the importance of periodic medical checkups and monitoring of health risks for workers engaged in hazardous activities. References are provided for further reading.

HAZARDOUS
INDUSTRIES
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INTRODUCTION
Singapore has a statutory framework
that provides guidelines for the
management of workplace safety and
health (WSH) that must be complied
with by all the stakeholders including
the industry, employees and the
government.

Industry is one economic sector that is
concerned with the production of goods and
services.
Industry has four sectors:
 Primary
 Secondary
 Tertiary
 Quaternary

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND
HEALTH ACT
In Singapore, the WSH Act was
administered by the Commissioner for
WSH, Ministry Of Manpower that aims at
safeguarding the employees and the
other persons of the organization from
being affected by the work that is
carried out at all workplaces.

RISKS ASSOCIATED IN
HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES
 Several risks are associated with the
building construction industry,;
aviation industry, marine industry, hotel
industry etc
 The use of asbestos-containing material in
buildings, plants or ships have been
banned owing to its harmful effect;
 The workplace safety and Health (Asbestos)
Regulations 2014 provides guidelines
ensuring health and safety of workers
engaged in asbestos-containing materials;

Every industrial worker must be subjected to
periodical medical checkups, especially,
those workers who are engaged in
hazardous activities.
The workers are subject to monitoring and
evaluation of health risks, biological
monitoring of the exposure of the workers
and implementation of the measures to
control the exposure of the workers to
hazardous substances or hazardous work
environment.

Similarly, in other industries like aviation,
workplace safety measures have been
implemented to ensure safety at workplace.
The Civil Aviation authority of Singapore
(CAAS) have introduced various systematic
measures that would address the
challenged faced or experienced by the
flight operators yet such measures assures
safety of the passengers as well as the
cabin crew

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