8) At PSI>300, risk assessments should be conducted to determine whether outdoor lifting operations involving tower and mobile cranes should cease due to the foreseeable risk of poor visibility, so as not to compromise safety of persons at work. Such work can only be carried out when appropriate precautions have been taken to reduce the risk. Employers are reminded of their duties under the WSH Act to provide and maintain for their employees a work environment which is safe, without risk to health, and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work. In addition to the Workplace Safety and Health Act, failure to implement effective risk management to eliminate or minimise WSH risks is also an offence under the WSH (Risk Management) Regulations. The penalty for the first offence is a maximum fine of $10,000 . For a second or subsequent offence, the penalty is a fine of up to $20,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. Source: mom.gov.sg/Documents/safety-health/factsheets-circulars/Workplace%20Guidelines%20During%20a%20Haze.pdf
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:52:13 +0000
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