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Companies taking innovative steps to raise workplace safety
- May 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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Work platform manufacturer Haulotte has been operating in Singapore for 14 years and is proud of its record of zero workplace casualties. With workplace safety a constant concern in industries such as construction, the company is determined to maintain this record. At an open day at its Changi premises late last month, Haulotte showcased the
Plans to get tough with firms to boost workplace safety
- April 14, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Singapore has set itself the goal of having among the safest and healthiest workplaces in the world. Rates of workplace deaths and major injuries for every company will be published online, to hit errant companies where it hurts. Clients, such as property developers, and workers will be able to compare employers’ safety records on the
Firm encourages workers to take ownership of safety
- April 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Ten years ago, Mr Barak Mohamed met a young foreign worker at a construction site who was due to return home to India the following week to get married. But that afternoon, the 27-year-old man died as a result of an accident with a scissor lift. Some contractors working nearby had put a big pipe
More can be done to improve safety of crane operations despite fewer dangerous incidents: Zaqy…
- February 1, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – There are fewer dangerous incidents involving cranes but more can be done to improve the safety of crane operations, said Minister of State for Manpower and National Development Zaqy Mohamad. The number of such occurrences has fallen from 22 in 2015 to 12 last year, he told more than 400 participants on Friday
Companies on Jurong Island form group to focus on safety and health
- November 27, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Twenty-five companies on Jurong Island have pledged to work together to prioritise safety and health in their workplaces. Through the Jurong Island Vision Zero Cluster, these companies will share best practices and innovations with one another. About 100 companies operate on the island. Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad said at the
Jurong Island firms join hands on work safety
- November 24, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Twenty-five companies on Jurong Island have pledged to work together to prioritise safety and health in their workplaces. Through the Jurong Island Vision Zero Cluster, these companies will share best practices and innovations with one another. About 100 companies operate on the island. At the cluster’s launch yesterday, Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad
High Court reviews sentencing practice for workplace safety breaches, jail to be expected for…
- November 4, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The existing practice of the courts to mete out only fines to those who endanger the safety of others at the workplace needed to be reviewed, said a High Court judge, as he handed down the first jail sentence for such an offence on Friday (Nov 2), signalling the serious view the court
Innovation and technology a key feature at LTA's annual safety award convention
- September 12, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – A helmet that vibrates when the wearer is within 1.5m of heavy machinery, and an exoskeleton that helps workers carry heavy equipment. These were some examples of innovation used at work sites presented on Thursday (Sept 6) at the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) Annual Safety Award Convention, where the theme this year is Safety
Innovation, technology underlie LTA safety awards
- September 6, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
A helmet that vibrates when the wearer is within 1.5m of heavy machinery, and an exoskeleton that helps workers carry heavy equipment. These were some examples of work-site innovations presented yesterday at the 20th Annual Safety Award Convention of the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The theme this year is safety through innovation and technology. LTA
Panel plans tougher action to boost workplace safety
- August 31, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
In a bid to make workplaces safer, a tripartite committee has proposed ways to get tougher on companies that have a poor safety and health record. This includes a preliminary recommendation for government agencies to standardise their procurement criteria, used to track and disqualify errant contractors from public-sector projects. The Tripartite Strategy Committee, whose suggestions
