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New chairman for Workplace Safety and Health Council
- March 30, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council will have a new chairman from April 1 when Mr John Ng takes over the position from Mr Heng Chiang Gnee. Mr Ng, currently chief executive of Singapore LNG Corporation, has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector. He is the vice-president of the Singapore
Nine in 10 food delivery and courier firms inspected by MOM in 2017 had safety issues
- March 21, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Nearly nine in 10 food delivery and courier services companies that the Manpower Ministry inspected last year had safety and health issues, putting staff at risk. The ministry inspected 50 such companies last year, and issued 71 notices to 44 erant companies for infringing workplace safety and health regulations, Minister of State for
Parliament Briefs: Worker safety issues at food delivery and courier firms
- February 28, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Worker safety issues at food delivery and courier firms Nearly nine in 10 food delivery and courier services companies that the Manpower Ministry inspected last year had safety and health issues, putting staff at risk. The ministry inspected 50 such companies, and issued 71 notices to 44 errant firms for infringing workplace safety and health
Safety guidelines in place for grass-cutting operations
- February 13, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
We thank Mr Michael Goh Keng Guan and Mr Andrew Chia for their letters (Look into dangers of grass cutting, Feb 6; Tips from Japanese on cutting grass, Feb 7, respectively). There are prescribed safety measures in place for landscape operations. These include making checks for debris, litter or items that may cause injury to
Delivery riders' safety in focus ahead of CNY
- February 10, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Install speed limiters, wear bright clothing and stop work during heavy rainfall. These are among the recommendations made in a new guide launched by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council, which aims to keep Singapore’s food delivery riders safe. With demand for takeaway food expected to be high over the Chinese New Year period,
Equipment testing firm fined $200,000 for safety lapses that led to worker's fatal…
- January 19, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Equipment calibration and testing company MW Group was hit with a $ 200,000 fine on Wednesday (Jan 17) for a fatal workplace incident, where a worker was electrocuted. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement on Friday that the company was convicted after a five-day trial for its workplace safety and
Fines to double for safety violations that could cause serious accidents
- December 13, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – From Jan 1, companies which commit multiple safety breaches that are likely to cause death or serious harm will face heftier fines of up to $ 50,000 an offence, a jump from $ 20,000. Such dangerous infractions include the failure to have protective structures to prevent falls and not appointing authorised people to
Sembcorp Design and Construction fined $95k for breach of workplace safety and health
- October 26, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – A subsidiary of public-listed Sembcorp Industries was fined $ 95,000 on Monday (Oct 23) for failing to ensure the safety and health of its employees. Sembcorp Design and Construction (SDC), main contractor of a worksite at Jalan Bukit Batok, was deemed to have failed to ensure that the appropriate risk assessment was communicated
Help migrant workers stand up for their own safety
- October 26, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Singapore has set itself the target of significantly reducing its workplace accident rate. The fatality rate alone last year was 1.9 in every 100,000 workers. Last month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the target of reducing that to fewer than one in every 100,000 workers within 10 years. Accidents can happen in any workplace,
Sembcorp unit fined $95k over safety lapses
- October 24, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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