More than 300 election workers, police officers in Indonesia die of exhaustion
- April 30, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsJAKARTA (DPA) – At least 287 polling station workers and 18 police officers have died mainly from exhaustion and illnesses associated with overwork after Indonesia’s elections this month, officials said on Monday (April 29). The world’s fourth-largest country held the legislative and presidential elections in a single day for the first time on April 17,
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
Health programme for hawker centre workers
- February 1, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Older workers at 15 hawker centres, including hawkers, cleaners and shopkeepers, will enjoy free health checks and health coaching at their workplaces as part of an expanded programme launched by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) on Wednesday. Health Chats @ Hawker Centres, which was piloted in five hawker centres last year, will be rolled out
Free health checks and health coaching for older workers at 15 hawker centres
- January 31, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Older workers at 15 hawker centres, including hawkers, cleaners and shopkeepers, will enjoy free health checks and health coaching at their workplaces as part of an expanded new programme announced by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) on Wednesday (Jan 30). Health Chats @ Hawker Centres, which was first piloted in five hawker centres last
MOM investigating Republic Plaza incident after 4 workers in gondola 58 storeys high slam into…
- January 15, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has suspended all cleaning works for the facade of Republic Plaza in Raffles Place after four workers were spotted swinging precariously on a gondola last Wednesday (Jan 9). In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry also said that it is investigating the incident. A spokesman for Republic Plaza
Singapore Contractors Association to train industry workers in digital technologies
- September 14, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Mention the construction industry and some may think of hard hats and boots, but there are plans to encourage innovation by providing more training in areas such as virtual design and construction. This was one of the measures announced on Thursday night (Sept 13) at the annual dinner of the Singapore Contractors Association
More help for workers with chronic conditions under new workplace safety and health move
- May 16, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Workers with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol will be able to get screened and manage these chronic conditions early, under an initiative to promote safety and health at workplaces. It will identify at-risk workers – those whose health markers are a cause for concern – and help at least a fifth
11 workers have died on the job so far this year
- May 15, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
There have been 11 workplace fatalities so far this year, including six at construction sites, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday. Three of the deaths were work-at-height fatalities – when a worker falls to his death due to lapses in safety procedures. This month has already seen two such deaths – a 44-year-old foreign
Take migrant workers into consideration in combating occupational diseases
- February 20, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
There seems to be a growing awareness of the need to improve workplace health as well as safety (Workplace deaths hit 13-year low; illnesses up; Feb 14). The top three diseases highlighted in the article – musculoskeletal disorders, noise-induced deafness and skin diseases – made up 90 per cent of occupational disease cases. Migrant workers
New funding help to get SME workers better prepared for terror threats and crises
- February 7, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will get more help to prepare their staff for terror threats and crises. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is in talks with industry associations in five priority sectors – food and beverage, retail, entertainment, hotels and transport – to give them between $ 25,000 and $ 55,000 each,