6.0 SAFETY AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
6.1 Safety and Health Policy
Every employer shall prepare and as often as may be appropriate revise
a written statement of his general policy with respect to the safety and
health at work of his employees and the organization and arrangements
for carrying out that policy, and to bring the statement and any revision of
it to the notice of all of his employees. (Section 16, Occupational Safety
and Health Act 1994)

6.2 Safety and Health Committee
The main contractor of a worksite in which forty or more persons are for
the time being employed (whether by him or by other contractors employed
by him or the client) shall establish a safety and health committee (on
which both employees and management are represented) for the purpose
of keeping under review conditions in the worksite which may effect the
safety and health of the persons employed therein or the public. (Section
30, Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994, Occupational Safety and
Health (Safety And Health Committee) Regulations 1997)

6.3 Occupational Safety and Health Management System
Every employer should established, implement and maintain an occupational
safety and health management system and shall be in accordance with
the requirement of the relevant Malaysian Standard or with any other
equivalent Occupational Safety and Health Management System approved
by Director General.

6.4 Safety And Health Officer
Every contractor of any building operation and works of engineering
construction when the total contract price of the project exceeds twenty
million ringgit Malaysia, they shall employ a safety and health officer.
(Section 29, Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994, Occupational Safety
and Health (Safety And Health Officer) Order 1997)

6.5 Site Safety Supervisor
The main contractor of a worksite shall appoint a part time site safety
supervisor who should spend at least fifteen hours per week exclusively
on safety supervision and on promoting the safe conduct of work generally
within the site. (Reg. 25, Building Operations And Works Of Engineering
Construction (Safety) Regulations, 1986)

6.6 Contractor Safety Supervisor
Every contractor other than the main contractor in charge of worksite who
employs more than twenty persons to carry out work on a worksite shall
appoint a part time contractor’s safety supervisor, who should spend at least
five hours per week exclusively on safety supervision and on promoting
the safe conduct of work generally by his employees. (Reg. 26, Building
Operations And Works Of Engineering Construction (Safety) Regulations,
1986)

7.0 GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS

7.1Every developer, main contractor, contractor and sub-contractor shall have a
written statement of his general policy with respect to the safety and health
at work of his employees and other persons who are not his employees,
who may be exposed to risks to their safety and health. (Section 16,
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994)

7.2 Every main contractor, contractor and sub-contractor shall develop a safety
and health manual that has provision for safe guarding the safety and
health of the public and his employees. (Section 15(2)(a), Occupational
Safety and Health Act 1994)

7.3 Every main contractor, contractor, and sub-contractor shall make an
arrangement during operation, handling, transport, storage of plant and
substance, to ensure the safety and health to the employees and public.
(Section 15(2)(b), Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994)

7.4 Every developer, main contractor, contractor and sub-contractor shall ensure
that all workers are properly informed of the hazards of their respective
occupations and the precautions necessary and adequately supervise to
avoid accidents, injuries and risk to health, and in particular that young
workers, newly engaged workers, illiterate and foreign workers. (Section
15(2)(c), Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994)

7.5 Every developer, main contractor, contractor and sub-contractor shall provide
sufficient allocation for ensuring that provisions to ensure the public and
his employees safety and health are implemented and maintained.

7.6 Every owner, developer, main contractor, contractor and, sub-contractor shall
take adequate steps to develop and promote safety and health programs to
ensure not only the safety and health of his employees but also members
of the public.

8.0 GENERAL DUTIES OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND DESIGNERS

8.1 At the planning stage of any proposed building or civil engineering works,
specific consideration should be given, by those responsible for the design
and the construction, to the safety of the workers and the public who will
subsequently be affected by the plant associated with the process of the
erection of such structures.

8.2 Architects, engineers and other professional persons, not to include anything
in the design that would necessitate the use of unwarrantably dangerous
structural procedures and undue hazards, which could be avoided by design
modifications, should exercise care.

8.3 Architects, engineers and other professional persons should exercise with
care not to include anything in the design that would necessitate the use
of unsafe construction procedures and create undue hazards. These should
be avoided by means of design modifications where necessary.

8.4 It is also of the greatest importance that engineers should take into account
the safety problems associated with the subsequent maintenance of plant
where this would involve hazards.

8.5 Safety and health facilities should be included in the design for such work
to be performed with the minimum of risk.

8.6 Measures should be taken to ensure that all the necessary safety and
health program are efficiently implemented and properly maintained.

9.0 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, RISK ASSESSMENT AND DE TERMING CONTROL
(HIRADC)

9.1 When planning method of work, a suitable and sufficient assessment should
be carried out and recorded. Method, materials, and equipment should be
selected to remove or minimize risk from work. Employers are responsible
to carry out the risk assessment.

9.2 The principles of risk assessment listed below should be adhered to when
determining methods and sequences of work:
(a) identification of the hazards involved with the proposed work;
(b) assessment of the risk (likelihood and severity) of any potential harm
arising;
(c) removal of risks, possibly by changing the proposed methods or
processes;
(d) control of remaining risks;
(e) review, and if appropriate, update.