SHE GUIDELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The building operations and works of engineering construction industries in
Malaysia have made tremendous progress in recent years and the increase in
their activities have affected the general public’s safety and health. Construction
sites create a risk not only for the construction worker, but also for the public who
move around the site or who may live adjoins them. Examples of the hazards
created are:-
l Changes to the surface level;
l Excavations, holes and trenches;
l Falling material and debris;
l Plant and equipment;
l Dust, vapours or other hazardous substances;
l Noise;
l Vibration; and
l Movement of vehicular traffic
The general public must be protected from the hazards associated with construction
work that may be carried out in a public area or adjacent to such area.
The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and other government
agencies have regulations that lay down the legal requirements to ensure the
safety and health of not only the workers at the place of work but also the public
as well. This guideline applies to all place of work in building operation and work
of engineering construction activity in Malaysia covered by the Occupational
Safety And Health Act 1994 (Act 514), the Factories And Machinery Act 1967
(Act 139), and all the regulations made there under. It is designed to serve as a
handy reference and to be read together with the above mentioned legislation
and other industry codes of practice.
In this document, the terms “shall” and “should” are used. “Shall” is used in
places where there is a statutory and technical requirement to achieve the desired
result. “Should” is used as a way of indicating a preference. It does not indicate a
mandatory requirement as other alternatives may achieve an equivalent result.

2.0 DEFINITIONS
2.0 Employer means immediate employer or the principal employer or both.
(Section 3, Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994)

2.1 Developer means any person, body of persons, company, firm or society
who or which engages in or carries on or undertakes the business of
developing or providing monies for development or purchasing or partly
developing and providing monies for purchasing buildings. (Section 3, Street,
Drainage, And Building Act 1974 (Act 133))

2.2 Contractor means a person who has entered into a contract for the purpose
of carrying out any building operations or work of engineering construction and includes a main contractor or subcontractor. (Regulation 2, Building
Operations And Works Of Engineering Construction) (Safety) Regulations,
1986);

2.3 Main contractor means a person who has entered into a contract with an
owner or lessee of a property or his agent for the purpose of carrying out
any building operations or work of engineering construction. (Regulation
2, Building Operations And Works Of Engineering Construction (Safety)
Regulations, 1986);

2.4 Safety and Health Officer means a person who registered under provision
of regulation 6(1), Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health
Officer) Regulations 1997;

2.5 Designated Person means a competent person appointed by an employer
to carry out any supervision or inspection or to perform any tasks or duty
prescribed by Building Operations And Works Of Engineering Construction
(Safety) Regulations, 1986;
2.6 Contractor Safety Supervisor means a contractor’s safety supervisor
appointed under regulations 26, Building Operations And Works Of Engineering
Construction (Safety) Regulations, 1986;

2.7 Site Safety Supervisor means a site safety supervisor appointed under
regulations 25, Building Operations And Works Of Engineering Construction
(Safety) Regulations, 1986;

2.8 Professional Engineer means a “registered Professional Engineer” as defined
by section 2 of the Registration of Engineers Act 2002 (Amendment).