A HEALTHLY WORKFORCE IN A SAFE WORKPLACE

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISION

YEAR IN REVIEW 2015

PRINCIPLES OF WSH FRAMEWORK

First conceptualised in 2005, Singapore’s Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) framework guides all stakeholders including the government, industry, as well as all employees in the management of WSH. Collectively, the framework aims to cultivate a shift in the mindset of all stakeholders towards WSH to take pre-emptive steps to ensure the safety and health of all individuals at the workplace – from top management to the last worker.


WSH FRAMEWORK IS BASED ON THREE KEY PRINCIPLES


1 REDUCE RISK AT SOURCE BY REQUIRING ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO ELIMINATE OR MINIMISE POTENTIAL RISKS

The party who creates the risk is responsible for managing and mitigating the risk to as low as is reasonably practicable

2PREVENT ACCIDENTS THROUGH HIGHER PENALTIES FOR POOR SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Instil that poor safety and health management incurs cost and consequences

3GREATER INDUSTRY OWNERSHIP OF WSH OUTCOMES

Proactive planning to achieve a safety and healthy workplace