Safety and Health Officer Order 1997

Key Information

Order to specify certain industries where a Safety and Health Officer must be employed, along with definitions and requirements.

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Source: DOSH - P.U. (A) 335

Order 1. Citation and commencement

These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Officer) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 22 August 1997.

These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Officer) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 22 August 1997.

Order 2. Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:

“building operation” means the construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a building including repointing, redecoration and external cleaning of the structure, the demolition of a building, and the preparation for and the laying of foundation of an intended building;

“building operation” means the construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a building including repointing, redecoration and external cleaning of the structure, the demolition of a building, and the preparation for and the laying of foundation of an intended building;

“employee” includes an independent contractor engaged by an employer or a self-employed person and any employee of the independent contractor;

“employee” includes an independent contractor engaged by an employer or a self-employed person and any employee of the independent contractor;

“peak of the work” means at the time where the maximum possible number of workers are working at the site;

“peak of the work” means at the time where the maximum possible number of workers are working at the site;

“works of engineering construction” means the construction of any railway line or siding and the construction, structural alteration or repair including repointing and repainting or the demolition of any dock, harbour, inland navigation, tunnel, bridge, viaduct and waterworks.

“works of engineering construction” means the construction of any railway line or siding and the construction, structural alteration or repair including repointing and repainting or the demolition of any dock, harbour, inland navigation, tunnel, bridge, viaduct and waterworks.

Order 3. Class or description of industries required to employ safety and health officer

(a) any building operation where the total contract price of the project exceeds twenty million ringgit;

(a)

any building operation where the total contract price of the project exceeds twenty million ringgit;

(b) any work of engineering construction where the total contract price of the project exceeds twenty million ringgit;

(b)

any work of engineering construction where the total contract price of the project exceeds twenty million ringgit;

(c) any ship building employing at peak of the work more than a hundred employees;

(c)

any ship building employing at peak of the work more than a hundred employees;

(d) any gas processing activity or petrochemical industries employing more than a hundred employees;

(d)

any gas processing activity or petrochemical industries employing more than a hundred employees;

(e) any chemical or allied industry employing more than a hundred employees;

(e)

any chemical or allied industry employing more than a hundred employees;

(f) any boiler or pressure vessel manufacturing activity employing more than a hundred employees;

(f)

any boiler or pressure vessel manufacturing activity employing more than a hundred employees;

(g) any metal industry where there is canning or stamping or blanking or shearing or bending operations and employing more than a hundred employees;

(g)

any metal industry where there is canning or stamping or blanking or shearing or bending operations and employing more than a hundred employees;

(h) any wood working industry where there is cutting or sawing or planning or moulding or sanding or peeling or any combination of the above, and employing more than a hundred employees;

(h)

any wood working industry where there is cutting or sawing or planning or moulding or sanding or peeling or any combination of the above, and employing more than a hundred employees;

(i) any cement manufacturing activity employing more than a hundred employees;

(i)

any cement manufacturing activity employing more than a hundred employees;

(j) any other manufacturing activity other than the manufacturing activity specified in subparagraphs (f) to (i), employing more than five hundred employees.

(j)

any other manufacturing activity other than the manufacturing activity specified in subparagraphs (f) to (i), employing more than five hundred employees.