DOSH has issued the Ergonomic Risk Assessment Guidelines to assist employers in making arrangements to ensure that there is no ergonomic risk to the health of employees in managing their work activities.
DurationPursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, under Section 15(2)(b), it is the employer's responsibility to make arrangements for ensuring, as far as practicable, the safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, operation, handling, storage, and transport of plants and substances.
DOSH has issued the Ergonomic Risk Assessment Guidelines to assist employers in making arrangements to ensure that there is no ergonomic risk to the health of employees when managing their work activities.
Through these guidelines, ergonomic risk assessments should be carried out by ergonomically trained personnel. To ensure the quality of ergonomically trained personnel meets the department's prescribed level, they must attend the ergonomic management course (initial or advanced ERA) at the authorized training centre.
The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is a department under the Ministry of Human Resources. This department is responsible for ensuring the safety, health, and welfare of people at work as well as protecting other people from the safety and health hazards arising from the activity sectors, which include:
Manufacturing
Mining and Quarrying
Construction
Hotels and Restaurants
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Transport, Storage and Communication
Public Services and Statutory Authorities
Utilities: gas, Electricity, Water and Sanitary Services
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services
Wholesale and Retail Trades
As a government agency, the department is responsible for the administration and enforcement of legislation related to the occupational safety and health of the country, with a vision of becoming an organisation that leads the nation in creating a safe and healthy work culture that contributes towards enhancing the quality of working life.
Vision
To be the leader of Occupational Safety and health."
Mission
"To ensure Safety and Health at Work"
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