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First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 29th November 2013 at 5.00 pm.

No. 3186 –– WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (CHAPTER 354A)

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH

(APPROVED CODES OF PRACTICE)
NOTIFICATION 2013

In accordance with section 40B(3) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act
(Cap. 354A), the Workplace Safety and Health Council hereby notifies that the
Council has approved the Codes of Practice set out in the Schedule, with effect
from 9th December 2013.

2.  The approved Codes of Practice may be inspected at the place and time
and on such days as follows:

Place: Workplace Safety and Health Council

1500 Bendemeer Road,
#04-01 Ministry of Manpower Services Centre
Singapore 339946

Day: Mondays to Fridays

(public holidays excepted)

Time: 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

THE SCHEDULE

Year
Approved Codes of Practice Published
  1.  Code of Practice for Working Safely at Heights 2013
  2.  Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management 2012
  3.  Code of Practice on Safe Lifting Operations in the 2011
Workplaces
  4.  SS 98: Specification for Industrial safety helmets 2005
  5.  SS 280: Specification for Metal scaffoldings 2006
Part 1: Frame scaffoldings
  6.  SS 280: Specification for Metal scaffoldings 2009
Part 2: Modular scaffoldings
  7.  SS 311: Specification for Steel tubes and fittings used in 2005
tubular scaffolding
  8.  SS 473: Specification for Personal eye-protectors 2011
Part 1: General requirements
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THE SCHEDULE –– continued

Year
Approved Codes of Practice Published
  9.  SS 473: Specification for Personal eye-protectors 2011
Part 2: Selection, use and maintenance
10.  SS 497: Code of Practice for Design, safe use and 2011
maintenance of gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and
monorail hoists
11.  SS 506: Occupational safety and health (OSH) management 2009
system
Part 1: Requirements
12.  SS 506: Occupational safety and health (OSH) management 2009
system
Part 2: Guidelines for the implementation of SS 506: Part 1:
2009
13.  SS 506: Occupational safety and health (OSH) management 2006
system
Part 3: Requirements for the chemical industry
14.  SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols –– Safety colours 2004
and safety signs
Part 1: Design principles for safety signs in workplaces and
public areas
15.  SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols –– Safety colours 2008
and safety signs
Part 2: Design principles for product safety labels
16.  SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols –– Safety colours 2004
and safety signs
Part 3: Safety signs used in workplaces and public areas
17.  SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols –– Safety colours 2008
and safety signs
Part 4: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in
safety signs
18.  SS 510: Code of Practice for Safety in welding and cutting 2005
(and other operations involving the use of heat)
(Formerly CP 50)
19.  SS 511: Code of Practice for Diving at work 2010
20.  SS 513: Specification for Personal protective equipment –– 2005
Footwear
Part 1: Safety footwear
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THE SCHEDULE –– continued

Year
Approved Codes of Practice Published
21.  SS 513: Specification for Personal protective equipment –– 2005
Footwear
Part 2: Test methods for footwear
22.  SS 514: Code of Practice for Office ergonomics 2005
23.  SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems 2006
Part 1: Full-body harnesses
24.  SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems 2006
Part 2: Lanyards and energy absorbers
25.  SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems 2006
Part 3: Self-retracting lifelines
26.  SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems 2006
Part 4: Vertical rails and vertical lifelines incorporating a
sliding-type fall arrester
27.  SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems 2006
Part 5: Connectors with self-closing and self-locking gates
28.  SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems 2006
Part 6: System performance tests
29.  SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work places 2006
Part 1: Indoor
30.  SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work places 2008
Part 2: Outdoor
31.  SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work places 2008
Part 3: Lighting requirements for safety and security of
outdoor work places
32.  SS532: Code of Practice for The storage of flammable liquids 2007
33.  SS 536: Code of Practice for The safe use of mobile cranes 2008
(Formerly CP 37)
34.  SS 537: Code of Practice for Safe use of machinery 2008
Part 1: General requirements
35.  SS 537: Code of Practice for Safe use of machinery 2009
Part 2: Woodworking machinery
36.  SS 541: Restraint belts 2008
Amendment 1 (2012)
37.  SS 548: Code of Practice for Selection, use, and maintenance 2009
of respiratory protective devices
(Formerly CP 74)
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THE SCHEDULE –– continued

Year
Approved Codes of Practice Published
38.  SS 549: Code of Practice for Selection, use, care and 2009
maintenance of hearing protectors
(Formerly CP 76)
39.  SS 550: Code of Practice for Installation, operation and 2009
maintenance of electric passenger and goods lifts
(Formerly CP 2)
40.  SS 553: Code of Practice for Air-conditioning and mechanical 2009
ventilation in buildings
(Formerly CP 13)
41.  SS 554: Code of Practice for Indoor air quality for 2009
air-conditioned buildings
42.  SS 557: Code of Practice for Demolition 2010
(Formerly CP 11)
43.  SS 559: Code of Practice for Safe use of tower cranes 2010
(Formerly CP 62)
44.  SS 562: Code of Practice for Safety in trenches, pits and 2010
other excavated areas
45.  SS 567: 2011 Code of Practice for Factory layout –– Safety, 2011
health and welfare considerations
(Formerly CP 27)
46.  SS 568: 2011 Code of Practice for Confined spaces 2011
(Formerly CP 84)
47.  SS 569: Code of Practice for Manual handling 2011
(Formerly CP 92)
48.  SS 570: Specification for Personal protective equipment for 2011
protection against falls from a height –– Single point anchor
devices and flexible horizontal lifeline systems
49.  SS 571: Code of Practice for Energy lockout and tagout 2011
(Formerly CP 91)
50.  SS 573: Code of Practice for The safe use of powered 2012
counterbalanced forklifts (Formerly CP 101)
51.  SS580: Code of Practice for Formwork (Formerly CP 23) 2012
52.  SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for 2008
hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
Part 1: Transport and storage of dangerous goods
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THE SCHEDULE –– continued

Year
Approved Codes of Practice Published
53.  SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for 2008
hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
Part 2: Globally harmonised system of classification and
labelling of chemicals –– Singapore’s adaptations
54.  SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for 2008
hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
Part 3: Preparation of safety data sheets (SDS)
55.  CP 5: Code of Practice for Electrical installations 1998
Amendment 1 (2008)
56.  CP 14: Code of Practice for Scaffolds 1996
57.  CP 20: Code of Practice for Suspended scaffolds 1999
58.  CP 63: Code of Practice for The lifting of persons in work 1996 (2005)
platforms suspended from cranes
59.  CP 79: Code of Practice for Safety management system for 1999
construction worksites
60.  CP 88: Code of Practice for Temporary electrical installations 2001
Part 1: Construction and building sites
61.  CP 88: Code of Practice for Temporary electrical installations 2001
Part 2: Festive lighting, trade-fairs, mini-fairs and exhibition
sites
62.  CP 88: Code of Practice for Temporary electrical installations 2004
Part 3: Shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards
63.  CP 99: Code of Practice for Industrial noise control 2003

Revocation

3.  The Workplace Safety and Health (Approved Codes of Practice)

Notification 2012 is revoked.

Made this 27th day of November 2013.

LEE TZU YANG
Chairman,
Workplace Safety and Health Council,
Singapore.