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 Singapore: back to safety

Wednesday 4th January 2023
After years of steady decline, workplace fatalities in the country rose significantly in 2021-22. We explore the potential causes and the action being taken.
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 Singapore eyes directors’ duties’ ACoP to tackle safety culture after spike in fatalities

Monday 8th August 2022
A senior government minister in Singapore has issued a warning to company directors that they face prosecution for health and safety failures, as the government considers a new Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) on directors’ duties
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 How the Roben’s report has influenced safety in Singapore

Thursday 17th March 2022
The risk-based OSH regulatory system introduced by the Robens report, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has influenced other countries to revamp their legislation. IOSH Magazine speaks to Ho Siong Hin, Senior Director at International WSH, to find out how Singapore has taken Robens’ philosophy forward.
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The Singapore government has revised safe management measures for employers to control a rise in COVID-19 infections in workplaces.

 Singapore revises safe management measures to prevent COVID-19 rise

Friday 24th September 2021
The Singapore government has revised safe management measures for employers to control a rise in COVID-19 infections in workplaces.
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 Respect among cultures

Thursday 14th January 2021
With a career that has seen him in roles at national and multinational level, Craig Docherty GradIOSH explains why respecting cultural differences – both within and beyond the workplace – is crucial.
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OSH standards in construction across the Middle East and North Africa are in the spotlight

 Stakeholder engagement: a partnership for positive change

Friday 28th August 2020
Health, safety and wellbeing standards in the construction industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is under the spotlight.
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 IOSH to unveil new strategy at Middle East Conference

Thursday 13th April 2017
IOSH will present its new five-year strategy, charting how the profession can continue to progress up to 2022, at its annual Middle East Conference in Doha, Qatar on 27 April 2017. IOSH has chosen the Middle East as the launch-pad for this new strategy because of the region’s growth and increasing drive to cut workplace accidents and work-related illness.
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 UAE health and safety qualifications review calls on IOSH expertise

Friday 31st March 2017
Members of the Institution’s UAE Branch are working with the Abu Dhabi Vocational Education and Training Institute (ADVETI) and the UAE National Qualifications Authority (NQA) on the development of the National EHS (environment, health and safety) Framework.The review is examining the qualification framework, which ranges from a Level 3 certificate up to a Level 6 diploma. Two branch meetings, one in Abu Dhabi and the other in Dubai, have provided members with the opportunity to take part in the review.
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 Edinburgh’s tram operator scoops health and safety award

Friday 10th March 2017
Edinburgh Trams won the ‘Excellence in Health and Safety’ accolade for its robust policies to ensure both employees and customers do not come to harm.The judging panel, made up of members of IOSH’s Edinburgh Branch committee, were particularly impressed by how the firm tackled the issue of ‘tram surfing’, which sees people cling to the side of moving trams. The firm designed carriage doors to prevent this from happening.
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 Business leaders briefed on hazardous substances safety

Tuesday 7th March 2017
A meeting of the Yorkshire Branch of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) was told that those doing the assessment should also obtain information on the “physicochemical properties”.Dr Richard Goff, Risk Assessor and Process Engineer at the Health and Safety Laboratory, said this information should include flammable limits, flashpoints, boiling points and minimum ignition energies.He said that organisations should always look to use less hazardous substances where possible.
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