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Regulations
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12.
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16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Prime movers
Electric generator, motor, transmission machinery, etc.
Removal of fencing from machinery
Electrical installation and equipment
Construction and maintenance of fencing or other safeguards
Lock-out procedures
Protective measures relating to tanks, structures, sumps or pits
containing dangerous substances
Self-acting machines
Hoists and lifts
Lifting gears
p. 2
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
Regulation
21.
Lifting appliances and lifting machines
22.
Register of lifting gears, etc.
23.
Measures to be taken to prevent falls
24.
Storage of goods
25.
[Deleted]
26.
Precautions with regard to explosive or flammable dust, gas,
vapour or substance
27.
Conditions before steam boiler, steam receiver, air receiver or
refrigerating plant pressure receiver may be used
28.
Steam boilers
29.
Steam receivers
30.
Steam containers
31.
Air receivers
31A. Extension of time for examination of steam boilers, steam
receivers and air receivers
32.
Periodical examinations when authorised examiner is not
available
33.
Pressure vessel containing hazardous substance
34.
Pipes and equipment conveying certain substances
35.
Gas plants
36.
Repair of pressure vessel
37.
Prevention of fire
38.
Safety provisions in case of fire
PART IV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
Offence
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[2007 Ed. p. 3
Regulation
The Schedules
p. 4
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 5
PART II
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH
Infectious agents and biohazardous material
3.(1) Where any person at work in any workplace carries out any
process, operation or work involving exposure to any infectious
agents or biohazardous material which may constitute a risk to his
health, it shall be the duty of the employer of that person to take
effective measures to protect that person from their harmful effects.
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Ventilation
5.(1) Subject to paragraph (3), it shall be the duty of the occupier
of a workplace to ensure that every workroom of the workplace is
provided with adequate ventilation.
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p. 6
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
(a) for securing and maintaining the circulation of fresh air in the
workplace; and
(b) to render harmless, so far as is reasonably practicable, all
such gases, vapours or other impurities.
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Lighting
6. It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace to provide and
maintain sufficient and suitable lighting, whether natural or artificial,
in every part of the workplace in which persons are at work or passing.
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Drainage of floors
7. In any workplace where any process is carried on which renders
the floor liable to be wet, it shall be the duty of the occupier of the
workplace to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable,
effective means for draining off the wet.
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Sanitary conveniences
8. It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace
(a) to provide, maintain and keep clean, sufficient and suitable
sanitary conveniences for the persons at work in the
workplace; and
(b) to provide and maintain sufficient and suitable lighting for
these sanitary conveniences.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 7
Reduction of vibration
9. In any workplace where persons are at work in any process or
operation which involves exposure to vibration which may constitute
a risk to their health, it shall be the duty of the occupier of the
workplace to provide, so far as is reasonably practicable, effective
means to reduce the vibration.
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PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAFETY
Prime movers
11. Subject to regulation 13, it shall be the duty of the occupier of a
workplace to ensure that in every workplace where a prime mover is
used, every flywheel connected to the prime mover and every moving
part of the prime mover is securely fenced, whether the flywheel or
prime mover is situated in the engine house or not.
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p. 8
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 9
p. 10
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 11
Lock-out procedures
16.(1) It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace to
establish and implement lock-out procedures relating to the
inspection, cleaning, repair or maintenance of any plant, machinery,
equipment or electrical installation in the workplace that, if
inadvertently activated or energised, is liable to cause bodily injury
to any person.
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p. 12
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 13
Self-acting machines
18.(1) It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace to take all
reasonably practicable steps to ensure that any self-acting machine in
the workplace poses no risk to the safety and health of any person
working in the workplace.
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p. 14
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 15
p. 16
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 17
(15) This regulation shall not apply to any lift which has been
inspected and tested under the Building Maintenance and Strata
Management (Lift and Building Maintenance) Regulations 2005
(G.N. No. S 194/2005) and for which a Certificate of Lift
Maintenance and Testing has been lodged with the Commissioner
of Buildings.
Lifting gears
20.(1) No lifting gear of whatever material shall be used in a
workplace unless an authorised examiner has
(a) tested and examined the lifting gear; and
(b) issued and signed a certificate of test and examination,
specifying the safe working load of the lifting gear.
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p. 18
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
(8) Paragraphs (1) and (3) do not apply to any lifting gear which
consists of natural fibre ropes or natural fibre slings.
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[2007 Ed. p. 19
p. 20
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 21
(9) All rails on which a travelling crane moves, and every track on
which the carriage of a transporter or runway moves shall
(a) be of proper size and adequate strength;
(b) have an even running surface;
(c) be properly laid, adequately supported or suspended; and
(d) be properly maintained.
(10) If any person at work at any place in a workplace is on or near
the wheel tracks of an overhead travelling crane where he would be
liable to be struck by the crane, effective measures shall be taken to
ensure that the crane does not approach within 6 metres of that place.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
p. 22
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 23
p. 24
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 25
(3) If loads are to be suspended from the roof of any workplace, the
roof shall be of sufficient strength to carry the loads.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
p. 26
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 27
p. 28
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 29
Steam boilers
28.(1) Every steam boiler shall be
(a) of good construction, sound material and adequate strength;
(b) free from patent defects; and
(c) properly maintained.
(2) Every steam boiler, whether separate or one of a range
(a) shall have attached to it
(i) a suitable safety valve which is
(A) separate from and incapable of being isolated by
any stop-valve;
(B) adjusted so as to prevent the boiler from being
worked at a pressure greater than the safe
working pressure; and
(C) fixed directly, or as close as practicable, to the
boiler;
(ii) a suitable stop-valve connecting the boiler to the steam
pipe;
(iii) a correct steam pressure gauge, connected to the steam
space and easily visible by the boiler attendant,
which
(A) indicates the pressure of steam in the boiler; and
(B) is marked, in a distinctive colour, with the safe
working pressure;
(iv) at least one water gauge of transparent material or any
other type approved by the Commissioner thereof
which
(A) shows the water level in the boiler; and
(B) if the gauge is of the glass tubular type and the
working pressure in the boiler normally exceeds
275 kilo-newtons per square metre, is provided
p. 30
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 31
(9) Any steam boiler using electricity as the only form of power
shall
(a) have attached to it a steam pressure control device which
shall be set to the pressure at or below the maximum
permissible working pressure of the boiler; and
(b) have a safety valve attached to the boiler which shall be
examined and tested by a competent person at least once a
month, and the report on every such test shall be recorded
and shall be made available for inspection at any time by an
inspector.
(10) No person shall enter or be in any steam boiler that is one of a
range of 2 or more steam boilers
(a) unless all inlets through which steam or hot water might
otherwise enter the boiler from any other part of the range are
disconnected from the part; or
(b) unless
(i) all valves or taps controlling such steam and hot water
entry are closed and securely locked; and
(ii) where the boiler has a blow-off pipe in common with
one or more other boilers or which delivers into a
common blow-off vessel or sump, the blow-off valve
or tap on each such boiler is so constructed that it can
only be opened by a key which
(A) cannot be removed until the valve or tap is
closed; and
(B) is the only key in use for that set of blow-off
valves or taps; and
Informal Consolidation version in force from 1/5/2014
p. 32
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 33
p. 34
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
Steam receivers
29.(1) Every steam receiver shall be
(a) of good construction, sound material and adequate strength;
(b) free from patent defects; and
(c) properly maintained.
(2) Every steam receiver that is not constructed and maintained to
safely withstand either the safe working pressure of the steam boiler or
the maximum pressure which can be obtained in the pipe connecting
the receiver with any source of supply, shall be fitted with
(a) a suitable reducing valve or other suitable automatic
appliance to prevent the safe working pressure of the
receiver being exceeded;
(b) a suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit the steam to
escape as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded, or a
suitable appliance for cutting off automatically the supply of
steam as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded;
(c) a correct steam pressure gauge indicating the pressure of
steam in the receiver;
(d) a suitable stop-valve; and
(e) except where only one steam receiver is in use, a plate
bearing a distinctive number which shall be easily visible.
(3) The safety valve and steam pressure gauge referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be fitted either
(a) on the steam receiver; or
(b) on the supply pipe between the receiver and the reducing
valve or other appliance to prevent the safe working pressure
from being exceeded.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) to (d), any set of receivers
supplied with steam through a single pipe and forming part of a single
machine may be treated as one receiver if the set of receivers is fitted
on the single pipe.
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[2007 Ed. p. 35
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (c), any other set of
receivers supplied with steam through a single pipe may be treated as
one receiver if the set of receivers is fitted on the single pipe, provided
that the reducing valve or other appliance to prevent the safe working
pressure being exceeded is fitted on that single pipe.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7) and regulation 31A, every steam
receiver shall be examined by an authorised examiner
(a) at least once every 2 years; and
(b) after any extensive repairs.
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[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
(11) Paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (10) shall not apply to any steam
receiver where the safe working pressure does not exceed 0.5 bar or
the product of its safe working pressure and volume does not exceed
100 bar-litre.
Steam containers
30. The owner of every steam container used in a workplace shall
ensure that the steam container shall be so maintained as to secure that
the outlet is at all times kept open and free from obstruction.
Air receivers
31.(1) Every air receiver shall be of sound construction and
properly maintained.
(2) Every air receiver shall
(a) be conspicuously marked with its safe working pressure;
(b) in the case of a receiver connected with an air compressing
plant
(i) be so constructed as to withstand with safety the
maximum pressure which can be obtained in the
compressor; or
(ii) be fitted with a suitable reducing valve or other
suitable appliance to prevent the safe working pressure
of the receiver from being exceeded;
(c) be fitted with a suitable safety valve so adjusted as to permit
the air to escape as soon as the safe working pressure is
exceeded;
(d) be fitted with an accurate pressure gauge indicating the
pressure in the receiver;
(e) except in the case of a receiver in which substance in the
form of solid or liquid is stored and from which it is forced by
compressed air, be fitted with a suitable appliance for
draining the receiver;
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[2007 Ed. p. 37
p. 38
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 39
p. 40
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 41
Gas plants
35.(1) Every gas plant shall be of sound construction and
properly maintained.
(2) Every gas plant shall be inspected by a competent person before
use and thereafter within such period as the Commissioner may
specify.
(3) Every water-sealed gasholder which has a storage capacity of
not less than 25 cubic metres shall be examined externally by a
competent person at least once every 2 years.
(4) A record of the examination referred to in paragraph (3)
containing such particulars as the Commissioner may determine
shall be entered in or attached to a register.
(5) No gasholder shall be repaired or demolished except under the
direct supervision of a person who
(a) by his training and experience; and
(b) with his knowledge of the necessary precautions against risks
of explosion and of persons being overcome by gas,
is competent to supervise the work.
(6) No gas filling shall be allowed except under the direct
supervision of a person who
(a) by his training and experience; and
p. 42
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 43
(2) The contents of any room in which persons are at work shall be
so arranged or disposed that there is a free passageway for all persons
at work in the room to a means of escape in case of fire.
(3) In every workplace, all doors affording any person at work in a
workplace means of exit from
(a) the workplace;
(b) any room in the workplace; or
(c) any building or enclosure in which the workplace is situated,
shall only be locked or fastened in such a manner that the doors can
easily and immediately be opened from the inside.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
(4) In every workplace, all doors affording means of exit from the
workplace for the persons at work in the workplace shall, except in the
case of sliding doors, be constructed to open outwards.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
p. 44
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
PART IV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE
Toxic dust, fumes or other contaminants
39.(1) Where any process or work carried on in any workplace is
likely to produce or give off any toxic dust, fumes, gas, vapour, mist,
fibre or other contaminants, all reasonably practicable measures shall
be taken to
(a) prevent their accumulation in the workplace; and
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 45
p. 46
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 47
(2) Where the PEL (Short Term) of a toxic substance is not specified
in the First Schedule, the PEL (Short Term) of the substance shall be
deemed to be exceeded if the time weighted average concentration of
the substance measured over a 15-minute period during any working
day exceeds 5 times the PEL (Long Term) of that substance as
specified in that Schedule.
(3) Where there is exposure to more than one toxic substance at the
same time and the substances have similar harmful effects, the
permissible exposure level shall be deemed to have been exceeded if
the sum of the ratios between the time weighted average concentration
and the permissible exposure level of each substance exceeds one.
Hazardous substances
41.(1) All hazardous substances in a workplace shall be placed
under the control of a competent person who has adequate knowledge
of the properties of the hazardous substances and their dangers.
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[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
Warning labels
42. It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace in which there
is any container of hazardous substances to ensure that, so far as is
reasonably practicable, every such container is affixed with one or
more warning labels that conform with
(a) any Singapore Standard relating to the classification and
labelling of hazardous substances; or
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 49
(2) Where any hazardous substance is sold to any person for use in a
workplace, it shall be the duty of the seller or any agent of the seller
who caused or procured the sale to provide the buyer with a safety data
sheet for the substance that
(a) gives accurate and adequate information on the substance;
and
(b) conforms with any Singapore Standard relating to safety data
sheets or such other standards, codes of practice or guidance
as is issued or approved by the Council.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
(3) Any seller or agent of any seller who fails to provide a safety data
sheet under paragraph (2) or any person who provides inaccurate,
inadequate or misleading information in a safety data sheet shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding $10,000.
Exclusion from regulations 41, 42 and 43
44.(1) Regulations 41, 42 and 43 shall not apply in respect of the
use, handling or storage in a workplace, or the sale for use in a
Informal Consolidation version in force from 1/5/2014
2007 Ed.]
p. 50
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
Offence
45. Any person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations
which imposes a duty on him for which no penalty is expressly
provided shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction
to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 2 years or to both.
[S 517/2011 wef 10/09/2011]
FIRST SCHEDULE
Regulations 2 and 40
mg/m
3 b
mg/m3 b
Acetaldehyde
25
45
Acetic acid
10
25
15
37
Acetic anhydride
21
750
1780
1000
2380
Acetone
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 51
4.7
Acetonitrile
40
67
60
101
Acetophenone
10
49
Acetylene tetrabromide
14
Acrolein
0.1
0.23
0.3
0.69
Acrylamide
0.03
Acrylic acid
5.9
4.3
Adipic acid
Adiponitrile
8.8
Aldrin
0.25
Allyl alcohol
4.8
9.5
Allyl chloride
23
10
47
12
18
Metal dust
10
Pyro powders, as Al
Welding fumes, as Al
Soluble salts, as Al
Alkyls, as Al
Aluminium oxide
10
2-Aminopyridine
0.5
1.9
Amitrole
0.2
Ammonia
25
17
35
24
10
20
Ammonium perfluorooctanoate
0.01
Ammonium sulfamate
10
n-Amyl acetate
100
532
sec-Amyl acetate
125
665
Aluminium
p. 52
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
7.6
Anisidine
0.1
0.5
0.5
Antimony trioxide, as Sb
0.5
0.01
0.05
0.16
0.1
(fibre/cc)
Atrazine
Azinphos-methyl
0.2
0.5
Barium sulfate
10
Benomyl
0.84
10
Benzene
3.18
Benzoyl peroxide
Benzyl chloride
5.2
0.002
Biphenyl
0.2
1.3
Undoped
10
Se-doped
Anhydrous
Decahydrate
Pentahydrate
Boron oxide
10
Boron tribromide
10
Boron trifluoride
2.8
Bromacil
10
Aniline
Arsine
Bismuth telluride,
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[2007 Ed. p. 53
0.1
0.66
0.2
1.3
Bromine pentafluoride
0.1
0.72
Bromoform
0.5
5.2
4.4
Butane
800
1900
n-Butanol
50
152
sec-Butanol
100
303
tert-Butanol
100
303
2-Butoxyethanol (EGBE)
25
121
n-Butyl acetate
150
713
200
950
sec-Butyl acetate
200
950
tert-Butyl acetate
200
950
n-Butyl acrylate
10
52
n-Butylamine
15
0.1
25
133
0.1
n-Butyl lactate
30
0.5
1.8
o-sec-Butylphenol
31
p-tert-Butyl toluene
6.1
Elemental
0.01
Compounds
0.002
10
Calcium chromate, as Cr
0.001
Calcium cyanamide
0.5
Calcium cyanide
Calcium hydroxide
Calcium oxide
Calcium silicate
10
1,3-Butadiene
Cadmium, as Cd
p. 54
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
10
Camphor
12
19
Dust
Vapour
23
10
46
Captafol
0.1
Captan
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
0.1
Carbon black
3.5
Carbon dioxide
5000
9000
30,000
54,000
Carbon disulfide
10
31
Carbon monoxide
25
29
Carbon tetrabromide
0.1
1.4
0.3
4.1
Carbon tetrachloride
(Tetrachloromethane)
31
10
63
Carbonyl fluoride
5.4
13
Catechol (Pyrocatechol)
23
Cellulose
10
Cesium hydroxide
Chlordane
0.5
0.5
0.5
Chlorine
0.5
1.5
2.9
Chlorine dioxide
0.1
0.28
0.3
0.83
Chlorine trifluoride
0.1
0.38
Chloroacetaldehyde
3.2
Chloroacetone
3.8
2-Chloroacetophenone (Phenacyl
chloride)
0.05
0.32
Chloroacetyl chloride
0.05
0.23
0.15
0.69
Caprolactam
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 55
10
46
o-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile
0.05
0.39
Chlorobromomethane
(Bromochloromethane)
200
1060
Chlorodifluoromethane
1000
3540
0.5
Chloroform (Trichloromethane)
10
49
0.001
0.0047
1-Chloro-1-nitropropane
10
Chloropentafluoroethane
1000
6320
Chloropicrin
(Trichloronitromethane)
0.1
0.67
;-Chloroprene (2-Chloro-1,3butadiene)
10
36
2-Chloropropionic acid
0.1
0.44
o-Chlorostyrene
50
283
75
425
o-Chlorotoluene
50
259
Chlorpyrifos
0.2
0.5
Water-soluble Cr VI compounds
0.05
Insoluble Cr VI compounds
0.01
0.025
0.16
Clopidol
10
0.2
0.02
Chromyl chloride
p. 56
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
0.1
Cobalt hydrocarbonyl, as Co
0.1
Fume
0.2
0.2
Cresol
22
Crotonaldehyde
5.7
Crufomate
Cumene
50
246
Cyanamide
Cyanogen
10
21
Cyanogen chloride
0.3
0.75
Cyclohexane
300
1030
Cyclohexanol
50
206
Cyclohexanone
25
100
Cyclohexene
300
1010
Cyclohexylamine
10
41
Cyclonite
1.5
Cyclopentadiene
75
203
Cyclopentane
600
1720
DDT
(Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
Decaborane
0.05
0.25
0.15
0.75
Demeton
0.01
0.11
Diacetone alcohol
(4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone)
50
238
Diazinon
0.1
Diazomethane
0.2
0.34
Diborane
0.1
0.11
Copper
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 57
0.5
3.5
0.3
3.5
Dibutyl phosphate
8.6
17
Dibutyl phthalate
Dichloroacetylene
0.1
0.39
o-Dichlorobenzene
25
150
50
301
p-Dichlorobenzene
10
60
1,4-Dichloro-2-butene
0.005
0.025
Dichlorodifluoromethane
1000
4950
1,3-Dichloro-5,5-dimethyl hydantoin
0.2
0.4
1,1-Dichloroethane
(Ethylidene chloride)
100
405
1,2-Dichloroethylene
(Acetylene dichloride)
200
793
Dichloroethyl ether
29
10
58
Dichlorofluoromethane
10
42
1,1-Dichloro-1-nitroethane
12
1,3-Dichloropropene
4.5
2,2-Dichloropropionic acid
5.8
Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
1000
6990
Dichlorvos
0.1
0.90
Dicrotophos
0.25
Dicyclopentadiene
27
Dicyclopentadienyl iron
10
Dieldrin
0.25
0.46
Diethylamine
15
15
45
2-Diethylaminoethanol
9.6
Diethylene triamine
4.2
Diethyl ketone
200
705
Diethyl phthalate
Diethanolamine
p. 58
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
100
858
0.1
0.53
25
145
Diisopropylamine
21
N,N-Dimethyl acetamide
10
36
Dimethylamine
9.2
15
27.6
Dimethylaniline
(N,N-Dimethylaniline)
25
10
50
Dimethylformamide
10
30
1,1-Dimethylhydrazine
0.5
1.2
Dimethylphthalate
Dimethyl sulfate
0.1
0.52
Dinitolmide (3,5-Dinitro-otoluamide)
Dinitrobenzene
0.15
1.0
Dinitro-o-cresol
0.2
Dinitrotoluene
0.15
Dioxane
25
90
Dioxathion
0.2
Diphenylamine
10
100
606
150
909
Dipropyl ketone
50
233
Total dust
0.5
Respirable dust
0.1
10
Disulfiram
Disulfoton
0.1
2,6-Di-tert-butyl-p-cresol
10
Diuron
10
Diquat
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 59
10
53
Emery
10
Endosulfan
0.1
Endrin
0.1
Enflurane
75
566
7.6
EPN
0.1
1000
1880
Ethanolamine
7.5
15
Ethion
0.4
2-Ethoxyethanol (EGEE)
18
27
Ethyl acetate
400
1440
Ethyl acrylate
20
15
61
Ethylamine
9.2
15
27.6
25
131
Ethyl benzene
100
434
125
543
Ethyl bromide
22
50
234
1000
2640
Ethylene chlorohydrin
3.3
Ethylenediamine (1,2Diaminoethane)
10
25
10
40
Ethylene glycol
50
127
0.05
0.31
1.8
Ethylenimine
0.5
0.88
400
1210
500
1520
Ethyl chloride
p. 60
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
100
303
Ethylidene norbornene
25
0.5
1.3
N-Ethylmorpholine
24
Ethyl silicate
10
85
Fenamiphos
0.1
Fensulfothion
0.1
Fenthion
0.2
Ferbam
10
Ferrovanadium dust
10
Fluorides, as F
2.5
Fluorine
1.6
3.1
Fonofos
0.1
Formaldehyde
0.3
0.37
Formamide
10
18
Formic acid
9.4
10
19
Furfural
7.9
Furfuryl alcohol
10
40
15
60
Gasoline
300
890
500
1480
Germanium tetrahydride
0.2
0.63
Glutaraldehyde
0.2
0.82
Glycerin mist
10
Glycidol (2,3-Epoxy-1-propanol)
25
76
Hafnium
0.5
Halothane
50
404
0.05
Heptane
400
1640
500
2050
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 61
0.025
Hexachlorobutadiene
0.02
0.21
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
0.01
0.11
Hexachloroethane
9.7
Hexachloronaphthalene
0.2
Hexafluoroacetone
0.1
0.68
0.005
0.034
1,6-Hexanediamine
0.5
2.3
Hexane (n-Hexane)
50
176
Other isomers
500
1760
1000
3500
sec-Hexyl acetate
50
295
Hexylene glycol
25
121
Hydrazine
0.1
0.13
Hydrogenated terphenyls
0.5
4.9
Hydrogen bromide
9.9
Hydrogen chloride
7.5
Hydrogen cyanide
4.7
Hydrogen fluoride
2.6
Hydrogen peroxide
1.4
Hydrogen selenide
0.05
0.16
Hydrogen sulfide
10
14
15
21
2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate
0.5
2.8
Indene
10
48
0.1
Iodine
0.1
1.0
Iodoform
0.6
10
Iron pentacarbonyl, as Fe
0.1
0.23
0.2
0.45
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexamethylene diisocyanate
p. 62
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
100
532
Isoamyl alcohol
100
361
125
452
Isobutyl acetate
150
713
Isobutyl alcohol
50
152
Isooctyl alcohol
50
266
Isophorone
28
0.005
0.045
Isoproproxyethanol
25
106
Isopropyl acetate
250
1040
310
1290
Isopropyl alcohol
400
983
500
1230
Isopropylamine
12
10
24
N-Isopropylaniline
11
Isopropyl ether
250
1040
310
1300
50
238
75
356
Ketene
0.5
0.86
1.5
2.6
0.15
Lead arsenate
0.15
as Pb
0.05
as Cr
0.012
Lindane
0.5
Lithium hydride
0.025
1000
1800
Magnesite
10
10
Malathion
10
0.25
1.0
Isophorone diisocyanate
Lead chromate
Maleic anhydride
Manganese, as Mn
Dust and compounds
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 63
Manganese cyclopentadienyl
tricarbonyl, as Mn
0.1
Alkyl compounds
0.01
0.03
Aryl compounds
0.1
0.025
Mesityl oxide
15
60
25
100
Methacrylic acid
20
70
200
262
250
328
Methomyl
2.5
Methoxychlor
10
2-Methyoxyethanol (EGME)
16
24
4-Methoxyphenol
Methyl acetate
200
606
250
757
1000
1640
Methyl acetylene-propadiene
mixture
(MAPP)
1000
1640
1250
2050
Methyl acrylate
10
35
Methylacrylonitrile
2.7
1000
3110
Methylamine
6.4
15
19
50
233
N-Methyl aniline
0.5
2.2
Methyl bromide
19
40
144
20
Mercury
Methylal (Dimethoxymethane)
p. 64
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
50
103
100
207
Methyl 2-cyanoacrylate
9.1
18
Methylcyclohexane
400
1610
Methylcyclohexanol
50
234
0-Methylcyclohexanone
50
229
75
344
2-Methylcyclopentadienyl
manganese tricarbonyl, as Mn
0.2
Methyl demeton
0.5
0.005
0.051
50
174
0.01
0.11
0.005
0.054
4,4-Methylene dianiline
0.1
0.81
200
590
300
885
0.2
1.5
Methyl formate
100
246
150
368
Methyl hydrazine
0.2
0.38
Methyl iodide
12
50
234
25
104
40
167
50
205
75
307
Methyl isocyanate
0.02
0.047
200
705
0.5
0.98
Methyl methacrylate
100
410
Methyl parathion
0.2
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 65
200
705
250
881
Methyl silicate
;Methyl styrene
50
242
100
483
Metribuzin
Mevinphos (Phosdrin)
0.01
0.092
0.03
0.27
10
Soluble compounds
Insoluble compounds
10
Monocrotophos
0.25
Morpholine
20
71
Naled (Dimethyl-1,2-dibromo-2,2
dichloroethyl phosphate)
Naphtha
300
1370
Naphthalene
10
52
15
79
Metal
Insoluble compounds, as Ni
Soluble compounds, as Ni
0.1
0.05
0.12
Nickel sulfide, as Ni
Nicotine
0.5
10
20
Nitric acid
5.2
10
Nitric oxide
25
31
p-Nitroaniline
Nitrobenzene
p-Nitrochlorobenzene
0.1
0.64
Nitroethane
100
307
Molybdenum, as Mo
Nickel
Nickel carbonyl, as Ni
p. 66
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
5.6
9.4
Nitrogen trifluoride
10
29
Nitroglycerin (NG)
0.05
0.46
Nitromethane
20
50
1-Nitropropane
25
91
2-Nitropropane
10
36
Nitrotoluene
11
Nitrous oxide
50
90
Nonane
200
1050
Nuisance particulates
10
Octachloronaphthalene
0.1
0.3
Octane
300
1400
375
1750
10
0.0002
0.0016
0.0006
0.0047
Oxalic acid
Oxygen difluoride
0.05
0.11
Ozone
0.1
0.20
Total dust
0.5
Respirable dust
0.1
Parathion
0.1
0.005
0.013
0.015
0.039
Pentachloronaphthalene
0.5
Pentachloronitrobenzene
0.5
Pentachlorophenol
0.5
Pentaerythritol
10
Pentane
600
1770
750
2210
Perchloroethylene
(Tetrachloroethylene)
25
170
100
685
Perchloromethyl mercaptan
0.1
0.76
Osmium tetroxide, as Os
Paraquat
Pentaborane
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 67
13
25
Perfluoroisobutylene
0.01
0.082
Perlite
10
Phenol
19
Phenothiazine
Phenylenediamine
0.1
Phenyl ether
14
0.1
0.6
Phenylhydrazine
0.1
0.44
Phenyl mercaptan
0.5
2.3
Phenylphosphine
0.05
0.23
Phorate
0.05
0.2
Phosgene
0.1
0.40
Phosphine
0.3
0.42
1.4
Phosphoric acid
Phosphorus
0.02
0.1
Phosphorus oxychloride
0.1
0.63
Phosphorus pentachloride
0.1
0.85
Phosphorus pentasulfide
Phosphorus trichloride
0.2
1.1
0.5
2.8
Phthalic anhydride
6.1
m-Phthalodinitrile
Picloram
10
0.1
Pindone (2-Pivalyl-1,3-indandione)
0.1
Piperazine dihydrochloride
Metal
Soluble salts, as Pt
0.002
Portland cement
10
Platinum
p. 68
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
Potassium hydroxide
Propargyl alcohol
2.3
-Propiolactone
0.5
1.5
Propionic acid
10
30
Propoxur
0.5
n-Propyl acetate
200
835
250
1040
n-Propyl alcohol
200
492
250
614
Propylene dichloride
(1,2-Dichloropropane)
75
347
110
508
0.05
0.34
100
369
150
553
Propylene imine
4.7
20
48
n-Propyl nitrate
25
107
40
172
Pyrethrum
Pyridine
16
Quinone
0.1
0.44
Resorcinol
10
45
20
90
Metal
Insoluble compounds, as Rh
Soluble compounds, as Rh
0.01
Ronnel
10
Rotenone
Rouge
10
0.2
0.05
0.16
10
10
Rhodium
Selenium hexafluoride
Sesone
Silica-Amorphous
Diatomaceous earth (uncalcined)
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 69
10
0.1
Silica gel
10
0.05
0.1
0.05
0.1
Silicon
10
Silicon carbide
10
Silicon tetrahydride
6.6
Metal
0.1
Soluble compounds, as Ag
0.01
Respirable dust
Total dust
0.29
vapour
0.11
Sodium bisulfite
Sodium cyanide
Sodium fluoroacetate
0.05
Sodium hydroxide
Sodium metabisulfite
Starch
10
Stearates
10
Stibine
0.1
0.51
Stoddard solvent
100
525
Strontium chromate
0.0005
Silica-Crystalline
Silver
Soapstone
p. 70
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
0.15
50
213
100
426
Subtilisins
0.00006
Sucrose
10
Sulfometuron methyl
Sulfotep
0.2
Sulfur dioxide
5.2
13
1000
5970
Sulfuric acid
Sulfur monochloride
5.5
Sulfur pentafluoride
0.01
0.10
Sulfur tetrafluoride
0.1
0.44
Sulfuryl fluoride
21
10
42
Sulprofos
Talc
0.1
0.02
0.10
Temephos
10
Terephthalic acid
10
0.004
0.047
Terphenyls
0.53
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloro-2,2difluoroethane
500
4170
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloro-1,2difluoroethane
500
4170
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
6.9
Tetrachloronaphthalene
Tetraethyl lead, as Pb
0.1
Tetrahydrofuran
200
590
250
737
Sulfur hexafluoride
Tellurium hexafluoride
TEPP
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 71
0.15
Tetramethyl succinonitrile
0.5
2.8
0.005
0.04
Tetrasodium pyrophosphate
Tetryl (2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl
methylnitramine)
1.5
0.1
4,4-Thiobis (6-tert-butyl-m-cresol)
10
Thioglycolic acid
3.8
Thioyl chloride
4.9
Thiram
Metal
Organic compounds, as Sn
0.1
0.2
Titanium dioxide
10
Toluene (Toluol)
50
188
0.005
0.036
0.02
0.14
8.8
Tributyl phosphate
0.2
2.2
Trichloroacetic acid
6.7
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
37
1,1,1-Trichloroethane (Methyl
chloroform)
350
1910
450
2460
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
10
55
Trichloroethylene
50
269
100
537
Trichlorofluoromethane
1000
5620
Trichloronaphthalene
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
10
60
1000
7670
1250
9590
Tetranitromethane
Tin
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (TDI)
Toluidine
1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane
p. 72
2007 Ed.]
[CAP. 354A, Rg 1
Triethylamine
4.1
20.7
1000
6090
Trimellitic anhydride
0.04
Trimethylamine
12
15
36
Trimethyl benzene
25
123
Trimethyl phosphite
10
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT)
0.5
Triorthocresyl phosphate
0.1
Triphenyl amine
Triphenyl phosphate
Insoluble compounds
10
Soluble compounds
Turpentine
100
566
0.2
0.6
n-Valeraldehyde
50
176
0.05
10
Vinyl acetate
10
35
15
53
Vinyl bromide
22
13
4-Vinyl cyclohexene
0.1
0.4
10
57
20
20
79
Vinyl toluene
50
242
100
483
Warfarin
0.1
Trifluorobromomethane
Tungsten, as W
Uranium
CAP. 354A, Rg 1]
[2007 Ed. p. 73
Hard wood
Soft wood
10
Xylene
100
434
150
651
m-Xylene ;, ;1-diamine
0.1
Xylidine (dimethylaminobenzene)
0.5
2.5
Zinc chromates, as Cr
0.01
Fume
10
Dust
10
10
Welding fumes
Wood dust
Zinc oxide
Notes:
(a) ppm means parts of the substance per million parts of contaminated air by
volume; and
(b) mg/m3 means milligrammes of the substance per cubic metre of
contaminated air.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Deleted by S 609/2009, wef 01/03/2010.
[G.N.No.S 134/2006]
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH (GENERAL
PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS
(CHAPTER 354A, RG 1)
This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the
Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations. It is not part of
these Regulations.
1. G. N. No. S 134/2006 Workplace Safety and Health (General
Provisions) Regulations 2006
Date of commencement
: 1 March 2006
: 1 October 2007
: 1 November 2009
: 1 March 2010
: 10 September 2011
: 1 May 2014