Summary / Citation: The Minister may by regulations require an employer, an occupier, a registered medical practitioner or any other person to notify or to submit a report to the Commissioner in the event of an accident, a dangerous occurrence or an occupational disease in a prescribed workplace.
(WSH Act, 27(1))
Occupiers and employers are required to notify and report such dangerous occurrences and accidents leading to injury or fatalities.
Notification and Reporting of Deaths and Dangerous Occurrences
Where any accident at a workplace occurs which leads to the death of any employee, the employer of that employee shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.
Where any accident at a workplace occurs which leads to the death of any person who is not at work or of any self-employed person, the occupier of the workplace shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.
The employer or occupier, as the case may be, shall thereafter, but not later than 10 days after the accident, submit a report to the Commissioner.
(WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations, 4)
Where any dangerous occurrence occurs at a workplace, the occupier of the workplace shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the occurrence.
The occupier shall thereafter, but not later than 10 days after the occurrence, submit a report to the Commissioner.
(WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations, 5)
Reporting of Injuries
Where an employee meets with an accident at a workplace, the employer of that employee shall submit a report to the Commissioner of the accident —
(a) in the case where the employee is granted more than 3 days of sick leave (consecutive or otherwise) by a registered medical practitioner on account of that accident, not later than 10 days after the 3rd day of the sick leave; and
(b) in the case where the employee is admitted in a hospital for at least 24 hours for observation or treatment on account of that accident, not later than 10 days after the date of the accident.
Where an employee meets with an accident at a workplace which is reported under paragraph 1, and subsequently dies as a result of the injury, the employer of that employee shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the death.
Where any person who is not at work or any self-employed person meets with an accident at a workplace which requires him to be taken to a hospital for treatment in respect of that injury, the occupier of the workplace shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.
(WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations, 6)
Reporting of Occupational Diseases
Where an employee suffers an occupational disease specified in the Second Schedule to the Act at a workplace, and the
employer of that employee receives a written statement prepared by a registered medical practitioner diagnosing the occupational disease, the employer shall, not later than 10 days after receipt of the written diagnosis, submit a report to the Commissioner.
Any registered medical practitioner who diagnoses any employee with an occupational disease specified in the Second Schedule to the Act shall, not later than 10 days after the diagnosis, submit a report to the Commissioner.
(WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations, 7)
• Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations 2006 (No. S 136). (Regs 4-7)
• Workplace Safety and Health Act (2009 Ed.) (Art. 27 (1))
Related CEACR Comments
• Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Observation 2018
• Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Direct Request 2019
