Company: OTSA
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0001013762-25-002776
Chunk: 196

Company: OTSAW Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 196
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 on any work (i) indefinitely or (ii) until such measures as are required by the CWSH have been taken, to the satisfaction of the CWSH, to remedy any danger so as to enable the work at the workplace to be carried on with due regard to the safety, health and welfare of the persons at work. The Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations of Singapore (“WSH General Regulations”) sets out more specific duties of employers regarding workplace safety and health. For example, employers have the duty to take effective measures to protect persons in the workplace from overcrowding, excessive heat or cold and harmful radiations, or exposure to infectious agents or biohazardous material. The definition of “biohazardous material” includes any substance which contains toxins and any biological waste. Employers must also ensure that there is sufficient ventilation, lighting, floor drainage and sanitary conveniences at the workplace. 123 Under the Workplace Safety and Health (Registration of Factories) Regulations 2008 of Singapore (“WSH Factories Regulations”), any person who occupies or uses any premises as a factory not falling within any of the classes of factories described in the First Schedule of the WSH Factories Regulation shall, before the commencement of operation of the factory, submit a notification to the CWSH informing his intention to occupy or use those premises as a factory. The notification is not subject to any renewal requirements. Under the WSHA and the Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations 2007 of Singapore (“WSHO Regulations”), certain prescribed workplaces as set out in the Second Schedule of the WSHO Regulations are required to appoint a workplace safety and health officer or a workplace safety and health coordinator. Further, under the WSHA and the Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Committee) Regulations (“WSHC Regulations”), certain prescribed workplaces as set out in Section 3 of the WSHC Regulations are required to appoint a workplace safety and health committee. Under the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 of Singapore (“WICA”), an employer is liable to pay compensation in accordance with the provisions thereof for any personal injury caused to an employee by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment. The WICA applies to any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, subject to certain prescribed exclusions. The amount of compensation in respect of any personal injury of an employee caused by accident arising out of and in the course of employment is computed in