Approved Codes of Practice- updated 2012

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (CHAPTER 354A)

WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH

(APPROVED CODES OF PRACTICE) NOTIFICATION 2012

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

12th November 2012.

S/no	Approved Codes of Practice	Year Published
1	Code of Practice for Working Safely at Height 2011	2011
2	Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management 2012	2012
3	Code of Practice on Safe Lifting Operations in the Workplaces	2011
4	SS 98: Specification for Industrial safety helmets	2005
5	SS 280: Specification for Metal scaffoldings Part 1: Frame scaffoldings	2006
6	SS 280: Specification for Metal scaffoldings Part 2: Modular scaffoldings	2009
7	SS 311: Specification for Steel tubes and fittings used in tubular scaffolding	2005
8	SS 473: Specification for Personal eye-protectors Part 1: General requirements	2011
9	SS 473: Specification for Personal eye-protectors Part 2: Selection, use and maintenance	2011
10	SS 497: Code of Practice for Design, safe use and maintenance of gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes and monorail hoists	2011
11	SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs Part 1: Design principles for safety signs in workplaces and public areas	2004
12	SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs Part 3: Safety signs used in workplaces and public areas	2004
13	SS 510: Code of Practice for Safety in welding and cutting (and other operations involving the use of heat) (Formerly CP 50)	2005
14	SS 511: Code of Practice for Diving at work	2010
15	SS 513: Specification for Personal protective equipment — Footwear Part 1: Safety footwear	2005
16	SS 513: Specification for Personal protective equipment — Footwear Part 2: Test methods for footwear	2005
17	SS 514: Code of Practice for Office ergonomics 2005	2005
18	SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems Part 1: Full-body harnesses 2006	2006
19	SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems Part 2: Lanyards and energy absorbers	2006
20	SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems Part 3: Self-retracting lifelines	2006
21	SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems Part 4: Vertical rails and vertical lifelines incorporating a sliding-type fall arrester	2006
22	SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems Part 5: Connectors with self-closing and self-locking gates	2006
23	SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest systems Part 6: System performance tests	2006
24	SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work places Part 1: Indoor	2006
25	SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work places Part 2: Outdoor	2008
26	SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work places Part 3: Lighting requirements for safety and security of outdoor work places	2008
27	SS 532: Code of Practice for The storage of flammable liquids	2007
28	SS 536: Code of Practice for The safe use of mobile cranes (Formerly CP 37)	2008
29	SS 537: Code of Practice for Safe use of machinery Part 1: General requirements	2008
30	SS 537: Code of Practice for Safe use of machinery Part 2: Woodworking machinery	2008
31	SS 541: Restraint belts Amendment 1 (2012)	2008
32	SS 548: Code of Practice for Selection, use, and maintenance of respiratory protective devices (Formerly CP 74)	2009
33	SS 549: Code of Practice for Selection, use, care and maintenance of hearing protectors (Formerly CP 76)	2009
34	SS 550: Code of Practice for Installation, operation and maintenance of electric passenger and goods lifts (Formerly CP 2)	2009
35	SS 553: Code of Practice for Air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation in buildings (Formerly CP 13)	2009
36	SS 554: Code of Practice for Indoor air quality for air-conditioned buildings	2009
37	SS 557: Code of Practice for Demolition (Formerly CP 11)	2010
38	SS 559: Code of Practice for Safe use of tower cranes (Formerly CP 62)	2010
39	SS 562: Code of Practice for Safety in trenches, pits and other excavated areas	2010
40	SS 567: 2011 Code of Practice for Factory layout — Safety, health and welfare considerations (Formerly CP 27)	2011
41	SS 568: 2011 Code of Practice for Confined spaces (Formerly CP 84)	2011
42	SS 569: Code of Practice for Manual handling (Formerly CP 92)	2011
43	SS 570: Specification for Personal protective equipment for protection against falls from a height — Single point anchor devices and flexible horizontal lifeline systems	2011
44	SS 571: Code of Practice for Energy lockout and tagout (Formerly CP 91)	2011
45	SS 573: Code of Practice for The safe use of powered counterbalanced forklifts (Formerly CP 101)	2012
46	SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods Part 1: Transport and storage of dangerous goods	2008
47	SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods Part 2: Globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals — Singapore’s adaptations	2008
48	SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods Part 3: Preparation of safety data sheets (SDS)	2008
49	CP 5: Code of Practice for Electrical installations Amendment 1 (2008)	1998
50	CP 14: Code of Practice for Scaffolds	1996
51	CP 20: Code of Practice for Suspended scaffolds	1999
52	CP 23: Code of Practice for Formwork	2000
53	CP 63: Code of Practice for The lifting of persons in work platforms suspended from cranes	1996 (2005)
54	CP 79: Code of Practice for Safety management system for construction worksites	1999
55	CP 88: Code of Practice for Temporary electrical installations Part 1: Construction and building sites	2001
56	CP 88: Code of Practice for Temporary electrical installations Part 3: Shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards	2004