Scribd
Upload
299 views1 page

Ohs Legal - Ohsa Act 1994

This document outlines the general duties of employers and employees under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 in Malaysia. It states that employers have a duty to ensure the safety, health and welfare of employees at work. This includes providing safe equipment and training. Employees also have responsibilities like taking reasonable care for their own safety, using protective equipment, and following safety instructions. A breach of these duties or responsibilities could result in criminal penalties.

Uploaded by

Nurul Hidayah
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
299 views1 page

Ohs Legal - Ohsa Act 1994

This document outlines the general duties of employers and employees under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 in Malaysia. It states that employers have a duty to ensure the safety, health and welfare of employees at work. This includes providing safe equipment and training. Employees also have responsibilities like taking reasonable care for their own safety, using protective equipment, and following safety instructions. A breach of these duties or responsibilities could result in criminal penalties.

Uploaded by

Nurul Hidayah
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

OHS MS/SB/006/A/2011

OHS LEGAL:
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
PART IV - GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS Section 15 - General duties of employers and self-employed persons to their employees. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer and every self-employed person to ensure, so far as is practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of all his employees. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the matters to which the duty extends include in particular(a) the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, so far as is practicable, safe and without risks to health; (b) the making of arrangements for ensuring, so far as is practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use or operation, handling, storage and transport of plant and substances; (c) the provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is practicable, the safety and health at work of his employees; (d) so far as is practicable, as regards any place of work under the control of the employer or selfemployed person, the maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of the means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks; (e) the provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees that is, so far as is practicable, safe, without risks to health, and adequate as regards facilities for their welfare at work. (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2)(a) "employee" includes an independent contractor engaged by an employer or a self-employed person and any employee of the independent contractor; and (b) the duties of an employer or a self-employed person under subsections (1) and (2) extend to such an independent contractor and the independent contractor's employees in relation to matters over which the employer or self-employed person(i) has control; or (ii) would have had control but for any agreement between the employer or selfemployed person and the independent contractor to the contrary. PART VI - GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES Section 24. General duties of employees at work (1) It shall be the duty of every employee while at work(a) to take reasonable care for the safety and health of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work; (b) to co-operate with his employer or any other person in the discharge of any duty or requirement imposed on the employer or that other person by this Act or any regulation made thereunder; (c) to wear or use at all times any protective equipment or clothing provided by the employer for the purpose of preventing risks to his safety and health; and (d) to comply with any instruction or measure on occupational safety and health instituted by his employer or any other person by or under this Act or any regulation made thereunder. (2) A person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy