Malaysia legislation

Section 54

of OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 54

The principal Act is amended by inserting after the

Third Schedule the following schedules:

“Fourth Schedule

[Subsection 3(1)]

Quoted provision

Section 1

Emasculation

Quoted provision

Section 2

Permanent privation of the sight of either eye

Quoted provision

Section 3

Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear

Quoted provision

Section 4

Privation of any member or joint

Quoted provision

Section 5

Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint

Quoted provision

Section 6

Permanent disfiguration of the head or face

Quoted provision

Section 7

Fracture or dislocation of a bone

Quoted provision

Section 8

Amputation of the arm, hand, finger, thumb, leg, foot or toe

Quoted provision

Section 9

Any crush injury to the head or torso causing damage to the brain or internal organs in the chest or abdomen

Quoted provision

Section 10

Any burn injury (including scalding/any injury to the scalp) which—

(a)

covers more than 10% of the whole body’s total surface area; or

(b)

causes significant damage to the eyes, respiratory system or other vital organs

Quoted provision

Section 11

Any degree of scalding which requires treatment by a registered medical practitioner

Quoted provision

Section 12

Any other injury arising from working in an enclosed space which leads to hypothermia or heat-induced illness

Quoted provision

Section 13

Loss of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia (lack of oxygen)

Quoted provision

Section 14

Electrical injury

Quoted provision

Section 15

Loss of consciousness or acute illness from absorption, inhalation or ingestion of any substance which requires treatment by a registered medical practitioner

Quoted provision

Section 16

Any case of acute ill health where there is reason to believe that this resulted from exposure to isolated pathogen or infected material

Quoted provision

Section 17

Any other work related injury or burn injury which results in the person injured being admitted immediately into hospital for more than 24 hours

Fifth Schedule

[Paragraph 31b(1)(a)]

Activities

Quoted provision

Section 1

To fabricate, install, erect, dismantle, test, inspect, maintain, repair or service any plant or engineering control equipment

Quoted provision

Section 2

To operate, handle or be in charge of any plant

Quoted provision

Section 3

To carry out medical surveillance and health examination

Quoted provision

Section 4

To conduct health risk assessment for any chemical that is hazardous to health

Quoted provision

Section 5

To conduct indoor air quality assessment

Quoted provision

Section 6

To monitor or test work environment, plant or place of work including chemical exposure monitoring, noise monitoring and audio metric testing

Quoted provision

Section 7

To conduct any occupational safety and health training, assessment or examination”.

Savings

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