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What tool do you recommend for ergo assessment?

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Any companies here have embark on eptw? Care to share what failed and what was a success?

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Interesting tech but what has this got to do with industrial hygiene?

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The Aircon here is terrible....so stuffy

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https://www.technogym.com/

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How can we transit better from a “just in case” learning to just in time learning

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Haz Map

IH stat, exposure stats

NIOSH Sound level meter(Iphone users)

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Can we collect respirable and inhalable particulates on the same filter? What analytical method can be used for this?

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When is the OEHS going to have RAIH registration exams? 

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When is the OEHS going to have RAIH registration exams? 

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We keep getting told we can’t apply for RAIH in Singapore due to the lack of volunteers in OEHS to administer the exam and oral assessment. It’s great promoting this but if the organisation doesn’t have the resources to support new registration of IHs then there’s a bigger issue in Singapore. How can the profession progress if new IH can’t be registered?

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Are we considering the full spectrum of an employees health? What about psychosocial health? Noise occupational incidence data is often the low hanging fruit and easy to monitor, how do we go deeper to protect our workers?

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This is a good start

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The WHS+ consultation and audit programme is to help high risk workplaces that use toxic substances and/or workplaces with noisy processes, to manage their WH hazards and reduce workers' exposure risks, via a systematic approach of identification, evaluation, control and review of the measures.

At a glance

Who is required to undergo this programme

Identified workplaces with high exposure to toxic substances and noise are required by MOM to undergo WHS+ consultation and audit programme. Considerations to include workplaces under this programme will be based on hygiene monitoring reports, incidence of occupational diseases (ODs), etc.

What is required under this programme

Companies will be required to carry out the following:

Phase 1: Conduct gap analysis

Gap analysis should be conducted by a consultant or competent person for noise or chemical hazards. This is to identify the gaps in the implementation of Management of Hazardous Chemicals Programme (MHCP) or Hearing Conservation Programme (HCP) at the workplace, and to develop action plans to rectify the identified gaps.

The consultant or competent person appointed should be a Registered Industrial Hygienist (RIH) or Workplace Safety and Health Officer (WSHO) with relevant training and experience in managing occupational health hazards such as chemicals and noise.

You can refer to the list of service providers offering:

Phase 2: Develop control and implementation plan (CIP)

A control and implementation plan (CIP) must be developed and implemented by your company to address the effective control of chemicals or noise at the workplace to reduce your workers' exposure to acceptable levels.

Your company is required to explore possible upstream risk controls (elimination, substitution, and engineering controls) and select suitable and effective risk control solutions to be implemented for identified high-risk work processes at your workplace. You may engage a consultant (e.g. noise control consultant or ventilation design engineer) to advise you on the suitable control measures for your high-risk processes.

A post-implementation toxic substances or noise monitoring is required to be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the control measures implemented. Gaps identified in MHCP or HCP must also be addressed and documented in the CIP.

Phase 3: Conduct third-party audit

Your company is to engage a third-party WSH auditor to audit the completion of gap analysis and CIP. The WSH auditor should be from an auditing organisation accredited by Singapore Accreditation Council to conduct occupational health and safety management system certification and have sufficient competency in auditing.

As part of the audit, WSH auditors will need to ensure that these requirements have been fulfilled:

The action items identified from the gap analysis of MHCP or HCP are addressed.

The risk control measures are comprehensive and properly implemented.

The MHCP or HCP implemented at the workplace are effective in preventing ODs.

The WSH auditor will prepare an audit report, and you are required to submit the audit report to MOM for an exit assessment. The submission should include the completed gap analysis, CIP and WHS+ audit checklist with the post implementation noise or toxic substances monitoring report.

You can refer to the list of service providers offering:

Phase 4: Exit assessment

Your company will exit from WHS+ consultation and audit programme when it demonstrates significant improvement in its WH programmes implementation and ability to reduce your workers' exposures to toxic substances and excessive noise effectively.

Your company's management must also demonstrate their ability to manage WH hazards and maintain or upkeep their WH programmes in their workplaces to prevent ODs.

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Yes, trust is so important in safety, like what the opening speaker mentioned, we need to trust the entire airline and aviation system to step into the plane that is about to take off.