COVID: Action can be taken against workers refusing to get vaccine jabs - Saravanan
Workers who refuse to get their COVID-19 vaccine jabs can face action under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act 1994 for causing an unsafe environment at the workplace.
Fri Sep 03 2021
Bill to amend OSH Act tabled for first reading
Amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act 1994 which aims at extending the application of the law to all workplaces, has been tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat.
Mon Nov 02 2020
Anxious moments for five in Jinjang lift mishap
They entered the lift on their fifth floor of the flats afterwhich the lift is believed to have slowly crashed to the ground floor.
Sat Sep 19 2020
Tobacco Harm Reduction Can Technology Help Smokers Quit?
Tobacco Harm Reduction is a strategy to reduce the harm and risks to smokers and the wider society with an ultimate goal to eliminate smoking and tobacco use. However is this strategy realistic?
Thu Sep 12 2019
MACC arrests Johor civil servant over bribe
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested an assistant director of the Johor Department of Occupational Safety and Health on suspicion of having solicited for and accepted a bribe.
Wed Nov 01 2017
NIOSH will organise nationwide safety campaign in all tahfiz schools
NIOSH will organise a nationwide safety campaign to help on the safety awareness in all tahfiz.
Mon Oct 16 2017
Make safety at workplaces people's agenda - Lam Thye
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has called on the public to implement the occupational safety and health (OSH) management system at all places of work, including schoo
Sat Sep 23 2017
NIOSH to join task force on safety at religious residential schools
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also Home Minister, said the Education Ministry should not be alone in looking into the safety aspects at these schools.
Mon Sep 18 2017
PLUS first to introduce Expressway Operations Safety Passport
The move is part of an initiative to improve and enhance the Occupational Safety and Health practices in the highway industry in general.
Fri Aug 18 2017
Only workers with DOSH recognised competent cert allowed - NIOSH
NIOSH has proposed that only workers possessing competent certificates from training providers registered with the DOSH are allowed to work in confined spaces.
Sat May 27 2017
Sunway Pyramid escalator has been misused - Management
The management says investigation found that the escalator had been misused including by baby strollers, thus showing lack of etiquette as contributing factors to aggravating the incident.
Mon Mar 06 2017
Crocodile attack at farm in Sandakan could have been avoided, says victim's sister
Carol Angkangon, who is the victim's older sister, says the farm where her brother, Rudy Francis Angkangon @ Asraf, 35, was risky and claimed that the farm did not have the necessary security features
Mon Mar 06 2017
Audit safety and health of schools that are older than 20 years - NIOSH
An audit should involve the structure of the building and other infrastructure like laboratory, canteen, field and other facilities to avoid any mishaps in the school compound.
Mon Feb 27 2017
Pedestrian bridge collapse: DOSH issues 'stop work' order
The order was issued to enable investigations to be carried out on the incident which caused the death of a worker and injured five others.
Wed Nov 30 2016
Fatal crane tragedy: DOSH issues stop work order on construction site
The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued a stop work order against a construction site where a crane hook collapsed on top of a car in Jalan Raja Chulan, here yesterday.
Fri Aug 26 2016