Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations

Regulation 4

Duty to notify and report accident leading to death

Amended byS 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025S 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025S 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025

Subregulation 1

Where any accident at a workplace occurs which leads to the death of any employee, the employer of that employee shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.

Subregulation 1A

Amended byS 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025

Where any accident at a workplace occurs which leads to the death of any platform worker, the relevant platform operator of that platform worker shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.

Subregulation 2

Where any accident at a workplace occurs which leads to the death of any person who is not at work or of any self-employed person, the occupier of the workplace shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025

The employer, relevant platform operator or occupier, as the case may be, shall thereafter, but not later than 10 days after the accident, submit a report to the Commissioner.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 1018/2024 wef 01/01/2025

In paragraphs (1A) and (3), the relevant platform operator, in relation to a platform worker, is —

(a)

where, at the time of the accident, the platform worker was at work providing one or more platform services for one platform operator — that platform operator; and

(b)

where, at the time of the accident, the platform worker was at work providing one or more platform services for 2 or more platform operators — each of those platform operators.

Regulation 4 — Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations