Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations
Regulation 10
Powers of workplace safety and health officer
The workplace safety and health officer shall, for the purposes of discharging his duties under regulation 9, have the power to do any or all of the following:
to enter, inspect and examine at any reasonable time the workplace;
to inspect and examine any machinery, equipment, plant, installation or article in the workplace;
to require the production of workplace records, certificates, notices and documents kept or required to be kept under the Act, including any other relevant document, and to inspect and examine any of them;
to make such examination and inquiry of the workplace and of any person at work at that workplace as may be necessary to execute his duties;
to assess the levels of noise, illumination, heat or harmful or hazardous substances in the workplace and the exposure levels of persons at work therein;
to investigate any accident, dangerous occurrence or occupational disease that occurred within the workplace.