Singapore legislation

Regulation 36

of Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008

Regulation 36

Duty to report incompatible work

Subregulation 1

It shall be the duty of any person who is aware of any work being carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour which is incompatible with any hot-work being carried out thereat to immediately report the incompatible work to his supervisor, the workplace safety and health officer, the workplace safety and health co-ordinator or the ship repair manager who issued the hot-work permit in respect of that hot-work.

Subregulation 2

In paragraph (1), any work in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour which is carried out at or in the vicinity of any hot-work and which is likely to pose a risk to the safety or health of persons at work in the shipyard or on board the ship in the harbour shall be treated as incompatible work.