Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 5 · Machinery, Equipment or Hazardous Substances
Feedback & supportFIFTH SCHEDULESections 16(9), 17(7) and 64(1)Machinery, Equipment or Hazardous SubstancesPart 1Machinery and Equipment
machinery
“machinery” includes —(a)any oil engine, gas engine, steam engine, and any other machine in which mechanical movement, either linear or rotated or both, takes place;(b)any steam boiler, gas cylinder, air receiver, steam receiver, steam container or refrigerating plant pressure receiver;(c)any appliance for transmission of power by ropes, belts, chains, driving straps or bands or gearing; and(d)any electrical generator or electrical motor,but does not include any machinery used solely for the propulsion of vehicles;
1. Scaffolds and any materials or components used to erect them
2. All lifting equipment
3. Forklifts
4. Power presses
5. Bar-benders, sheet benders and sheet rollers[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]6. Any equipment or piping intended for operation under pressure, including all statutory pressure vessels
7. Any equipment or piping intended to contain corrosive, toxic or flammable substances
8. Welding equipment, including any accessory, apparatus or fitting necessary to enable its use
9. Materials or components used for the construction of support structures
10. Explosive powered tools
11. Equipment used for abrasive blasting, including any accessory, apparatus or fitting necessary to enable its use and operation[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]12. Lathes and milling machines[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]13. Machines designed for industrial use for any of the following purposes:
cutting, including table saws and slicing machines;
packaging, including palletisers, balers and compactors;
mixing by mechanical movement, including paddle mixers and ribbon mixers;
handling or processing food, including grinders, mincers, blenders and juicers[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]Part 2Hazardous Substances
1. Corrosive substances
2. Flammable substances
3. Explosives
4. Oxidising substances
5. Pyrophoric substances
6. Gases under pressure
7. Organic peroxides
8. Self heating substances
9. Self-reactive substances
10. Substances which in contact with water, emit flammable gases
11. Toxic substances
12. Mutagens
13. Carcinogens
14. Teratogens
15. Sensitizers
16. Irritants
17. Substances hazardous to aquatic environment[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]18. Combustible dust[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]Part 3DEFINITIONSIn this Schedule —“abrasive” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 607/2008);“blasting” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008;“combustible dust” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations (Rg 1);“toxic substance” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations.[S 929/2024 wef 01/01/2025]
workplace
“workplace” means any premises where a person is at work or is to work, for the time being works, or customarily works, and includes a factory.(2) Subject to this section,