SYNOPSIS

In any manufacturing companies there will be many emergency situations which could arise during the operation. Often such emergency happens when you least expect it in this respect being PREPARED for such situation in very important to mitigate the loss to life and property. There are statutory regulations which impose upon manufacturer to put in place a very specific emergency like for example:

•  Manufacturer is categorised as a DESIGNATED building under the Fire Services Act 1988 - Fire
    Services (Fire Certificate) Regulation 2001 an Emergency Response Team must be formalized.
•  Manufacturer under Occupational Safety and Health (Control of Industrial Major Accident
    Hazards) Regulation 1996 requires On-Site Emergency Plan hence various Emergency Response
   Team must be formalized.
•  OSHA Amendment 2022 (Act  A1648), Duties of principal - Section 18A (3)(f) the development
    and implementation of procedures for dealing with emergencies that may arise while the
    persons are at work.

OSHA Amendment 2022 came into effect on 1st June 2024, this additional clause has a significant impact at all workplaces. In this respect compliance with this requirement should be addressed soonest.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Gary Lim Eng Hwa has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mech) from the University of Canterbury in 1978. He started working in the manufacturing environment and had over 20 years working experiences in various capacities as Industrial Engineer/Work Study Engineer, Project Engineer, Maintenance Engineer and Factory Management

He then joined the Insurance industry as a Risk Engineer trained to conduct Fire Risk Assessment in all types of manufacturing industries.
Currently he is a committee member with Building Services Technical Division (BSTD) and Secretary/ Treasurer of Safety in Engineering Special Interest Group (SESIG). In 2016, he attended a certification course and awarded as the Approved ISO31000 Lead Trainer from theGlobal Institute for Risk Management standards G31000.