SYNOPSIS

The Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022 (Act A1648), which was passed and gazetted in 2022, will come into force on 1 June 2024. The new OSHA Act A1648 is formulated to integrate the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (“OSHA”) and Factories and Machinery Act 1967 (“FMA”) (repealed) to provide a comprehensive safety and health legislation that applies across all industries. This workshop aim to provide an insight into the salient points of the new OSHA Act and explain what the duty holders need to do and how they are involved in management of risk of a construction project. Managing occupational safety and health risks at the planning and design stage is often more effective, easier to sustain, and cheaper to do than making changes later when the hazards become real risks in the workplace. The course will also provide some insight on the compliance, enforcement and challenge of the OSHA (Amendment).


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

1) Ir. Ts. Wong Chee Fui

Ir. Ts. Wong Chee Fui is a Specialist at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). He holds a MSc degree in Highway and Transport Engineering and a B.Eng. Degree in Civil Engineering, both from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Ir. Ts. Wong is a Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (P.Eng),Professional Technologist (P.Tech); Certified Construction Project Manager (CCPM), Honorary Member of AFEO; Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (FIEM), Fellow of Technological Association Malaysia (FTAM), Fellow of ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (FAAET) and Fellow of the Academy of Engineering and Technology of Developing World (AETDEW) Internationally Ir. Ts. Wong is registered as International Professional Engineer (IntPE) , APEC Engineer; ASEAN Engineer and ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE).

Ir. Ts. Wong has been involved in the design, project management and implementation of major construction projects both internationally and locally in which he has gained extensive exposure in the construction sector. His experiences include highway infrastructure design, water supply management, water resources and dam constructions, sewerages, landfills and waste management.


2) Ir. Tajul Ariffin Bin Mohamed Nori

Ir. Tajul has extensive experience in Occupational Safety and Health, majoring in workplace accidents post event such as accident investigations, failure analysis and forensic engineering for more than ten years. Currently he is the Head of Analysis and Research with Forensic Engineering Division, DOSH. Ir. Tajul is a registered Professional Engineer (P. Eng) and ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE). For 15 years, he gained his experience in various workplace accident investigation including the construction industry, demolition works, factories, power plant that involving fatality cases, dangerous occurrence cases, near miss incidents, engineering structures failure, heavy machinery accidents and work-related occupational disease. His contribution in various stages of Malaysia Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) law enforcement from OSH law development, law enforcements to safety and health promotions, ensuring the safety and health of the Malaysia’s workforce are safeguarded and upheld. On the law development and policy setting, Ir. Tajul plays an active role as a technical committee member on risk management regulations, Industrial code of practices as well as guidelines including external committee on Safety and Health Standard Development. He is also a DOSH’s Prosecution officer and also had been called to testify in the court of law as an expert witness for a case involving occupational accident. He was awarded with the Subject Matter Expert (Investigation and Forensic Engineering) by the Special Unit For High Potential And SME (SUPREME) Public Service Department of Malaysia on July 2020.