Category: Workplace Safety and Health

What is dental amalgam? What are the benefits and potential risks?

September 30, 2022November 17, 2022 Sheryl Lim

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dental amalgam constitutes a potentially significant source of exposure to elemental mercury, with estimates of daily intake from amalgam restorations ranging from 1 to 27 μg/day. Also, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) suggested that exposure to mercury may have long-term health effects like many chronic diseases are…

Workplace Safety and Health

What is heat stroke?

July 15, 2022November 11, 2022 Sheryl Lim

What is heat stroke? And how to manage it ? In particular, infants or young children who are unattended in a locked car may suffer heat-related illness quickly, since the indoor temperature of a locked car can rise to dangerous levels even in moderate weather. Among older children and teens, heat stroke or heat-related illness…

Good Facilities Management Provided a Safe Built Environment During COVID-19

June 1, 2022November 14, 2022 Sheryl Lim

Over two years ago a visitor from Wuhan, who arrived in Singapore, in January 2020, was confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to be the first COVID-19 case in Singapore. In February, Singapore confirmed its first local transmissions, and the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level was raised to Orange. As local transmissions…

Workplace Safety and Health

Modern Features on Instruments to Improve your Noise Monitoring Exercise

March 1, 2022November 14, 2022 Sheryl Lim

In the World Report on Hearing, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that up to 401 million people in Southeast Asia have some hearing loss level and further estimated the number to grow to more than 666 million by 2050(1). In the same report, WHO reported that occupational exposure to hazardous noise levels remains…

Workplace Safety and Health

A Holistic Approach to Manage Workplace Health

January 12, 2022November 14, 2022 Sheryl Lim

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Noise-Induced Deafness and Occupational Skin Diseases remained the top three leading occupational diseases over the past decade in Singapore. They collectively account for close to 90% of all reported occupational diseases. Good Occupational Hygiene measures combined with good ergonomics design can help organisations reduce the risk of occupational diseases. For full article…

Ergonomics, Workplace Safety and Health

A Hierarchical Approach to Prevent Combustible Dust Explosion

December 1, 2021November 14, 2022 Sheryl Lim

In their recent report by combustible dust fire and explosion hazards research organization Dust Safety Science, in the first half of 2021 alone, 51 combustible dust fires and 28 dust explosions worldwide occurred. These incidents led to 44 people being injured and eight fatalities. Dust Safety Science started collecting this data in 2016 and reported…

Workplace Safety and Health

Working from home… Who is responsible for my safety & health?

June 1, 2020November 14, 2022 Sheryl Lim

“Telecommuting”, “Remote Working” or simply working from home (WFH) is becoming the default mode of working for many organisations throughout the world during the current COVID-19 Pandemic. While many are new to experiencing working from home, this is not at all a new working model. For full article on World of Safety and Health (WSH)…

Workplace Safety and Health