POLICY, STANDARD, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (PSR&D)

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Formulate and develop health and safety policies.


• Implement health and safety policies.


• Develop safety standards, guidelines, codes of practice, standard operating procedures and regulations.


• Review and update set safety standards and guidelines.


• Develop and cascade harmonized safety policies between interrelated Ministries, Departments and Agencies.


• Conduct research and development on occupational hazards and their impact on health and safety.


• Conduct research on prevention and control of emerging risks at the workplace and the environment.


• Develop technical solutions to mitigate risk factors arising from industrial, health and environmental hazards.


• Conduct research on workplace safety standards towards effective mitigation of hazards and risks.


• Collate, process, analyze and interpret accident and incident data, parameters and resultant outcomes from workplace activities.


• Generate a data base of occurrences, outcomes and reports of workplace accidents and incidents.


• Generate a data base of the functions and report of activities of the departments and units of the Commission.


• Manage the operations of E- library which consists of safety policies, documents, manuals, handbooks, guidelines, standards, regulations, safety gallery and exhibitions.