Summary of Occupational Safety & Health
(Notification of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence, Occupational Poisoning and Occupational Disease) Regulations 2004
1. Compliance with these regulations shall be deem to have complied with the provisions of:
 | sections 31 and 32 of the Factories and Machinery Act 1967 |
| regulation 13 of the Petroleum (Safety Measures) (Transportation of Petroleum by Pipelines) Regulations 1985; and |
| regulation 23 of the Occupational Safety and Health (Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards) Regulations 1996 |
2. The employer must notify the nearest DOSH office immediately, and send a report on the approved form within seven days whenever any accident arising in connection with work that caused:
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death to any person; or |
| serious bodily injury as specified in the First Schedule, which prevents the person from performing his normal work for more than four calendar days; or |
| where a dangerous occurrence as specified in the Second Schedule has taken placed |
3. The employer must notify the nearest DOSH office on the approved form within seven days, whenever any work accidents has caused bodily injury which prevents the person from performing his normal work for more than four calendar days
4. The employer must inform the Director General of DOSH in writing should an employee who has been involved in an accident described in (2) above, dies within one year of the date of the accident
5. Where a person suffers from or likely suffer from occupational poisonings or occupational diseases specified in column 1 of the Third Schedule and the work as specified, the employer shall send a report to the nearest DOSH office on the approved form within seven days
6. A registered medical practitioner or medical officer attending to the patient who he believes is suffering from occupational poisonings or occupational diseases specified in column 1 of the Third Schedule shall report the matter to the nearest DOSH office on the approved form within seven days, and notify the employer
7. Where an accident or dangerous occurrence causing death, serious bodily injury or serious damage to property, no person unless authorized by DOSH shall remove, interfere or disturb the scene of the incident, except to the extent of saving lives, prevent further injury, maintain access to the site or prevent further damage or serious loss of property or environment
8. All employers shall record and maintain a register, in an approved form, all accidents and dangerous occurrence which have occurred, and all occupational poisoning and occupational disease which have or or are likely to occur
9. Every entry in the records shall be kept for at least 5 years
10. The employer shall send an extract for for the last 12 months from the records every year to the DG before 31st January of the following year
11. The DG may served notice for further information after the initial notification made by the employer
12. Maximum Penalty for non compliance is RM10,000 or 12 months imprisonment or both
Summarised by: SKC Cemerlang Technical Sdn Bhd, Malaysia (E-mail: enquiry@skcct.com)
Disclaimer:- The authors do not guarantee the correctness of the information above. Please refer to the original Act or Regulations or Order. Reference: Malaysian OSHA, OS&H (Notification of Accident, DO, OP and OD) Regulations 2004, Dept. DOSH / JKKP
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