Interpretation
by Ida Kamaruddin
1. Assessor
1.1. an employee or any other person appointed by the employer and registered with the Director General to carry out assessments of risks to health
2. Ceiling limit
2.1. the airborne concentration that should not be exceeded during any part of the working day
3. Chemicals
3.1. chemicals elements, or compounds or mixtures thereof, whether natural or synthetic, but does not include micro-organisms
4. Chemical Safety Data Sheet
4.1. a document which contains relevant information on a chemical and is furnished in pursuance of the Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Packaging and Labeling of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997 [P.U (A) 143/97];
5. Engineering control equipment
5.1. any equipment which is used to control exposure of the employees to chemicals hazardous to health and includes local exhaust ventilation equipment, water spray or any other airborne chemical removal and containment equipment;
6. Hygiene technician
6.1. an employee or any other person appointed by the employer and registered with the Director General to carry out any inspection, examination or test on engineering control equipment installed in a place of work or to carry out chemical exposure monitoring
7. medical surveillance
7.1. the monitoring of a person for the purpose of identifying changes in health status due to occupational exposure to chemicals hazardous to health
8. permissible exposure limit
8.1. a ceiling limit or an eight-hour time-weighted average airborne concentration or the maximum exposure limit
9. supplier
9.1. a person who supplies chemicals and include a formulator, a manufacturer, an importer or a distributor
10. airborne concentration
10.1. relation to a chemical means the quantity of a chemical measured in terms of its volume or its mass in a specified volume of air or the number of fibres, if the physicals form of the chemical is fibrous, in specified volume of air which is carried by or through the air
11. Approved
11.1. approved in writing by General Director
12. Chemicals hazardous to health
12.1. any chemical or preparation which
12.1.1. a) is listed in Schedule I or II
12.1.2. b) possesses any of the properties categorised in Part B of Schedule I of the Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Packaging and Labeling of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997 [P.U. (A) 143/97];
12.1.3. c) comes within the definition of "pesticide" under the Pesticides Act 1974 [Act 149]; or
12.1.4. d) is listed in the First Schedule of the Environmental Quality (Schedule Wastes) Regulations 1989 [P.U (A) 139/89];
13. Director General
13.1. the Director General of Occupational Safety and Health appointed under subsection 5(1) of the Act;
14. Health surveillance
14.1. any examination and investigations which may be necessary to detect exposure levels and early biological effects and responses, and includes
14.1.1. biological monitoring
14.1.2. biological effect monitoring
14.1.3. medical surveillance
14.1.4. enquiries about symptoms of occupational poisoning or occupational diseases
14.1.5. review of records and occupational history