From 1 June 2024, all construction worksites with a contract value of $5 million and above are required to install VSS.
What is VSS?
A network of cameras, monitors or display units, and recorders used for:
- Surveillance Identification of workplace safety and health (WSH) risks
- Facilitation of incident investigation and corrective actions
- Deterrence of unsafe workplace behaviours
Where are the locations requiring VSS installation?
- Every area, including every floor of a building under construction, where any of the following works is carried out or intended to be carried out:
- Work at height where a person may fall off or through a distance of more than 2 metres
- Erection, dismantling and maintenance of scaffolds and formwork structures
- Excavation works and shoring
- Every area where lifting operations are carried out or intended to be carried out or lifting machines, such as cranes, gondolas or mobile elevated working platforms are used.
- Every area where industrial trucks such as forklifts, excavators or steam rollers are used.
- Every area where vehicular traffic might pose danger to persons carrying out any work.
- Every loading or unloading area.
- Every confined space where any work is carried out or intended to be carried out, if a VSS can be safely installed.
For more information, visit the MOM website at the following LINK.
