Summary of Occupational Safety & Health

(Notification of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence, Occupational Poisoning and Occu

pational Disease) Regulations 2004
1. Compliance with these regulations shall be deem to have complied with the pro
visions of:
bullet
sections 31 and 32 of the Factories and Machinery Act 1967
bullet regulation 13 of the Petroleum (Safety Measures) (Transportation of Pet
roleum by Pipelines) Regulations 1985; and
bullet regulation 23 of the Occupational Safety and Health (Control of Industri
al Major Accident Hazards) Regulations 1996

2. The employer must notify the nearest DOSH office immediately, and send a repo
rt on the approved form within seven days whenever any accident arising in conne
ction with work that caused:
bullet
death to any person; or
bullet 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
bullet where a dangerous occurrence as specified in the Second Schedule has tak
en 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 em
ployee 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 disea
ses specified in column 1 of the Third Schedule shall report the matter to the n
earest DOSH office on the approved form within seven days, and notify the employ
er
7. Where an accident or dangerous occurrence causing death, serious bodily injur
y or serious damage to property, no person unless authorized by DOSH shall remov
e, interfere or disturb the scene of the incident, except to the extent of savin
g 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 poi
soning 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 reco
rds every year to the DG before 31st January of the following year
11. The DG may served notice for further information after the initial notificat
ion 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 abo
ve. Please refer to the original Act or Regulations or Order. Reference: Malaysi
an OSHA, OS&H (Notification of Accident, DO, OP and OD) Regulations 2004, Dept.
DOSH / JKKP
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