'Construction accidents and deaths have to stop'

Mohd Azizi presenting a memento to the Security Audit Unit, which will be in charge of auditing construction sites in Petaling Jaya.

PETALING Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has become the first local council in Selangor to launch its own occupational health and safety guidelines to better safeguard workers from accidents at worksites.

The new guidelines and SOP, drafted based on the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001 certification, will be implemented immediately and apply to all future construction applications, be it from in-house or third-party developers.