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Singapore Standards and Codes of Practice
Title
Environment and Resources
Code of Practice on Environmental Health
Code of Practice for Environmental Control
Officers for Construction Sites
Code of Practice for Environmental Control
Coordinators
Code of Practice for Licensed General Waste
Collectors
Code of Practice for the Control of Legionella
Bacteria in Cooling Towers
Code of Practice on Sewerage and Sanitary
Works
Code of Practice on Surface Water Drainage
SS 587: Management of end-of-life ICT
equipment
SS 593: Code of practice for pollution control
SS 603: Code of practice for hazardous waste
management (Formerly CP 100)
SS 636: Code of Practice for Water Services
SS ISO 14001: Environmental management
systems - Requirements with guidance for use
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2021 NEA The Code of Practice on Environmental Health (COPEH) contains information on the essential design
criteria which should be met to satisfy environmental health requirements in the design of refuse storage
and collection systems, public toilets, food retail outlets, supermarkets, food catering outlets, markets,
swimming pools and dormitories.
2021 NEA This COP spells out the roles and responsibilities of ECOs (CS) and occupiers and provides a reference
to guide them in their daily work.
2021 NEA This Code of Practice for ECCs spells out their roles and that of the PMs, their responsibilities and what
is expected from them. It also serves as a guide to ECCs for the development and execution of an ES
programme for specified premises.
1999 NEA This COP provides guidelines on what is good practice in the waste collection business. Licensed
(2008) general waste collectors are expected to adhere to these guidelines so as to improve the standards of
their operations and raise the professionalism of the services rendered.
2001 NEA This COP provides guidelines for the prevention and control of legionella bacteria in cooling towers in
order to minimise the occurrence and risk of outbreaks of legionnaires disease.
2019 PUB This COP is issued under Section 33 of the Sewerage and Drainage Act. This guides the Qualified
Persons in the proper planning and design of the sanitary and sewerage system. In stipulating only the
minimum and mandatory design requirements to be complied with, it hopes that the Qualified Persons
will exercise flexibility and creativity in their designs without compromising on functional and maintenance
needs. Some good engineering practices in the planning, design and construction of the sanitary and
sewerage system are also given in this code.
2018 PUB This COP contains information on basic planning, design and procedural requirements for surface water
drainage. It specifies the minimum engineering requirements for the provision of functional facilities for
surface water drainage.
2013 ESG SS 587 specifies the requirements of a certifiable management system for organisations to
responsibly handle ICT equipment no longer in use. It provides organisations with a recognised
framework to manage end-of-life ICT equipment so as to reduce environmental impact. The
framework is aligned with established international management system standards, and is based on
the Plan-Do-Check-Act continual improvement approach.
2013 ESG SS 593 Specifies the recommended pollution control requirements and good practices to safeguard
clean air, clean land, clean water and a quality living environment. Includes siting requirements for
various types of developments, management of hazardous substances and toxic industrial wastes, and
land contamination and remediation.
2021 ESG SS 603 sets out the procedures and practices for safe management and handling of hazardous wastes
generated from industrial, institutional and other work activities. Also sets out the requirements for
collection, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes. Makes reference to bio-
hazardous and radioactive wastes and other specialised types of waste.
2018 ESG SS 638 deals with services for the supply of potable water to all residential, commercial and industrial
A1 2019 buildings/premises. Scope extends from the Authority’s water supply to the point where the water is
A2 2020 drawn off for use, including storage. Does not cover all aspects of services for the supply of water for
A3 2020 firefighting.
A4 2021
2015 ESG SS ISO 14001: 2015 Specifies the requirements of an environmental management system for
organisations seeking to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve a framework with the
aim to manage its environmental responsibilities in a manner that contributes to the ‘environmental pillar’
of sustainability. It is applicable to any organisation regardless of size, type and nature and applies to the
environmental aspects that the organisation determines it can either control or can influence considering
a life cycle perspective. Does not state specific environmental performance criteria, nor does it increase
or change an organisation’s legal obligations.
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SS ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse gases – Part 1: 2021
Specification with guidance at the organisation
level for quantification and reporting of
greenhouse gas emissions and removals
SS ISO 14064-2 Greenhouse gases – Part 2: 2021
Specification with guidance at the project
level for quantification, monitoring and
reporting of greenhouse gas emission
reductions or removal enhancements
SS ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse gases – Part 3: 2021
Specification with guidance for the verification
and validation of greenhouse gas statements
SS ISO 46001: Water efficiency management 2019
systems –– Requirements with guidance for
use
ISO 50001: Energy management systems – 2018
Requirements with guidance for use
WSH (ACOP)
Code of Practice for Working Safely at Heights 2013
Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management 2021
Code of Practice on Safe Lifting Operations in 2014
the Workplaces
Code of Practice on Chief Executives’ and 2022
Board of Directors’ Workplace Safety and
Health (WSH) Duties
SS 98: Specification for industrial safety 2013
helmets
SS 280: Specification for metal scaffoldings 2006
Part 1: Frame scaffoldings
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ESG This document specifies principles and requirements at the organization level for the quantification and
reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals. It includes requirements for the design,
development, management, reporting and verification of an organization’s GHG inventory.
ESG This document specifies principles and requirements and provides guidance at the project level for the
quantification, monitoring and reporting of activities intended to cause greenhouse gas(GHG) emission
reductions or removal enhancements. It includes requirements for planning a GHG project, identifying
and selecting GHG sources, sinks and reservoirs (SSRs) relevant to the project and baseline scenario,
monitoring, quantifying, documenting and reporting GHG project performance and managing data
quality.
ESG This document specifies principles and requirements and provides guidance for verifying and validating
greenhouse gas (GHG) statements. It is applicable to organisation, project and product GHG
statements.
ESG SS ISO 46001 specifies requirements and contains guidance for its use in establishing, implementing
and maintaining a water efficiency management system. It is applicable to organizations of all types and
sizes that use water. It is focused on end-use consumers. It also specifies requirements and contains
guidance for its use regarding organizational water use. It includes monitoring, measurement,
documentation, reporting, design and procurement practices for equipment, systems, processes and
personnel training that contribute to water efficiency management.
ESG ISO 50001 specifies requirements for an organisation to establish, implement, maintain and improve an
energy management system, which enables an organisation to take a systematic approach, in order to
achieve continual improvement of energy performance, including energy efficiency, energy use and
consumption. Also specifies requirements applicable to energy use and consumption, including
measurement, documentation and reporting, design and procurement practices for equipment, systems,
processes, and personnel that contribute to energy performance.
WSHC This COP provides guidance for the practitioner to manage work at heights activities through risk
management framework, development and implementation of a Fall Prevention Plan and Permit-to-work
system.
WSHC This COP establishes the minimum requirements and duties for implementing workplace RM in
Singapore, and provide guidance on its implementation
WHSC This COP provides guidance on safe lifting practices for personnel who are involved in the planning and
execution of lifting operations. Specifically, it provides guidance on the identification of operational
factors that may affect safe lifting operations and development of a Lifting Plan to better manage safe
lifting operations.
WSHC This Code of Practice aims to provide clarity on and strengthen ownership of companies’ Chief
Executives’ and Board of Directors’ (henceforth termed as “Company Directors”) workplace safety and
health (WSH) roles and duties. Company Directors include the Chief Executive or equivalent officer
involved in executive decisions as well as activities on policy and decision-making related to the business
affairs of the company, which are capable of affecting the company as a whole or a substantial part of it.
ESG SS 98 specifies physical and performance requirements, methods of test and marking requirements for
industrial safety helmets. The requirements apply to helmets for general use in industry. Also sets out
the recommended practice for care and maintenance of industrial safety helmets.
ESG SS 280-1 specifies the minimum requirements for metal scaffolding for use as temporary structures on
which persons work. These structures provide support for the materials used. It is applicable to
construction, maintenance, repair and demolition work in building, shipbuilding and shiprepairing,
petrochemical and other industries.
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SS 280: Specification for metal scaffoldings 2009
Part 2: Modular scaffoldings
SS 311: Specification for steel tubes and 2005
fittings used in tubular scaffolding
SS 343: Specification for lifting gear Part 1: 2014
Wire rope slings
SS 343: Specification for lifting gear Part 2: 2014
Hooks
SS 343: Specification for lifting gear Part 3: 2014
Shackles
SS 473: Specification for personal eye- 2011
protectors Part 1: General requirements
SS 473: Specification for personal eye- 2011
protectors Part 2: Selection, use and
maintenance
SS 485: Specification for slip resistance 2022
classification of pedestrian surface materials
SS 497: Code of Practice for design, safe use 2011
and maintenance of gantry cranes, overhead
travelling cranes and monorail hoists
SS 508: Graphical symbols - Safety colours 2013
and safety signs Part 1: Design principles for
safety signs and safety markings
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, Dec 2016
SS 508: Graphical symbols - Safety colours 2008
and safety signs Part 2: Design principles for (2013)
product safety labels
Incorporating Amendment No.1, Mar 2013
Incorporating Amendment No. 2, Dec 2016
SS 508: Graphical symbols - Safety colours 2013
and safety signs Part 3: Design principles for
graphical symbols for use in safety signs
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, December
2016
SS 508: Graphical symbols - Safety colours 2013
and safety signs Part 4: Colorimetric and
photometric properties of safety sign materials
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, December
2016
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ESG SS 281-2 specifies the minimum requirements for steel modular scaffolding for use as temporary
structures on which persons work and which provides support for the materials used. It is applicable to
construction, maintenance, repair and demolition work, shipping and repair, petrochemical and other
industries.
ESG SS 311 specifies the minimum requirements for steel tubes and related fittings for use in tubular
scaffolding as temporary structures for access or on which persons work. These structures also provide
support for the materials used. It is applicable to construction, maintenance, repair and demolition work
in building, ship building and repair, petrochemical and other industries.
ESG SS 343-1 specifies a series of wire rope slings for general purposes. Covers the type of sling, the
working load limit, and the manufacture of slings and sling assemblies. The multi-legged slings covered
by this standard are constructed with legs of equal nominal length.
ESG SS 343-2 specifies requirements for forged steel lifting hooks with latch of grade 8 having eye or clevis
and pin up to 63 t working load limit (WLL). It does not apply to hand forged hooks.
ESG SS 343-3 specifies the general characteristics of forged dee and bow shackles in a range of sizes having
working load limits of from 0.32 t to 100 t and in Grades 4, 6 and 8. It presents their performance and
critical dimensions necessary for their interchangeability and compatibility with other components.
ESG SS 473 – 1: specifies functional requirements for the various types of personal eye-protectors used in all
workplaces.
ESG SS 473-2 includes eye-protection in relation to mechanical, chemical hazards and non-ionising optical
radiation hazards.
ESG SS 485 provides means of classifying pedestrian surface materials according to their frictional
characteristics using test methods which enable characteristics of surface materials to be determined in
either wet or dry conditions. These classifications will provide indications to the risk of slipping and may
be used to assist in the specification of a surface material suitable for most pedestrian applications. It
does not cover industrial work area where the public is generally excluded. It also does not cover
carpets.
ESG SS 497 applies to gantry cranes, overhead travelling cranes, jib cranes and monorail hoists. Specifies
the basic requirements of cranes and lays down the responsibilities of the various parties involved. Does
not include mobile cranes and tower cranes.
ESG SS 508-1 establishes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs and safety
markings to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire
protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation. It also establishes the basic principles
to be applied when developing standards containing safety signs.
ESG SS 508-2 establishes additional principles to SS 508-1 -"Design principles for safety signs in workplaces
and public areas" for the design of safety labels for products, i.e. any items manufactured and offered for
sale in the normal course of commerce, including but not limited to consumer products and industrial
equipment. The purpose of product safety label is to alert persons to a specific hazard and to identify
how the hazard can be avoided.
ESG SS 508-3 provides the principles, criteria and guidance for the design of graphical symbols for use in
safety signs as defined in SS 508 : Part 1, and for the safety sign element of product safety labels as
defined in SS 508 : Part 2.
ESG SS 508-4 establishes the colorimetric and photometric requirements and test methods for the colours of
safety signs to be used in workplaces and public areas. It provides the colorimetric and photometric
specifications for the named safety and contrast colours prescribed in SS 508-1.
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SS 508: Graphical symbols - Safety colours
and safety signs Part 5: Registered safety
signs
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, December
2016
2013 ESG SS 508-5 covers the safety signs for the purposes of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard
information and emergency evacuation. The shape and colour of each safety sign are according to SS
508-1 and the design of the graphical symbols is according to SS 508-3.

SS 510: Code of Practice for safety in welding,
cutting and other operations involving the use
of heat
2017 ESG SS 510 covers the protection of persons from injury and illness and the protection of property (including
equipment) from damage by fire and other causes arising from welding and cutting equipment, its
installation, operation and maintenance.
Specific provisions are included for gas welding, shielded-metal-arc welding, submerged-arc welding,
gas-metal-arc welding, gas-tungsten-arc welding, brazing, resistance welding and thermit welding.

SS 511: Code of Practice for diving at work
2018 ESG SS 511 provides organisational and logistical requirements for the use of compressed air supply
apparatus in occupational diving operations as well as specific requirements for the use of surface-
supplied breathing apparatus (SSBA) and self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) in
occupational underwater operations in depths not exceeding 50 m and 30 m respectively.
It gives specific emphasis on the importance of avoiding breathing gas contamination by volatile
hydrocarbons and of buoyancy control requirements.

SS 513: Specification for personal protective
equipment – Footwear Part 1: Safety footwear
SS 513: Specification for personal protective
equipment – Footwear Part 2: Test methods
for footwear
SS 514: Code of Practice for office ergonomics
2013 ESG SS 513-1 specifies basic and additional (optional) requirements for safety footwear used for general
purpose. It includes, for example, mechanical risks, slip resistance, thermal risks and ergonomic
behaviour.
2013 ESG SS 513-2 specifies methods for testing footwear designed as personal protective equipment.
2016 ESG SS 514 provides guidelines on the designs and improvements of working situations to make the
workplace safer, more comfortable and more productive. It covers the fundamentals of office ergonomics
including physical, environmental and psychosocial elements. For preliminary ergonomics audit, a
sample checklist could be used to identify potential problems for further improvements on the design.

SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest 2006 ESG SS 528-1 specifies the requirements, test methods, instructions for general use, marking, packaging and
systems Part 1: Full-body harnesses (2014) maintenance for full-body harnesses.
SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest 2006 ESG SS 528-2 specifies requirements, test methods, instructions for use and maintenance, marking, labelling
systems Part 2: Lanyards and energy (2014) and packaging, as appropriate for lanyards and energy absorbers.
absorbers
SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest 2006 ESG SS 582-3 specifies requirements, test methods, instructions for use and maintenance, marking, labelling
systems Part 3: Self-retracting lifelines (2014) and packaging, as appropriate, for self-retracting lifelines, including self-retracting lifelines that have an
integral-rescue facility.
SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest 2006 ESG SS 528-4 specifies requirements, test methods, instructions for use and maintenance, marking, labelling
systems Part 4: Vertical rails and vertical (2014) and packaging, as appropriate, for vertical rails and vertical lifelines which incorporates a sliding-type fall
lifelines incorporating a sliding-type fall arrester arrester.

SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest 2006 ESG SS 528-5 specifies requirements, test methods, instructions for use and maintenance, marking, labelling
systems Part 5: Connectors with self-closing (2014) and packaging, as appropriate, for connectors with self-closing and self-locking gates made from metallic
and self-locking gates materials.
SS 528: Specification for Personal fall-arrest 2006 ESG SS 528-6 specifies tests and requirements for complete personal fall arrest systems made up from
systems Part 6: System performance tests (2014) specific combinations of components and subsystems selected from those conforming to the other parts
if ISO 10333, where it is both important and desirable to ascertain satisfactory system performance and
interactive component compatibility.

SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work 2006 ESG SS 531-1 provides guidance for illuminance, glare limitation and colour quality for general building areas,
places Part 1: Indoor (2019) offices, types of industries, power stations, retailing, restaurants, hotels, places of entertainment,
libraries, indoor car parks, educational buildings, health care premises, airports and places of worship.

SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work 2008 ESG SS 531-2 specifies lighting requirements for outdoor work places which meet the needs for visual
places Part 2: Outdoor (2019) comfort and performance. It covers the need to consider energy and sustainability of the lighting
installation.

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SS 531: Code of Practice for Lighting of work 2019
places Part 3: Lighting requirements for safety
and security of outdoor work places
SS 532: Code of Practice for the storage of 2016
flammable liquids
SS 536: Code of Practice for the safe use of 2008
mobile cranes
SS 537: Code of Practice for safe use of 2008
machinery Part 1: General requirements
SS 537: Code of Practice for safe use of 2009
machinery Part 2: Woodworking machinery
SS 541: Restraint belts 2008
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, April 2012
SS 548: Code of Practice for selection, use 2022
and maintenance of respiratory protective
devices
SS 549: Code of Practice for selection, use, 2009
care and maintenance of hearing protectors
SS 550: Code of Practice for installation, 2020
operation and maintenance of electric A1 2022
passenger and goods lifts
SS 551: Code of practice for earthing 2022
SS 553: Code of Practice for air-conditioning 2016
and mechanical ventilation in buildings
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, August 2017
Incorporating Amendment No. 2, May 2021
SS 554: Code of Practice for indoor air quality 2016
for air-conditioned buildings A1 2021
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, September
2021
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ESG SS 531-3 specifies the lighting requirements which will contribute to the visual needs for safety and
security of outdoor work places.
ESG SS 532 sets out requirements and recommendations for the safe storage and handling of flammable
liquids, as classified in the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals (GHS), listed in the Chapter of Flammable Liquids. In addition, the standard also covers
liquids of flash point up to 150 °C.
ESG SS 536 provides information on the construction, application, operation, maintenance and testing of
mobile cranes for their safe use. Covers land-based fully-mobile cranes which include rope suspended
boom and hydraulic boom types of cranes. Excludes lorry loaders
ESG SS 537-1 provides comprehensive guidelines on the methods for safeguarding the dangerous parts of
machinery and enhancing safety in the use of machinery. Also provides basic requirements on the
design and manufacture of machinery so as to ensure that machinery used in Singapore incorporates
basic safety features. Also includes guidelines on the safety and health issues relating to the installation,
testing, maintenance and servicing of machinery. Covers only mechanical hazards.
ESG SS 537-2 provides guidelines on the safety requirements for the procurement, installation, operation and
maintenance of woodworking machinery and accessories, used in industrial and commercial
applications. Covers hazard identification and control to enable users to prepare for risk assessment
specified in SS 537 : Part 1 : 2008 – ‘General requirements’.
ESG SS 541 describes the essential characteristics of restraint belt. Gives guidance for the maintenance,
inspection and storage of restraint belts and prescribes a performance test. Includes recommendations
for fixtures for the attachment of belts.
ESG SS 548 provides information and guidance on the selection, use and maintenance of respirators that
helps safeguard the life and health of users. It contains recommendations for planning and implementing
a respiratory protection programme. It covers the use of respirators to protect persons against the
inhalation of contaminants and against oxygen-deficient atmospheres in the workplace.
ESG SS 549 gives recommendations for the selection, use, care and maintenance of hearing protectors.
Does not cover special types of hearing protectors although they are classified in Clause 7 with guidance
on their use. It includes practical guidance to compensate for the laboratory-derived attenuation values
and actual protection of passive hearing protectors (derating). It also includes worked examples and
illustrations on the calculation of noise levels.
ESG SS 550 covers the design, construction, installation, testing, inspection, operation and maintenance of
permanently installed new electric lifts, with traction or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels,
having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods, suspended by ropes and
moving between guide rails inclined not more than 15% to the vertical.
ESG SS 551 gives guidance on the methods which may be adopted to earth an electrical system for the
purpose of limiting the potential (with respect to the general mass of the earth) of current-carrying
conductors forming part of the system, and non-current-carrying metalwork associated with equipment,
apparatus, and appliances connected to the system.
ESG SS 553 provides general guidance in the design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning,
operation and maintenance of air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems in all commercial,
office and institutional buildings except health care facilities. It specifies minimum requirements in
mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning engineering practice such that an acceptable indoor thermal
environment can be attained in an energy efficient manner with general consideration for the indoor air
quality (IAQ), and maintainability of the equipment.
ESG SS 554 takes into consideration environmental factors, which include thermal, physical, chemical and
biological factors. It specifies indoor air quality that will be acceptable to building occupants and to
minimise the potential of adverse health effects.
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SS 557: Code of Practice for demolition 2010
SS 559: Code of Practice for safe use of tower 2022
cranes Part 1: General
SS 559: Code of practice for tower cranes Part 2022
2: Safe use
SS 559: Code of practice for tower cranes Part 2022
3: Inspection
SS 562: Code of Practice for safety in 2010
trenches, pits and other excavated areas
SS 567: Code of Practice for factory layout – 2011
Safety, health and welfare considerations
SS 568: Code of Practice for confined spaces 2011
SS 569: Code of Practice for manual handling 2011
SS 570-1 Personal protective equipment for 2022
protection against falls from a height – Part 1:
Single-point anchor devices
SS 570-2 Personal protective equipment for 2022
protection against falls from a height – Part 2:
Flexible horizontal lifeline systems
SS 571: Code of Practice for energy lockout 2011
and tagout
SS 573: Code of Practice for the safe use of 2012
powered counterbalanced forklifts
SS 580: Code of Practice for Formwork 2020
(Formerly CP 23)
SS 586: Specification for hazard 2021
communication for hazardous chemicals and
dangerous goods Part 1: Transport and
storage of dangerous goods
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ESG SS 557 recommends good practice methods for the safe demolition of buildings and structures, taking
into account issues which affect the environment. Covers development of the demolition plan and
stability report; proper and effective management of the demolition process; maintaining structural
stability, through the provision of temporary structural supports, where necessary; managing deliberate
collapse.
ESG SS 559-1 establishes required practices for the safe use of cranes, including safe systems of work,
management, planning, selection, erection and dismantling, operation and maintenance of cranes and
the selection of crane operators, riggers and signalmen. It does not cover manually operated (non-
powered) cranes, cranes in which at least one of its motions is manually operated and cranes mounted
on water-borne vessels, except in those circumstances where a land-based crane is temporarily affixed
to a vessel.
ESG SS 559-2 establishes required practices for the safe use of tower cranes. Areas covered include safe
systems of work, management, planning, selection, erection and dismantling, crane foundation,
operation and maintenance of cranes and the selection of tower crane operators, riggers and signalmen.
It does not cover manually (non-powered) operated tower cranes, or tower cranes in which at least one
of its motions is manually operated.
ESG SS 559-3 specifies requirements for the checking and inspection to be carried out on tower cranes. It
covers checking and inspection in all aspects of tower crane usage, from the initial planning stage, pre-
delivery check at the workshop, pre and post erection check on-site, periodic inspection, pre-operational
check, end-of-the-day check, inspection before and after tieback and/or jacking, inspection in exceptional
cases and inspection before dismantling.
ESG SS 562 covers the typical hazards associated with excavations, such as collapse of excavation face,
falling into the excavation, soil movement resulting from excavation and hazards posed by machines
used. Also covers any area where excavation is conducted, such as in buildings and engineering
construction worksites, road works and works associated with the utilities.
ESG SS 567 provides guidelines on the safety, health and welfare considerations to be taken in planning the
factory layout.
ESG SS 568 provides guidelines on the safety and health control measures relating to entry into and working
in confined spaces.
ESG SS 569 provides information and guidance for the identification, assessment and control of risks arising
from manual handling activities in workplaces and on the planning and implementation of an ergonomics
programme for manual handling operations.
ESG SS 570-1 specifies requirements, test methods, user instructions, marking, labelling and packaging, as
appropriate, of permanent, temporary single-point anchor devices, exclusively for the attachment of
personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection against falls from a height for fall arrest, work
positioning and travel restriction (work restraint).
ESG SS 570-2 specifies requirements, test methods, user instructions, marking, labelling and packaging, as
appropriate, of permanent, temporary flexible horizontal lifelines systems, exclusively for the attachment
of personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection against falls from a height for fall arrest, work
positioning and travel restriction (work restraint).
ESG SS 571 establishes the minimum safety requirements for the control of energy sources which could
cause injury to personnel. Applies, but is not limited to, activities such as erecting, installing,
constructing, repairing, adjusting, inspecting, modifying, unjamming, setting up, troubleshooting, testing,
cleaning, dismantling, servicing, and maintaining machines, equipment or processes.
ESG SS 573 specifies the safety requirements for the manufacture, application, operation and maintenance of
powered counterbalanced forklifts. It lays down the responsibilities of the various parties involved.
ESG SS 580 applies to the design, erection, use, alteration and dismantling of formwork structure for any
reinforced concrete works.
ESG SS 586-1 which provides an international system for the classification of dangerous goods according to
the types of hazards that they present. It also specifies standard hazard communication DG labels.
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SS 586: Specification for hazard 2022
communication for hazardous chemicals and
dangerous goods Part 2: Globally harmonised
system of classification and labelling of
chemicals – Singapore’s adaptations
SS 586: Specification for hazard 2022
communication for hazardous chemicals and
dangerous goods Part 3: Preparation of safety
data sheets (SDS)
SS 588: Personal equipment for protection 2013
against falls – Rope access systems Part 1:
Fundamental principles for a system of work
SS 588: Personal equipment for protection 2013
against falls – Rope access systems Part 2:
Code of practice
SS 595: Steel wire ropes for hoisting Part 3: 2014
Code of practice for the care, inspection and
maintenance of steel wire ropes for hoisting
SS 598: Code of Practice for suspended 2014
scaffolds
SS 607: Specification for design of active fall- 2015
protection systems
SS 616: Code of Practice for safe use of 2016
mobile elevating work platforms
SS 617: Code of Practice for the lifting of 2016
persons in work platforms suspended from
cranes
(Formerly CP 63)
SS 638: Code of practice for electrical 2018
installations (Formerly CP 5) C1 2020
Incorporating Corrigendum No. 1, June 2020 A1 2022
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ESG SS 586-2 provides an international system for the classification of chemicals by the types of hazards that
they present. Also specifies standard hazard communication elements including labels and safety data
sheets. It provides guidance for the implementation of the GHS in Singapore.
ESG SS 586--3 gives recommendations for the preparation, review, issue and use of SDS. Covers the
responsibility of the suppliers and manufacturers of chemical substances, as well as that of the users
(employers and employees) to make use of the information in the SDS to prevent unnecessary exposure
of hazardous substances to persons in the workplace and community. Also includes preparations in the
compilation and completion of an SDS. It does not cover the use of pharmaceutical substances and
preparations by medical physicians and veterinarians in the management of the health of a person or an
animal, but applies to the production and use of these substances and preparations in an industrial
process.
ESG SS 588-1 sets out the fundamental principles and is applicable to situations where ropes are used as the
primary means of access, egress or support and as the primary means of protection against a fall, on
both man-made and natural features.
ESG SS 588-2 expands on the fundamental principles, giving recommendations for planning and
management, operative competence and responsibilities of personnel, supervision, the selection, use
and care of equipment, and advice on how to implement a safe system of work. Modifications due to the
particular needs of the rope access industry have been made.
ESG SS 595-3 establishes the general principles for the care and maintenance, as well as inspection and
discard of steel wire ropes used on cranes and hoists. It applies to rope on cranes used for hook,
grabbing, magnet, ladle, excavator or stacking duties, whether operated manually, electrically or
hydraulically. Also applies to rope used on hoists and hoist blocks.
ESG SS 598 establishes the minimum safety requirements for the system design, installation, testing and
inspection, use and maintenance of working platforms suspended by wire ropes and capable of being
raised and lowered by mechanical or manual operated winches and climbing devices. Includes
permanently suspended scaffolds.
ESG SS 607 specifies requirements for the design and performance of complete active fall-protection
systems, including travel-restraint and vertical and horizontal fall-arrest systems.
ESG SS 616 specifies safety requirements for the protection of persons working with mobile elevating work
platforms (MEWPs) and includes persons at or near these machines. It covers the basic safety
principles, operation, maintenance and inspection of MEWPs. It is applicable to all MEWPs that are
intended to position persons, tools and materials and which, as a minimum, consist of a work platform
with controls, an extending structure and a chassis. It also highlights the responsibilities of various
stakeholders. Does not cover manufacturing specifications and requirements
ESG SS 617 specifies the design, construction, installation, inspection and safe use of work platforms
suspended from cranes. Does not cover work platforms which are permanently attached and not
suspended, and form an integral part of the crane. Also does not cover platforms designed and used for
the sole purpose of facilitating emergency rescue work.
ESG SS 638 is a revision and re-designation of “CP 5: 1998 Code of practice for electrical installations”. It
applies to the design, selection, erection, inspection and testing of electrical installations, other than
those specifically excluded and it covers installation utilising extra-low voltage and low-voltage. This code
of practice excludes systems for transmission and distribution of energy to the public; railway traction
equipment, rolling stock and signalling equipment; electrical equipment of motor vehicles; equipment on
board ships; equipment of mobile and fixed offshore installations; equipment of aircraft. It also applies to
items of electrical equipment only so far as selection and application of the equipment in the installation
are concerned. However, it does not deal with requirements for the construction of prefabricated
assemblies of electrical equipment, which are required to comply with appropriate specifications.
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SS 639: Code of practice for the filling, 2018
inspection, testing and maintenance of gas
cylinders for the storage and transport of
compressed gases Part 1: Seamless steel and
aluminium alloy cylinders (excluding dissolved
acetylene) –– Inspection at time of filling,
periodic maintenance and testing
SS 639: Code of practice for the filling, 2018
inspection, testing and maintenance of gas
cylinders for the storage and transport of
compressed gases Part 2: Acetylene cylinders
–– Filling conditions and filling inspection
SS 639: Code of practice for the filling, 2018
inspection, testing and maintenance of gas
cylinders for the storage and transport of
compressed gases Part 3: Acetylene cylinders
–– Periodic inspection and maintenance
SS 642: Code of practice for pneumatic waste 2019
conveyance system
Incorporating Amendment No. 1, July 2020
SS 650: Code of practice for temporary 2019
electrical installations (Formerly CP 88) Part 1:
Construction and building sites
SS 650: Code of practice for temporary 2019
electrical installations (Formerly CP 88) Part 2:
Festive lighting, trade-fairs, mini-fairs and
exhibition sites
SS 651 Safety and health management system 2019
for the chemical industry – Requirements with
guidance for use
SS 657: Code of practice for workplace noise 2020
control (formerly CP 99: 2003)
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ESG SS 639-1 specifies the minimum requirements for the filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of
transportable seamless metal gas cylinders of 0.5 to 150 litres water capacity. It does not apply to
welded cylinders, composite cylinders or dissolved acetylene cylinders.
ESG SS 639-2 specifies minimum requirements for the filling conditions and filling inspection of acetylene
cylinders. It does not apply to an assembly of cylinders connected by a manifold, e.g. bundles.
ESG SS 639-3 specifies the minimum requirements for the filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of
transportable seamless metal gas cylinders of 0.5 to 150 litres water capacity. It does not apply to
welded cylinders, composite cylinders or dissolved acetylene cylinders.
ESG SS 642 specifies the requirements for the design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning
and maintenance of a pneumatic waste conveyance system (PWCS) that serves gravity chutes for
general waste and recyclables generated from residential, commercial and mixed-use developments. It
covers the specifications and performance of the feeding and discharge system, conveyance system and
collection station but excludes the requirements for waste collection vehicles and driveway design.
ESG SS 650-1 deals with temporary electrical installations for construction and building sites. Also deals
principally with temporary electrical installations for building operation and work of engineering supply
during the execution of new building construction; repair, alteration, extension or demolition of buildings;
engineering construction; earthworks and other similar works.
ESG SS 650-2 deals principally with temporary electrical installations that are installed outdoor for festive
lighting, trade-fairs, mini-fairs and exhibition sites. Specifies the minimum electrical installation
requirements to facilitate the safe design, installation and operation of mobile and temporarily installed
electrical machines and structures, which incorporate electrical equipment. The machines and structures
are intended to be installed repeatedly, without loss of safety, temporarily or permanently, at
fair/exhibition sites, amusement parks or any other similar sites. Does not cover decorative lighting within
domestic premises as the requirement is provided by Singapore Standard CP 5.
ESG SS 651 specifies requirements for a safety and health (S&H) management system for the chemical
industry, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces,
by preventing work-related injury and ill health, process safety incidents as well as by proactively
improving its S&H performance. Is applicable to any organisation in the chemical industry that wishes to
establish, implement and maintain an S&H management system to improve safety and health, eliminate
hazards and minimise S&H risks (including system deficiencies), take advantage of S&H opportunities,
and address S&H management system nonconformities associated with its activities.
ESG SS 657 provides risk assessment, monitoring and control of workplace noise. It is applicable to all
workplaces where persons are exposed or likely to be exposed to excessive noise.
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SS 658: Code of practice for design, operation, 2020
testing and maintenance of local exhaust
ventilation systems
SS 659: Code of practice for scaffolds 2020
(formerly CP 14: Code of Practice for
scaffolds)
SS 663: Code of practice for safe loading on 2020
vehicles
(Formerly CP 30)
SS 667: Code of practice for handling, storage 2020
and processing of combustible dust
SS 679 Code of practice for workplace safety 2021
and health management system for C1 2022
construction worksites (Formerly CP 79 : 1999)
SS 682: Code of practice for safe use of 2022
thermal foggers during pest management
activities
CP 88: Code of Practice for temporary 2004
electrical installations Part 3: Shipbuilding and
ship-repairing yards
SS ISO 10218: Robots and robotic devices – 2016
Safety requirements for industrial robots Part
1: Robots
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ESG SS 658 specifies the requirements for the design and construction of local exhaust ventilation (LEV)
systems for the removal of air borne contaminants generated or released from any process, operation or
work carried on in the workplace. Establishes recommended practices for operation, testing and
maintenance of LEV systems to assure continuous and satisfactory performance of the systems. Also
covers competency requirements for designing, testing and maintaining the systems. It does not cover
applications of LEV for removal of bio-aerosols and radioactive materials. Not applicable to mechanical
ventilation for pharmaceutical containment, confined spaces, clean rooms and air-conditioning in
buildings. However, the principles of LEV often apply in such areas. For kitchen LEV refer to SS 553:
2016 Code of practice for air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation in buildings.
ESG SS 659 sets out the general provisions relating to the erection and use of scaffolds in workplaces across
various industries, such as, but not limited to, construction, marine, process industries, landscaping,
manufacturing, commercial facilities management, repair and demolition. It does not include:
a) Platform suspended by ropes, whether fixed or movable i.e. boatswain chair;
b) Power-operated platforms such as suspended scaffolds;
c) Timber scaffolds;
d) Formwork supports; and
e) Scaffolds used for material loading.
ESG SS 663 provides transport operators, drivers and loading staff with the basic safety principles and
particular precautions for the purpose of safe carriage of common goods.
ESG SS 667 aims to provide a comprehensive procedure on the handling, storage and processing of
combustible dust to prevent and mitigate fires and dust explosions in facilities handling such materials. It
also aids users in the assessment of dust fire and explosion hazards and the mitigation of those hazards
through facility design, equipment/process control measures, elimination of ignition sources and
minimising damage.
ESG SS 679 is intended for worksites involved in the preparation, supervision and execution of construction
works. It is also intended as a fundamental system approach for any organisation which has yet to
establish a basic safety and health management system
ESG SS 682 specifies requirements for the safe use of thermal foggers in the following areas:
- Risk management (safety aspects in operating and handling of thermal foggers);
- Proper maintenance, storage and disposal;
- Fire prevention measures; and
- Proper emergency planning and first aid procedures.
It also provides best practices to improve the effectiveness of thermal fogging.
ESG CP 88-3 Deals principally with the provision of temporary electricity supply from the shore fixed
installations or from mobile generating sets to vessel(s) under construction and during repair and
conversion work. Covers all temporary electrical installations in the building and repairing of vessels in
the yards. It applies to electrical installations set up for the provision of electricity supply during the
execution of the works in:
(a) shipbuilding and repairing yards;
(b) vessels moored alongside the yards; and
(c) confined spaces or locations or other similar situations on board vessels.
It does not cover:
(a) electricity supply for the vessel's electrical installation and any such part of such installation set up for
the use by the crew on board vessels;
(b) installations operating at voltages exceeding low voltage.
ESG It specifies the general requirements for a workplace safety and health (WSH) management system for
worksites and gives guidance for its use, to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy
workplaces, by preventing work-related injury and ill health.
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SS ISO 10218: Robots and robotic devices –
Safety requirements for industrial robots Part
2: Robot systems and integration
SS ISO 45001: Occupational health and safety
management systems – Requirements with
guidance for use
SS EN 131 Part 1: Terms, types, functional
sizes
SS EN 131 Part 2: Requirements, testing,
marking
SS EN 131 Part 3: Marking and user
instructions
SS EN 131 Part 4: Single or multiple hinge-
joint ladders
SS EN 131 Part 6: Telescopic ladders
SS EN 131 Part 7: Mobile ladders with platform
SS EN 420: Protective gloves – General
requirements and test methods
SS EN 13374: Temporary edge protection
systems –– Product specifications –– Test
methods
Fire Safety
Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in
Buildings 2018
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2016 ESG SS ISO 10218-2 specifies safety requirements for the integration of industrial robots and industrial robot
systems as defined in ISO 10218-1, and industrial robot cell(s). The integration includes the following:
a) the design, manufacturing, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the industrial
robot system or cell;
b) component devices of the industrial robot system or cell.
Does not deal specifically with hazards associated with processes (e.g. laser radiation, ejected chips,
welding smoke).
2018 ESG SS ISO 45001 Specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management
system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces
by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S
performance. It is applicable to any organisation that wishes to establish, implement and maintain an
OH&S management system to improve occupational health and safety, eliminate hazards and minimize
OH&S risks (including system deficiencies), take advantage of OH&S opportunities, and address OH&S
management system nonconformities associated with its activities.
2019 ESG SS EN 131 series replaces SS 176: 1996. SS EN 131-1 defines terms and specifies the general design
characteristics of ladders. It applies to portable ladders but ladders designed for specific professional use
such as fire brigade ladders, roof ladders and mobile ladders.
2019 ESG SS EN 131 series replaces SS 176: 1996.SS EN-131-2 specifies the general design features,
requirements and test methods for portable ladders. It does not apply to step stools or ladders for
specific professional use such as firebrigade ladders, roof ladders and mobile ladders. It also does not
apply to ladders used for work on or near live electrical systems or installations
2019 ESG SS EN 131 series replaces SS 176: 1996. SS EN 131-3 advises on the safe use of ladders covered by
the scope of SS EN 131-1 and fulfilling the requirements of SS EN 131-1, SS EN 131-2 and, for single or
multiple hinged-joint ladders, SS EN 131-4, for telescopic ladders SS EN 131-6 and for mobile platform
ladders SS EN 131-7.
2019 ESG SS EN 131 series replaces SS 176: 1996. SS EN 131-4 specifies the requirements, tests and marking of
hinged combination ladders with one or several hinge joints. It does not apply to hinge-joints of
combination and standing ladders as defined by SS EN 131-1.
2019 ESG SS EN 131 series replaces SS 176: 1996. SS EN-131-6 specifies the general design features,
requirements and test methods and defines terms for leaning and standing telescopic ladders. It does
not cover ladders with extension elements.
2019 ESG SS EN 131 series replaces SS 176: 1996. SS EN 131-7 defines terms and specifies the general design
characteristics of mobile ladders with platform. It applies to mobile ladders with a working platform, with a
maximum area of 1 m2, and a maximum platform height of 5 m, to be used only by one person at the
time. The maximum load is 150 kg which includes a maximum combined load of the user and any tools,
equipment and materials
2003 ESG SS EN 420 the general requirements and relevant test procedures for glove design and construction,
(2016) resistance of glove materials to water penetration, innocuousness, comfort and efficiency, marking and
information supplied by the manufacturer. It does not apply to gloves used by the medical profession,
used for protection against electrical hazards or for handling of products where cleanliness is of
importance (e.g. food, PCB).
2018 ESG SS EN 13374 specifies the requirements and test methods for temporary edge protection systems for
use during construction or maintenance of buildings and other structures. It applies to edge protection
systems for flat and inclined surfaces and specifies the requirements for three classes of temporary edge
protection. It specifies requirements for energy absorption for edge protection systems with an arrest
function (e.g. falling or sliding down a sloping roof) and includes edge protection systems, some of which
are fixed to the structure and others, which rely on gravity and friction on flat surfaces.
2018 SCDF The Code serves as an authoritative source on fire safety standards for local buildings and is used by
the industry in designing fire safety works in buildings.
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SS EN 3-7~10: Portable fire extinguishers 2012
(2020)
SS 99: Welded low carbon steel cylinders for 1998
storage and transportation of compressed (2011)
liquefied gases
SS 233: Specification for flexible rubber tubing, 2013
rubber hose and rubber hose assemblies for
use in LPG vapour phase installations
SS IEC 60598-2-22 Luminaires - Particular 2016
requirements for luminaires for emergency
lighting
IEC 60079 Series Explosive Atmospheres - IEC
SS 281: Pressure regulators for liquefied 1998
petroleum gases (2004)
SS 291: Fire-resistant cables of rated voltage 2021
up to and including 600/1000 V for fixed
installations, having low emission of smoke
and corrosive gases when affected by fire –
Requirements and test methods
SS 294: Valves for use with domestic and 1998
industrial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
cylinders
SS 332: Specification for fire doors 2018
A1 2022
SS 333: Specification for fire dampers 2022
SS 489: Specification for fire shutters 2015
SS 512: Code of practice for the design, 2021
construction and operation of pipeline service
corridors
SS 535: Code of practice for installation, 2018
operation, maintenance, performance and
construction requirements of mains failure
standby generating systems (formerly CP 31)
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ESG This standard specifies the minimum requirements for attesting the conformity of portable fire
extinguishers to SS EN 3-7, as well as the requirements for the quality and production control of the fire
extinguishers. It also specifies the documentation to be provided and the methods for type testing,
factory assessment and controls during production.
ESG SS 99 gives the minimum requirements for certain aspects of material, design, construction and
workmanship, procedure and test at manufacture of refillable welded steel gas cylinders of a test
pressure not greater than 75 bar, and of water capacities from 1 litre up to and including 150 litres for
compressed gases, exposed to ambient temperatures.
ESG SS 233 specifies performance and dimensional requirements for rubber tubing, hose and complete
assemblies for use in LPG vapour phase installations in environments up to a maximum ambient
temperature of 60 °C.
ESG SS IEC 60598-2-22 specifies requirements for emergency lighting luminaires for use with tungsten
filament fluorescent and other discharge lamps on emergency power supplies not exceeding 1000V.
IEC 60079 series cover a wide array of important considerations when it comes to potentially explosive
atmospheres. Dealing with general equipment requirements, gas detectors, intrinsically safe equipment,
a variety of different methods of equipment protection, and moving on to the classification of areas,
material characteristics, and some industry specific standards, the IEC 60079 series is truly expansive.
ESG SS 281 specifies materials, construction, performance and testing requirements of low and high pressure
regulators with screwed and clip-on connectors for use with liquefied petroleum gas mixtures in the
vapour phase.
ESG SS 291 specifies the construction and performance on mechanical and electrical requirements and
describes the methods of test relating to circuit integrity, for armoured and non-armoured fire-resistant
power and control cables of rated voltages up to and including 600/1000 V having low emission of smoke
and corrosive gases when affected by fire.
It also specifies those requirements of cable related to characteristics required to enable circuit integrity
to be maintained under fire conditions. Also specifies requirements of cable which exhibits properties of
reduced flame spread, low levels of smoke emission and halogen free gas emission when exposed to
fire.
ESG SS 294 specifies the materials, construction, performance and test requirements for valves for use with
domestic and industrial LPG cylinders
ESG SS 332 specifies requirements for the construction and installation of fire-resistant doorsets used to
protect openings in walls and partitions which are required to resist the passage of fire. Includes the test
standards for various hardwares. Excludes back check on door closers. Aligns the requirements on the
vision panel location on fire doors with the latest Fire Code and Code of Barrier Free Accessibility
(CBFA) to allow the wheelchair users to avoid being accidentally struck by the door swing.
ESG SS 333 is intended to complement the fire-protection requirements for building regulations and provides
only minimum requirements. Covers the installation and construction of the fire damper assemblies.
Requirements generally refer to materials and assemblies, which, through field experience, have been
found acceptable for such application.
ESG SS 489 specifies requirements and testing methods to assess the fire-resistance of the shutter required
to protect openings in walls and to resist passage of fire. Applies to fire-resistant vertical roller shutters,
lateral shutters, horizontal roller shutters and folding sliding shutters.
ESG SS 512 sets down the engineering and management system requirements in the design, construction
and operation of pipeline service corridors in Singapore. Is applicable only for new
pipelines/piperacks/pipetracks/pipe bridges/service tunnels in existing or new pipeline service corridors.
ESG SS 535 applies to the performance and constructional requirements, installation, operation, testing,
inspection and maintenance of standby mains failure generating sets for buildings and where applicable
to mobile generating sets. Does not apply to installations for marine or offshore or base load use.
Installations shall be designed to conform to the requirements of the relevant authorities in Singapore.
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SS 546: Code of Practice for Emergency voice
communication systems in buildings (formerly
CP 25)
SS 563: Code of practice for the design,
installation and maintenance of emergency
lighting and power supply systems in buildings
– Part 1: Emergency lighting
SS 563: Code of practice for design,
installation and maintenance of emergency
lighting and power supply systems in buildings
– Part 2: Installation requirements and
maintenance procedures
SS 572: Code of practice for the use of timber
in buildings
SS 575: Code of practice for fire hydrant, rising
mains and hose reel systems (formerly CP 29)
SS 578 : Code of practice for use and
maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
(formerly CP 55)
SS 608: Code of practice for gas installation
SS 634: Code of practice for fire safety for
open plant processing facilities in oil, chemical
and process industries
SS 641: Code of practice for fire safety for
laboratories using chemicals
SS 645: Code of practice for installation and
servicing of electrical fire alarm systems
CP 52: Code of Practice for Automatic Fire
Sprinkler System (with Amendment No 1 & 2)
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2022 ESG SS 546 applies to the planning, design, installation, maintenance and testing of emergency voice
communication (EVC) systems in buildings and sets out the requirements for the basic system.
Recommended procedures for the use of the system and other information of an advisory nature are
given in the annexes.
2010 ESG SS 563-1 specifies the luminous requirements for emergency lighting systems installed in premises or
(2017) locations where such systems are required. Mainly applicable to locations which are accessible to the
A1 2017 public or workers.
2010 ESG SS 563-2 provides visual conditions necessary to alleviate panic and permit safe evacuation of the
(2017) building occupants in the event of the failure of normal lighting, and at the same time prescribes
A2 2017 requirements for the equipment and installation methods used to provide the power supply for the
emergency lighting. Also prescribes maintenance procedures which are intended to ensure continued
compliance with the provisions of the applicable clauses.
2012 ESG SS 572 deals with the use of timber in the building industry. Lays down requirements regarding design,
quality of material and its application.
2012 ESG SS 575 applies to the planning, installation, testing and upkeep of fire hydrant, wet and dry rising mains
and hose reel systems on building premises. Does not apply to street fire hydrants used in lieu of on-site
fire hydrants or to supplement the coverage afforded by street fire hydrants.
2019 ESG SS 578 covers the selection, installation, inspection, testing and maintenance of portable fire
A1 2022 extinguishers and the requirements given are minimum. Portable fire extinguishers are appliances to be
used as a first line of defence against small fires. They are essential even if other forms of fire protection
equipment like hose reels, sprinklers and rising mains are installed in the premises.
2015 ESG SS 608 specifies the essential requirements for the safe and good practices in gas service work.
A1 2017 Concerns the gas installation downstream of the gas service isolation valve (GSIV). Applicable for the
A2 2020 conveyance of town gas or natural gas of up to 50 kPa gauge.
It covers design, materials, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of the gas installations
and appliances. Applicable to new gas installations as well as addition and alteration to existing gas
installations tanks
2018 ESG SS 634 covers the layout and spacing of open plant processing facilities, drainage of spillages and
firefighting water, isolation of the plant, provision of means of escape, passive and active fire protection
systems, and access for emergency responders and appliances.
It is applicable to open plant processing facilities in the oil, chemical and process industries, including
energy and utilities facilities.
It is does not apply to atmospheric storage tanks, which is usually sited away from process units,
pressurised storage tanks and cryogenic storage tanks
2019 ESG SS 641 sets out requirements and recommendations for the fire safety of laboratories using chemicals. It
covers the safe use, handling, storage and disposal of flammable liquids, compressed and liquefied
gases. It also covers fire safety requirement in terms of laboratory unit design and construction, fire
protection, explosion hazard protection, ventilating system requirements as well as the storage, handling
and disposal of flammable chemicals. Includes toxic and hazardous chemicals due to their potential
impact on fires.
It is applicable to laboratories located within manufacturing facilities (e.g. petrochemical, pharmaceutical,
gas manufacturing), Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL), research entities, commercial entities and
healthcare sector, laboratory equipment suppliers, fire safety managers, health and safety professionals,
facility managers and consultants (e.g. QP, M&E engineers, fire safety engineers).
2019 ESG SS 645 applies to the installation and servicing of electrical fire alarm systems in buildings. It covers
alarm systems using manual call points, heat detectors, smoke detectors and flame detectors. The
revision is intended to update existing requirements to bring the code in line with the latest fire alarm
concepts and technologies.
2004 ESG CP 52 sets requirements for the installation of automatic sprinkler system in buildings and also provides
for occupancy classification.
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TR 77-1 Electrical energy storage (EES)
systems – Part 1 : Planning and performance
assessment of electrical energy storage
systems – General specification
TR 77-2 Electrical energy storage (EES)
systems – Safety considerations for grid-
integrated EES systems – General
specification
Building
SS 530: Code of practice for energy efficiency
standard for building services and equipment
SS 555: Protection against lightning – Part 1:
General principles
SS 555: Protection against lightning – Part 2:
Risk management
SS 555: Protection against lightning – Part 3:
SS 555: Protection against lightning – Part 4:
Electrical and electronic systems within
structures
SS 561 Specification for Steel Fabric for the
Reinforcement of Concrete
SS 591: Code of practice for long term
measurement of central chilled water system
energy efficiency
SS 626: Code of practice for design,
installation and maintenance of escalators and
moving walks
Note:
The amendments of SSCP are compiled based on Singapore Standards Notification issued by Enterprise Singapore (ESG).
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2020 ESG TR 77-1 is applicable to EES systems designed for grid-connected indoor or outdoor installation and
operation.
2020 ESG TR 77-2 specifies safety considerations (e.g. hazards identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation)
applicable to EES systems integrated with the electrical grid and provides criteria to foster the safe
application and use of electric energy storage systems of any type or size intended for grid-integrated
applications.
2014 ESG SS 530 provides minimum energy-efficiency requirements for new installation and replacement of
A1 2018 systems and equipment in buildings, as well as, replacement of components of systems and equipment
in buildings. Covers criteria for determining compliance with these requirements.
2018 ESG SS 555 provides general principles to be followed for protection of structures against lightning, including
their installations and contents, as well as persons.
2018 ESG SS 555 provides a procedure for the evaluation of such a risk. Once an upper tolerable limit for the risk
has been selected, this procedure allows the selection of appropriate protection measures to be adopted
to reduce the risk to or below the tolerable limit.
2018 ESG SS 555 provides the requirements for protection of a structure against physical damage by means of a
2018 ESG SS 555 provides information for the design, installation, inspection, maintenance and testing of electrical
and electronic system protection (SPM) to reduce the risk of permanent failures due to lightning
electromagnetic impulse (LEMP) within a structure. Also provides guidelines for cooperation between the
designer of the electrical and electronic system, and the designer of the protection measures, in an
attempt to achieve optimum protection effectiveness.
2010 ESG SS 561 specifies requirements for sheets of factory-made machine-welded steel fabric for the
A1 2020 reinforcement of concrete, manufactured from ribbed bars conforming to SS 560.
A2 2022
2021 ESG SS 591 specifies the requirements for sensors and instruments in capturing relevant process
parameters, their installation, commissioning, operational monitoring and maintenance in order to
perform continuous, long term measurement of central chilled water system energy efficiency.
2018 ESG SS 626 is applicable for new escalators and moving walks (pallet or belt type) as defined in Clause 3 of
the standard.
It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to escalators and moving
walks when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable
by the manufacturer.
It does not deal with hazards arising from seismic activities.
It is not applicable to escalators and moving walks which were manufactured before the date of its
publication. It is, however, recommended that existing installations be adapted to this standard.
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