The Safety, Health and Environment National Authority (SHENA) would like to remind all principals, occupiers, employers and self-employed persons who are lift owners or persons responsible for the safe operation of any lift that is used to carry goods or passengers, of their legal responsibilities under the Workplace Safety Health Order (WSHO), 2009 and regulations made thereunder. This WSHN also provides recommendations and lessons learnt from two fatal incidents involving the use of makeshift lifts to avoid similar incidents from recurring. In April of this year, a fatality occurred when a worker fell, from a height of approximately 4 m, together with the makeshift cargo lift and its load. This workplace fatality is still under investigation.

This Radiation Technical Note serves to update stakeholders who have dealings and engagements with radiation matters under the Safety, Health and Environment National Authority (SHENA). In its continuous effort to streamline the regulatory framework on radiation matters in Brunei Darussalam, SHENA hereby publishes the Classification of Radiation Workplaces Area Guideline which can be found on the SHENA website.

This document serves as an additional guideline for the use of Radiation Licensees or Radiation Protection Officers to determine the area classification of workplaces involving ionising radiation exposure in Brunei Darussalam. This is also to further supplement Part 5: Monitoring Programme of the Guideline on Radiation Protection Programme (RPP) Requirements (Rev.1) as published on the SHENA official website.

The concept of "electrical safety" encompasses the secure handling of electricity during its generation, transmission, distribution, and utilisation. For the general public, safety considerations primarily revolve around the distribution and utilisation of electricity within residential or workplace settings, directly impacting physical safety. The presence of unsafe electrical appliances and installations poses potential risks not limited to fire, and electric shocks, and causes injuries or fatality.

The Safety, Health and Environment National Authority (SHENA) would like to remind all principals, employers, occupiers, self-employed persons, and persons at work to be aware of the risks associated when working using electrical grinders and the necessary safety precautions to be undertaken. Various types of grinders including pedestal, bench, and handheld portable grinders are prevalent in industries, but they pose significant risks of inflicting serious injuries to a person such as amputation, severed tendon, and deep cuts to various parts of the body.

This Radiation Technical Note (RTN) serves to update stakeholders who have dealings and engagements with radiation matters under the Safety, Health and Environment National Authority (SHENA). Authorisation by SHENA is required to import and export radioactive material and/or controlled apparatus in Brunei Darussalam as required under the Radiation Protection Act, Chapter 228. This RTN is to inform that the list of Harmonised System (HS) Code under the Other Government Agencies (OGA-RAD) for radioactive materials and controlled apparatus under the purview of SHENA through the Brunei Darussalam National Single Window (BDNSW) website has been updated.