The Workplace Safety and Health Compliance and Performance Report 2024 is the third publication of the series by the Safety, Health and Environment National Authority (SHENA) in an effort to share consolidated national data related to Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) compliance and performance in Brunei Darussalam to all relevant stakeholders. The report further supports SHENA’s commitment to promoting transparency and fostering data-driven improvement, in national WSH performance, in line with international good practices and the principles of International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions on occupational safety and health. This report compiles and analyses data from SHENA’s regulatory activities namely regulatory inspections and monitoring visits, statistics on workplace fatalities and injuries from SHENA’s Initial Incident Notifications (IIN) process and recorded data from the shared Workplace Accident and Occupational Disease Database between SHENA and the Occupational Health Division, Ministry of Health (OHD MOH).

APPENDIX A - Example of an Inventory of Work Activities Form

APPENDIX B - An example of Risk Assessment Form

The Safety, Health and Environment National Authority (SHENA) issues this urgent reminder to all principals, employers, occupiers, self-employed persons, and persons at work on the serious risks associated with work at height (WAH) activities. This is a call to action to review and strengthen WAH safe work practices including safe use of ladder in the workplace. This notice highlights key learnings from a recent fatal fall incident involving a ladder and reiterates the requirements outlined in WSHN on Importance of Safe and Right Use of Ladders at the Workplace (2025/WSHN/02).

The Safety, Health, and Environment National Authority (SHENA) urges all stakeholders to emphasize the importance of ensuring safe loading and unloading of vehicles. Loading and unloading operations are commonplace in the logistics, transport, retail, and waste management sectors. These operations are often labour-intensive and involve handling goods and materials, requiring physical movements such as bending, twisting, and transitioning between different work areas.