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 with the use of a pressurised gas cylinder and to take the necessary safety precautions to avoid any undesirable incidents when handling gas cylinders.

This heat stress self-assessment checklist is an example of a prevention checklist obtained from the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) of Singapore.

The purpose of this industry guidance note (IGN) serves as a guidance and reference on matters pertaining to the management of heat stress in a workplace. Brunei’s climate is becoming warmer with a mean temperature increase of 0.25⁰C per decade (Brunei Darussalam National Council on Climate Change) and working in Brunei’s hot and humid weather can put employees at an increased risk of heat stress especially for outdoor workers.