The American Club Workplace Safety & Health

Workplace Safety & Health

TAC WORKPLACE SAFETY & HEALTH COMMITTEE General Committee

Oct 2022

Mylene Soh

Rick Coate General Manager

Director of People Development

Nerang Mohammad Committee Chair

Rose Hebrona Admin Support

Anthony Pabalan Committee Vice-Chair

Dan Durkin Food & Beverages Dept

Ananthi Rajoo Facilities & Security

Eleen Yap Operations/Support

Mark James Fitness & Leisure

Angie Ng Finance/Admin

TBA Admin Office Janice Lin/Mack Tan Incident Report/Training

Duxbury Low/Micheal Chia Kitchens & Service Dahlan/Catherine/Randy Banquet/Catering/Essentials/ Gourmet Pantry Joanne Lee Admin & Support

Azlan Engineering Simon Chelliah Security Suresh Perumal Housekeeping

Stanley Cornelius/Eunice De Ocampo GYM/Tennis/Squash Greg/Abdul Aquatics

Pradeep/Zaid Janice Alindao/May Siew Front Office Club Services/Youth/L3 Spa

Kimberly Lim Membership

Workplace Safety & Health Q1 Meeting Minutes September 29, 2022

WSH Quarterly 1 Minutes of Meeting Date: September 29, 2022

Time: 10 am Venue: Zoom

Attendees: Nerang Mohammad (NM) - Chair

Mylene Soh (MS)

Eleen Yap (EY)

Rick Coate (RC)

Mack Tan

Randy Lew

Anthony Pabalan (AP)

Simon Chelliah Juliany Kurnia

Kimberly Lim

Duxbury Low

Crystal Ng Mike Tan

Anita

Ronald Ho

Dan Durkin

Stanley Cornelius Annabelle Yong

Dennis Salao Fazimah Fazil

Stephen Chong Catherine Nicholls

Rose Hebrona

Absent with apologies Julie Zul Mark James

Record of Meeting:

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a. Chair called the meeting to order at 10.05am and welcomed Mylene, Stanley and Crystal to the WSH Committee. Chair then handed over to AP to discuss the meeting’s agenda. A) Club Incidents a. AP shared that the meeting was called to address WSH Council’s strong message on the alarming spike of workplace death incidents in SG, as discussed during the WSH Conference he attended last week. The Council called out the need for all team leaders to review processes and ensure that we operate in a safe environment and therefore eliminating further incidents. ACOP (Approved Code of Practice), which will take place in October, is WSH’s and MOM ’ s response to this alarming workplace deaths. b. Club incidents are still mostly comprised of Member incidents involving sports injuries (taekwondo, tennis & gym) and injuries that occurred outside the Club wherein first-aid were rendered. Cuts sustained from damaged Club furniture & equipment were also reported. AP requested for Team Leaders to review their respective outlets’ equipment & facilities prior to opening their outlets to identify any potential hazard/s. c. Meanwhile, staff incidents also recorded cuts resulting from hasty operations. Again, AP urged Team Leaders to allot time to inspect their working areas prior to start of operations. Health issues and injuries outside the club as well as slips, trips and falls (STF) also comprised the rest of staff incidents. AP further shared that STF is now the no.1 workplace incident in Singapore. Though harmless, this cannot be neglected as they cause long term injuries. d. In comparison from previous year, the incidents may be small in number, however, we may end up with the same level as last year ’s based from the projection. e. AP reminded everyone to look at our surroundings and address any hazards and not to rush and to think of safety all the time.

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3. B) ACOP (Approved Code of Practice) – Code of Practice on Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Risk Management a. AP shared the following information as discussed from last week’s WSH Conference:

AP further shared that though fatalities were mainly in construction industry, we cannot be complacent as what could be a mere incident could lead to a fatality (cited a hotel incident that happened 4 years ago). The number of fatalities is very serious as this involves lives and families. ACOP also entails higher accountability on management for fines and non-compliance. AP further informed that Club should review work processes and to work with BizSafe vendors.

b. AP also discussed about ACOP principles as follows:

With the above principles, AP asked that Team leaders incorporate safety whenever possible during team briefings. Furthermore, principle 4 empowers staff to participate in WSH activities, allowing staff to speak out without being penalized.

c. Presently, below are the current WSH programs that the Club runs:

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These programs however, don’t seem enough as these don’t reach a lot of our staff and they don’t feel empowered enough to be part of our safety culture. d. To further boost these measures, WSH will introduce few more initiatives as presented below:

e. With these added initiatives, WSH continues to explore various communication platforms to reach a broader audience. f. RC commended AP for a great presentation and asked for a copy to present to GC and other standing Committees, in a more condensed format. RC suggested to send communications and messages in different languages and hard copies for those without access to emails. He also

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mentioned about seeking feedback & consultations with staff on what risk or hazards they face and how to improve things, especially for those involved in manual handling. RC also raised that PDPA should fall under WSH as Club holds personal data of staff, and regularly assuring them that data are secured especially with the global issue on data theft and security. RC again stressed that safety should be the first agenda in every team meeting. g. RC also asked on Club’s status and on how we are benchmarking with ACOP. AP assured that the Club, being BizSafe certified, has covered everything under ACOP. What resonates to us is that we have to communicate more and integrate these practices in our business decisions. AP further shared that the government had come up with this as some industries, especially those operating in high- risk environment are not even BizSafe certified and don’t have risk management. C) Team Wellness a. Team Wellness participation for the 1 st Quarter, with Accounts clocking the highest number of participants, followed by Front Office and Housekeeping:

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b. Team Wellness WhatsApp Channel:

c. TAC 74 th Birthday Virtual Fun Run, last submission of activities on Sep 30. Participants who completed the VFR will receive a finisher shirt and singlet.

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d. TAC 74 th Birthday bash. AP congratulated all staff involved with the event, acknowledging Fadhil for working with DMs, Security and Abdul in safety planning and incorporating safety throughout the event. He further expressed that this is what we would like to see in our workplace. AP also lauded Zack in engaging WSH Committee to ensure that they ran their recent event with safety measures in place.

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D. AOB

a. AP stressed on the timely reporting of incidents and highlighted that staff do not report to work if unwell and on MCs. b. On First Aid boxes, AP asked that outlets look into the expiry dates of the items and make sure that items are sufficient for operations. c. Mylene asked how often meetings are conducted. AP said EXCO are on monthly basis, while the WSH Committee is quarterly. This quarterly meeting would’ve been in October except that ACOP matters need to be addressed urgently. d. Mylene also suggested that HODs should cascade this information during their department meetings to make it more impactful, stressing the importance of workplace safety. She also recommended the physical distribution of this info by HODs for those staff who doesn’t have access to digital info. e. AP thanked Mylene for echoing the essence of ACOP and once again expressed that this should be part of every team meeting’s agenda. AP also shared that posters are displayed in strategic places around the club for staff awareness on the various WSH programs as well as safety reminders especially for the elderlies. f. Mylene expressed PDs full support and participation in the upcoming WSH programs. g. In conclusion, Chair thanked AP for a very informative sharing, and everyone for their attendance and support.

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Meeting adjourned at 10.53 am. Recorded by: Rose Hebrona Vetted by: Anthony Pabalan Approved by: Nerang Mohammad

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