Safety and Health Assessment System in Construction or SHASSIC is an independent method to assess and evaluate the safety and health performance of a contractor in construction works/ projects. SHASSIC was developed by a Technical Committee comprises of industry stakeholders. It was published as Construction Industry Standard or CIS 10:2008 in November 2008, then revised 10 years later in 2018 (CIS10:2018) and latest revision known as CIS 10:2020.
SHASSIC Objectives
SHASSIC was designed and developed to enable the user to achieve any or combination of the following objectives:
- To benchmark the level of safety and health performance of construction industry in Malaysia
- To have a standard system on safety and health assessment in the construction industry
- To assess safety and health performance of contractor(s) based on this standard
- To evaluate the performance of contractor(s) on the safety and health practices at site
- To improve and to take necessary corrective action on OSH performance and management at site; and
- To compile data for statistical analysis
SHASSIC
Safety and Health Assessment System in Construction or SHASSIC is an independent method to assess and evaluate the safety and health performance of a contractor in construction works/ projects
SHASSIC looks into three components - Document Check, Workplace Inspection and Personnel Interview.
R & D
Many initiatives have been kick-started as the following:
- Workers' Accommodation Models look into appropriate standards to the construction and operation of worker housing
- Incorporate BIM in safety management
- Study the impact of SHASSIC implementation
- 10 pilot projects on Safety Culture Tools
- Create a system to monitor fatality and accident rates
For more information:
Tel: 03-4047 8012/8023
Email: shassic@cidb.gov.my