The Occupational Safety and Health (Special Scheme of Inspection) Regulations 2025

07 April 2025

• Periodical inspections by a DOSH officer or licensed person² (the period and manner of which are to be prescribed by the Minister of Human Resources); or 


• For certain classes of plant, the occupier may apply to the Director General of DOSH for approval to carry out a special scheme of inspection (“SSI”). If approval is granted, the inspection of the plant will be carried out in accordance with the SSI³. 

• Class A – Limited to steam boilers and pressure vessels.
• Class B – Covers all plants requiring a certificate of fitness including lifting machinery. 

• Establish and maintain an occupational safety and health (OSH) management system as agreed by the Director General.
• List all steam boilers and pressure vessels, and ensure they are in safe working condition.
• Ensure all steam boilers and pressure vessels have valid certificates of fitness.
• Submit risk-based data and thickness measurements using prescribed methods.
• Provide information on remnant life, risk category, inspection intervals, and an inspection plan.
• Form a risk-based team with at least five experts, including an engineer, corrosion expert, process/ production expert, inspection expert, and safety and health officer.
• Submit required documents as per the Second Schedule. 

• Establish and maintain a plant management system following industry codes of practice.
• List all plants requiring a certificate of fitness, categorising them based on installation time (more or less than 36 months from the application date).
• Ensure all plants have valid certificates of fitness and are in safe working condition.
• Submit risk-based data and thickness measurements (for steam boilers and pressure vessels).
• Provide remnant life, risk category, inspection intervals, and an inspection plan for steam boilers and pressure vessels; for lifting machinery, submit only the risk category, inspection intervals, and an inspection plan.
• Ensure no fatality, serious injury, disease, or dangerous incident has occurred in the two years preceding the application.
• Form a risk-based team similar to Class A.
• Submit required documents as per the Second Schedule. 

• The Director General may request additional documents.
• Applications that do not meet requirements within the given time will be considered withdrawn.
• Only one class of SSI is allowed at a time – approval for Class B automatically revokes any existing Class A approval.
• Class A SSI is valid for 120 months, while Class B is valid for 180 months, unless revoked or terminated earlier.
• Certificates of fitness under SSI cannot exceed 60 months and are determined based on a risk assessment by the DOSH officer. 

• Ensure no fatality, serious bodily injury, poisoning, disease, or dangerous incidents occur in relation to the plant requiring certificate of fitness.
• Collect and maintain risk-based data at least every 12 months.
• Use approved methods for calculating and assessing risk data.
• Notify the Director General within 30 days if the leader of the risk-based inspection team changes.
• Ensure verification inspection is performed and that team members are well-trained and competent. 

• Maintain an OSH management system.
• Keep detailed records of equipment usage and maintenance. 

• Maintain a plant management system.
• Conduct comprehensive risk-based data analysis for various equipment types. 

• Class A – Requires both internal and external inspections.
• Class B – Requires external and operational inspections. 

• Class A – Must apply within six months after a special inspection.
• Class B – Must apply not more than six months before the next special inspection. 

• Fails to comply with Class A (Regulation 10) or Class B (Regulation 11) obligations.
• Changes ownership of the plant.
• Has a certificate of fitness terminated. 

• Sale, lease, or transfer of a plant under SSI.
• Safe working pressure/load for steam boilers, pressure vessels, or lifting machinery. 

• Class A: RM 51,000 for the first plant, RM 1,000 for each additional plant.
• Class B: RM 81,000 for the first plant, RM 1,000 for each additional plant. 

• Steam Boilers: RM 300 - RM 2,400 based on heating surface area.
• Pressure Vessels: RM 140 - RM 700 based on capacity.
• Lifting Machinery: RM 350 - RM 1,300 based on type and load capacity. 

• Verification Inspection: RM 25,000 (Class A), RM 40,000 (Class B).
• Plant List Amendments: RM 1,000 per plant. 

• Scope - the SSI Regulations 2025 apply to a broader range of plants requiring certificates of fitness which include lifting machinery whereas the FMA–SSI Regulations only applied to pressurised machinery such as steam boilers and unfired pressure vessels;
• Duration - the SSI under the FMA–SSI Regulations was for a period of 150 months whereas the duration under the SSI Regulations 2025 is for a period of 120 months for Class A and 180 months for Class B (unless revoked or terminated earlier); and
• Inspection frequency - the inspections are to be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme and in any event before the expiry of the certificate of fitness which shall not exceed 75 months for the FMA–SSI Regulations and not more than 60 months for the SSI Regulations 2025.