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The manual provides practical guidance and advice for compliance to:  \n(a) Section 15(1) & (2) of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 or as amended with respect to the duties of employers and self-employed persons to their workers; and  \n(b) Regulation 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standard of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000 or as amended hereinafter referred to as USECHH Regulations with respect to the duty of employer to conduct an assessment of risk to health for any work activities which may exposed or likely to exposed any workers to chemicals hazardous to health.  \nThis manual has been developed to provide guidance to carry out an assessment of risk to health due to exposure to chemicals hazardous to health using the Simple Risk Assessment and Control for Chemicals (SiRAC) method.This manual has also been designed to assist employers to understand the scope of the assessment which shall contain the nature of the hazard to health, the exposure potential arising from the use of chemicals hazardous to health and the measures and procedures required to control the exposure of a worker to chemicals hazardous to health.  \nThis manual will be reviewed from time to time. Written comments from any interested persons or parties are welcomed. These should be sent to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) for further consideration in improving the manual.  \nDirector General  \nDepartment of Occupational Safety and Health  \nMalaysia  \n2019  \ni  \nMANUAL ON SIMPLE RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL FOR CHEMICALS (SiRAC)  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nThe Department of Occupational Safety and Health wishes to thank and acknowledge the members of Drafting Committee (Jawatankuasa Penggubalan bagi ‘Manual on Simple Risk Assessment and Control for Chemicals (SiRAC)) for their contributions towards the preparation of this manual.  \nDrafting Committee  \nHazlina binti Yon  \nIr. Dr. Majahar bin Abd. Rahman Ir. Hj. Anuar bin Mohd Mokhtar Shabanon binti Mohd Sharif Ir. Roslenda binti Hasan Hamidi bin Saidin  \nRusnah binti Nanyan Kasman bin Nasir  \nElaini binti Wahab  \nNoor Fazira binti Ab Aziz Mohd Hafizullah bin Harun Mohd Azam bin Tumijan Sulaiman bin R. Rahman  \nHj. Mohd Salleh bin Abd Rahman  \nIr. Nimi Ahmad Rina C. Ronaldin Hj. 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