Workplace Safety and Health
Workplace Safety & Health
Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) is a long-standing strategic priority for SP Group and a core enabler of safe, reliable and resilient operations across all geographies in which we operate. As an operator of critical energy infrastructure, SP Group recognises that strong WSH performance is fundamental to operational excellence, workforce confidence and the sustained delivery of essential services to customers and communities.
In Singapore, SP Group operates within a mature and robust WSH regulatory and institutional ecosystem. This framework is designed to safeguard the health and safety of employees, contractors and other stakeholders, and to ensure compliance with applicable WSH laws and regulations in each jurisdiction.
Across our overseas operations, the same high standards of safety and health are applied where applicable.
Given the nature of our operations, WSH underpins effective workforce deployment, contractor management, operational continuity and regulatory compliance.
Key Initiatives
SAFE365 Worksite Safety Management App
SP achieved full onboarding of all contractor partners onto SAFE365, a safety management application designed to strengthen collaboration between SP project teams and contractors. It standardises daily safety reporting across SP worksites and improves the consistency, accountability and visibility of on-site safety activities. Developed inhouse by SP Digital, this application is designed to strengthen collaboration between SP project teams and contractors while creating a safer and more productive work environment.
Through the platform, contractors submit daily worksite information, including toolbox meeting records, safety documents and on-site safety measures, while SP employees upload safety inspection reports. SAFE365’s real-time data accessibility supports efficient safety and site management for both SP and contractors, reinforcing a proactive approach to safety management.
Strengthening Ground-Up Safety through Digital Tools and Engagement
Ensuring that every worker returns home safely at the end of the day is a core priority at SP. Across more than 300 worksites island-wide, daily toolbox meetings form a critical first line of defence, bringing together technical officers and contractors to identify hazards and agree on safety precautions before work begins. Each day, this routine supports the safety of over 8,000 workers from SP’s authorised contractors.
Supporting these efforts is Ms Yuan Yinxi, a manager from SP’s Safety and Health team, who plays a key role in strengthening ground-up safety practices. Working closely with site teams and contractors, she helps ensure that robust safety processes are consistently applied as SP engineers and contractors maintain and upgrade underground electricity cables and gas pipelines.
Digital tools are an important enabler of this approach. Ms Yuan oversees a team that monitors work activities through closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems across multiple sites. Observations from the footage are regularly reviewed to identify areas for improvement, reinforce safe behaviours and share good practices across contractor partners. This enables timely intervention, continuous learning and consistent safety standards across worksites.
In addition, Ms Yuan and her team participate in regular site engagements and dialogues alongside SP’s senior leadership. These interactions provide an open channel for contractors to raise safety concerns, share feedback and flag potential risks early, allowing issues to be addressed proactively before they escalate.
Going forward, SP will pilot AI-enabled CCTV monitoring to automate detection of safety violations, with continued evaluation before wider deployment across worksites.
By combining ground-level engagement with digital monitoring and collaborative dialogue, SP reinforces safety as a shared responsibility. This partnership-based approach helps foster a strong safety culture, one where employees, contractors and leaders work together to uphold safe work practices and protect the well-being of workers, customers and the public.
Strengthening Safety through Training for Employees and Contractors
SP Group strengthens safety performance through targeted training for both employees and contractors, recognising that effective safety outcomes require strong oversight as well as safe work practices on site.
For employees, in addition to the annual mandatory Safety e-learning module, targeted training programmes are designed for specific roles. For example, the Project Safety Management (PSM) training is provided to Project Officers as part of ongoing capability building. As Project Officers play a key role in managing contractor works and overseeing site activities, the training reinforces worksite safety requirements, roles and responsibilities, and SP Group’s safety expectations. It also emphasises effective supervision, safe work practices, and contractor compliance with safety requirements. To date, over 1,000 Project Officers have completed PSM training, supporting consistent safety standards across projects.
For contractors, SP Group has required all workers to undergo Safety@SP, a mandatory safety course conducted in the native languages of foreign workers, prior to deployment at SP worksites.
Introduced in 2014, the programme aims to raise safety awareness and equip contractors with the necessary knowledge to work safely. The course has been enhanced with practical safety stations covering high-risk activities, strengthening hands-on learning and application at worksites.
Together, these initiatives reflect SP Group’s holistic approach to safety, building strong internal safety oversight while ensuring contractors are properly trained before commencing work. By reinforcing safety responsibilities across both employees and contractors, SP Group embeds safety as a shared responsibility and strengthens its overall safety performance across operations.