Construction, marine, transportation and storage, and manufacturing accounted for most of the deaths.
SINGAPORE - Nineteen workers died from getting injured at work in the first half of 2024, up from 14 deaths in the same period in 2023.
There were two deaths in the transportation and storage sector, fewer than the five recorded in the first half of 2023, and three in the second half of that year. Singapore’s workplace fatality rate between January and June was one death per 100,000 workers, a slight increase from 0.8 death per 100,000 workers in the first half of 2023, and 0.99 in the second half of that year.
The top three causes were slips, trips and falls; machinery incidents; and falls from a height. These accounted for 173 – or 59 per cent – of major injuries reported in the first half of 2024. MOM said in September 2023 that it would step up inspections of the metalworking industry and raise safety standards for smaller-scale construction work, as these accounted for many work-related injuries in the first half of 2023.
MOM, he added, will continue to step up its efforts for the rest of 2024 to try to maintain its goal of below one fatality per 100,000 workers, he said. About half of these injuries were caused by slips, trips and falls; machinery incidents; and being struck by moving objects.
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