Slightly fewer workplace fatalities in first half of 2013
POSTED: 05 Sep 2013 12:09 PM
The number of workplace fatalities has fallen -- in the first half of 2013, there were 25 fatal injuries, one less than the number during the same period in 2012.
SINGAPORE: The number of workplace fatalities has fallen -- in the first half of 2013, there were 25 fatal injuries, one less than the number during the same period in 2012.
The latest Workplace Safety and Health Statistics Report also showed that minor injuries also declined, from 5,160 cases last year to 5,029.
The number of major workplace injuries rose slightly from 255 to 257.
The total number of reported workplace injuries decreased by 2.4 per cent, and the number of occupational disease cases fell by nearly half to 372 cases from 634 cases, compared to the same period last year.
The construction sector remained the top contributor of workplace fatal injuries.
The marine (from three cases to one) and manufacturing ( from five cases to one) sectors saw lower numbers of workplace fatal injuries.
Together, the three traditional high risk sectors accounted for 52 per cent of all fatal injuries reported.
The most common incident types that led to workplace fatal injuries were falls, being struck by moving objects, collapse/failure of structure and equipment, and electrocution. These accounted for 80 per cent of all fatal injuries.
- CNA/ac
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