Workplace safety and health report for Singapore

1. Workplace Safety and Health Institute
1500 Bendemeer Road #04-01, MOM Services Centre, Singapore 339946
F (65) 6692 5009 E contact@wshi.gov.sg
www.wsh-institute.sg
WorkplaceSafety&HealthReportJanuary To december 2016
WORKPLACE INJURIES DANGEROUS
OCCURRENCES
OCCUPATIONAL
DISEASES
66workerswerefatallyinjured,
arateof1.9per100,000
employedpersons.
45dangerousoccurrences(DO)
werereportedtoMOMin2016.
594workerssustained
workplacemajorinjuries,a
rateof17.4per100,000
employedpersons.
732occupationaldisease(OD)
caseswereconfirmedin
2016,anincidencerateof
21.5per100,000employed
persons.
LeadingODwasnoise-induced
deafnesswith322cases.
SecondmostcommonODwas
work-relatedmusculoskeletal
disorders(WRMSD)with316cases,
withinclusionofbackinjurycases
duetoergonomicrisks.
12,354workerssustained
lesssevereinjuries
(i.e.minorinjuries),
arateof363per
100,000employed
persons.
1.6incidentsoccurredfor
everymillionman-hours
worked(i.e.accident
frequencyrate).
697,139man-dayswerelost,arate
of86man-dayslostper
millionman-hoursworked
(i.e.accidentseverityrate).
WorkplaceFatalInjuryRate WorkplaceMajorInjuryRate OccupationalDiseaseIncidenceWorkplaceMinorInjuryRate
2.1
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2.3
1.8 1.9 1.9
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
21.6 19.8 20.0
17.6 17.4
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
36.2
27.4 29.5
27.5
21.5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
384
362
383
344
363
Top3IncidentTypesofWorkplaceInjuries
Severity
ofInjury
Fatal
Major
Minor
13(20%)
73(12%)
6(9%)
173(29%)
3,315(27%)
13(20%)
73(12%)
2,031(16%)
8(12%)
68(11%)
1,525(12%)
Fallsfrom
Heights
(FFH)
Slips,Trips
andFalls
Struckby
Moving
Objects
Caught
In/Between
Objects
Cut/
Stabbed
byObjects
6(9%)
Struckby
Falling
Objects
*per100,000employedpersons
Amongthemajorinjurycases,
amputationcasesincreasedto
143cases,from117casesin2015.
Fatalandmajorinjurycases
involvingstruckbymovingvehicles
increasedto12and20cases,from
10and14casesrespectivelyin2015.
Fatal injury rate stayed at 1.9 per 100,000 employed persons, but more non-fatal workplace injuries in 2016