Fatal and major injury rates increased in the manufacturing sector, even surpassing construction.
MOM said there were more work-from-height activities, with the increase in projects involving the installation of solar panels. There were two fatal accidents involving such work in 2023.
But the manufacturing sector was flagged by MOM for having the highest combined fatal and major injury rates., a 21.7 per cent drop from the 46 deaths in 2022. This is a workplace death rate of 0.99 per 100,000 workers, down from 1.3 in 2022. On March 27, at a site visit to logistics firm Nippon Express in Toh Guan Road East in Jurong East, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad said: “But is not something for us to say we’ve arrived, even though we’ve achieved our target ahead of schedule.
Though fatalities in the manufacturing sector dropped from seven to five, the number of major injury cases jumped from 122 to 150. Between October and November 2023, MOM conducted over 650 inspections in the metalwork sector and meted out $32,000 in fines.Companies that accumulate sufficient demerit points due to safety violations will be temporarily banned from hiring foreign employees for up to two years.
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