Overall workplace injury cases increased from 12,810 cases in 2018 to 13,779 cases in 2019. The number of workplace fatal injury cases decreased from 41 cases in 2018 to 39 cases in 2019, resulting in a lower fatal injury rate of 1.1 per 100,000 workers.
The number of workplace major injuries increased 5.5% from 596 in 2018 to 629 in 2019. Likewise, the number of workplace minor injuries increased 7.7% from 12,173 in 2018 to 13,111 in 2019.
The confirmed cases of occupational disease decreased from 563 cases in 2018 to 517 cases in 2019 while the number of dangerous occurrences decreased from 23 incidents in 2018 to 21 incidents in 2019.
Source: https://www.mom.gov.sg/-/media/mom/documents/safety-health/reports-stats/wsh-national-statistics/wsh-national-stats-2019.pdf
