Workplace fatal injury rate falls to record low

The major injury rate also hits a low.

The workplace fatal injury rate fell to a record low of 0.96 per 100,000 workers in 2025, whilst the workplace major injury rate excluding platform workers dropped to an all-time low of 15.7 per 100,000 workers.

Including platform workers, the major injury rate stood at 17.7 per 100,000 workers, marking the first year non-fatal platform worker data was included after the Platform Workers Act took effect on 1 January 2025.

The Ministry of Manpower said the results placed Singapore amongst the safest workplaces globally.

Construction, manufacturing, and transportation and storage accounted for more than half of workplace fatal and major injuries in 2025.

Construction’s fatal and major injury rate fell to 26.3 per 100,000 workers from 31.0 a year earlier, whilst manufacturing recorded an all-time low of 28.8, helped by a 22% drop in metalworking to 36.0 from 46.4.

Transportation and storage was the main area of deterioration, with its fatal and major injury rate rising to 23.8 per 100,000 workers from 18.4 in 2024.

The agency said slips, trips and falls, along with vehicular incidents, remained the leading causes of fatalities and injuries in the sector.

For platform workers, there were two fatalities and 74 major injuries in 2025, translating into a fatal and major injury rate of 84.6 per 100,000 workers.

Most injuries involved delivery workers, particularly those using two-wheeled vehicles such as motorbikes and power-assisted bicycles.