Workplace Safety Improves, Vehicular Risks Remain Concern
Singapore’s workplace safety and health (WSH) performance in 1H2026 shows improvement, with major injuries reaching an all-time low. However, vehicular incidents remain a leading cause of fatalities.
The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) performance in Singapore for the first half of 2026 has remained stable compared to the same period last year. The annualised major injury rate, excluding Platform Workers (PWs), improved from 15.8 per 100,000 workers in 1H2025 to an all-time low in 1H2026. The annualised overall fatal injury rate rose slightly, with 21 workplace fatalities, where vehicular incidents were the leading cause, accounting for nine fatalities.
Following a rise in fatal injuries, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), with the support of the Multi-Agency Workplace Safety and Health Taskforce (MAST), stepped up safety measures. These included enhanced penalties and a two-week nationwide voluntary Safety Time-Out, which helped to arrest the rise in fatal injuries. MOM is now reviewing further measures to strengthen WSH ownership and accountability, including tougher deterrence through enforcement and a review of the bizSAFE programme to better reflect companies' actual WSH performance.
The Construction sector saw encouraging improvements in 1H2026, with its annualised fatal and major injury rate falling to the lowest since 2020. However, smaller-scale construction works accounted for 70% of the sector’s fatal and major injuries, prompting MOM to review measures to strengthen deterrence and accountability among contractors undertaking such works.
Key facts
- Annualised major injury rate (excluding PWs) improved from 15.8 to an all-time low in 1H2026
- 21 workplace fatalities were reported in 1H2026, with vehicular incidents accounting for nine fatalities
- Construction sector’s annualised fatal and major injury rate fell to the lowest since 2020
- Smaller-scale construction works accounted for 70% of the sector’s fatal and major injuries in 1H2026
- Noise-induced hearing loss accounted for 57% of occupational disease cases in 1H2026
Source
Release of 1H2026 WSH Report
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