36 workplace deaths in 2025, 2 of them platform workers: MOM
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Two platform workers were among the 36 people who died last year in the course of their work, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in its annual workplace safety and health report.The latest edition of the report, released on Wednesday (March 25), is the firs36 workplace deaths in 2025, 2 of them platform workers: MOM
Two platform workers were among the 36 people who died last year in the course of their work, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in its annual workplace safety and health report.The latest edition of the report, released on Wednesday (March 25), is the first time that information on work-related injuries involving platform workers is available after the Platform Workers Act came into force last year.Last year, Singapore's workplace fatal injury rate fell to a record low of 0.96 per 100,000 workers, making the Republic one of the safest countries in the world to work.There were 43 workplace deaths in 2024 and the workplace fatal injury rate then was 1.2 per 100,000 workersVehicular incidents continued to be the top cause of fatalities in 2025 — 15. Of these, six people, including the two platform workers, died in work-related traffic accidents.The next leading causes of fatal accidents are fall from height and the collapse or failure of structure and equipment, according to the report. Read more
