WORKPLACE INJURIES BY TOP ACCIDENT TYPES AND INDUSTRY, 2011

Slips, Trips &

Falls
Struck by
Moving Objects
Cut/Stabbed by
Objects
TOTAL 2,480 1,780 1,373
Manufacturing (excluding shipbuilding and ship repairing) 393 498 376
Food, Beverages and Tobacco 72 39 85
Paper Products and Printing 25 21 18
Petrochemical 17 23 s
Rubber and Plastic Products 14 22 12
Non-metallic Mineral Products 21 20 24
Metalworking
1
144 274 136
Electronic Products 41 27 13
Transport Equipment 17 12 s
Furniture s 19 36
Other Manufacturing 34 41 44
Marine
2
53 93 19
Construction 342 420 202
Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Management 34 13 s
Wholesale and Retail Trade 142 72 80
Wholesale Trade 79 50 44
Retail Trade 63 22 36
Transport and Storage 215 168 33
Land Transport 37 17 s
Water Transport s s -
Air Transport 10 s s
Warehousing and Support Activities for Transport 153 137 31
Services Allied to Transport of Goods 23 36 s
Hotels and Restaurants 208 55 247
Hotels 72 25 63
Restaurants 136 30 184
Information and Communications 13 s s
Financial and Insurance Activities 28 s 13
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing Activities 72 29 46
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 81 42 32
Veterinary Activities s - s
Administrative and Support Services Activities 118 42 38
Landscape Care and Maintenance Service Activities 19 s s
Community, Social and Personal Services 264 104 61
Health Activities 77 27 14
Others 517 233 216
1
Includes Manufacture of Basic Metals, Fabricated Metal Products, Machinery & Equipment and Electrical Machinery & Apparatus.
2
Includes Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing, Marine Surveying Services (other than classification societies),
Salvaging of Distressed Vessels and Cargo and Works carried out at the anchorage.
s : Suppressed because the injury numbers are too small (i.e. less than 10) for meaningful analysis.
Notes :
1) Figures are based on incident reports made under the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations.
2) Figures are victim-based.
3) Figures include both fatal and non-fatal injuries.
4) Figures may not be comparable with past years figures due to a change in categories of accident types in 2011.
5) Falls from Heights (FFH) incidents are identified through fall from Roof/ Mobile Work Platform/ Scaffold/ Ladder/ Structure/ Into Depth incidents.
Top Accident Types
Industry
6) Slips, Trips and Falls incidents are identified through Slips and Trips on same level/Fall from Vehicle/ Stairs/Steps/Machines/Other Locations incidents.
Struck by
Falling
Objects
Caught in or
Between
Objects
Falls from
Heights
Over-
exertion/Strenuou
s Movement
Strike Against
Objects
1,195 814 551 531 494
277 315 71 72 108
28 35 s 19 14
s 34 s s s
s 12 s s s
12 13 s s s
22 10 s s s
153 157 29 18 48
s 22 s s 11
s s s s s
11 s s s s
24 22 10 s s
49 42 23 14 s
310 161 196 49 78
s 12 s s s
72 30 46 43 30
43 24 25 22 18
29 s 21 21 12
88 59 18 81 56
s s s 11 s
s s - - s
s s - 20 s
70 48 17 44 38
s s s s s
43 21 13 35 45
17 s s 10 16
26 12 s 25 29
s s s s s
16 s s s s
20 s 11 28 17
29 26 s 19 12
- - - - -
41 13 17 11 19
s s s s s
61 29 21 71 38
13 s s 26 10
178 86 123 100 75
1
Includes Manufacture of Basic Metals, Fabricated Metal Products, Machinery & Equipment and Electrical Machinery & Apparatus.
1) Figures are based on incident reports made under the Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations.
5) Falls from Heights (FFH) incidents are identified through fall from Roof/ Mobile Work Platform/ Scaffold/ Ladder/ Structure/ Into Depth incidents.
Top Accident Types
Source : Occupational Safety and Health Division, MOM
6) Slips, Trips and Falls incidents are identified through Slips and Trips on same level/Fall from Vehicle/ Stairs/Steps/Machines/Other Locations incidents.