Singapore manufacturing injury rate hits record low

Metalworking improves 22%.

Singapore’s manufacturing sector recorded an all-time low workplace fatal and major injury rate of 28.8 per 100,000 workers in 2025, as the country’s overall workplace fatal injury rate fell to a record low of 0.96 per 100,000 workers.

The workplace major injury rate, excluding platform workers, also declined to an all-time low of 15.7 per 100,000 workers.

The manufacturing improvement was driven by fewer major injuries, particularly in metalworking, where the fatal and major injury rate fell 22% to 36.0 per 100,000 workers from 46.4 in 2024.

The Ministry of Manpower said the improvement followed targeted enforcement operations on machinery safety and noise hazards since 2024, alongside greater industry awareness of workplace safety and health requirements.

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 transportation and storage worsened to 23.8 from 18.4.

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

The agency recorded two fatalities and 74 major injuries involving platform workers, equal to a fatal and major injury rate of 84.6 per 100,000 workers.