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The major injury rate also hits a low.<\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Manpower said the results placed Singapore amongst the safest workplaces globally.<\/p>\n Construction, manufacturing, and transportation and storage accounted for more than half of workplace fatal and major injuries in 2025.<\/p>\n Construction\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The agency said slips, trips and falls, along with vehicular incidents, remained the leading causes of fatalities and injuries in the sector.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Most injuries involved delivery workers, particularly those using two-wheeled vehicles such as motorbikes and power-assisted bicycles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n