Who & When to Report

Under the Workplace Safety & Health Act and the Work Injury Compensation Act, work accidents, dangerous occurrences and occupational diseases must be reported to the Ministry of Manpower. Failure to do so as required by the law is an offence.

To find out whether you are required to report incidents, select your role as below:

• I am the employer
• I am the workplace occupier
• I am the treating doctor
• I am the injured/sick employee

For an overview of the reporting requirement for all roles, please refer to the table below:

Category	What needs to be reported	Who to report	Need to notify Commissioner Immediately?	Need to submit report within 10 days from accident/ diagnosis of disease?
Work accident	Employee was injured in accident and : Died, or Hospitalised for more than 24 hours; or Given MC for more than 3 calendar days in a row	Employer	Yes No No	Yes Yes* Yes*
Work accident	A member of public or self employed contractor was injured and Died, or Sent to hospital for treatment	Workplace Occupier	Yes Yes	Yes Yes
Disease	Employee contracted an occupational disease in the List of Occupational Diseases Employee contracted a disease due to work exposure to biological/ chemical agent	Employer Doctor who diagnosed the disease Employer	No No No	Yes Yes Yes
Dangerous Occurrence	Any event in the List of Dangerous Occurrences	Workplace Occupier	Yes	Yes

*If the employee subsequently dies from the injury, the employer must notify the Commissioner as soon as he knows of the death.

I am the employer

As an employer, you are required by laws to report an incident to MOM under the following scenarios:

Scenario	Reporting method
An employee died in a work accident	Notify the Commissioner at once and Submit incident report online within 10 calender days of accident
An employee was injured in a work accident or contracted a disease due to work exposure to biological/chemical agent, and Hospitalised for more than 24 hours, or Given MC for more than 3 calendar days in a row	Submit incident report online within 10 calendar days of accident or receipt of the written diagnosis for disease. If the employee subsequently died from injury/disease, you must notify the Commissioner as soon as you knows of the death.
An employee contracted an Occupational Disease	Submit incident report online within 10 calendar days of receiving the written diagnosis of the disease.

Notes:

1. What you should do if you are not the direct employer of the injured person

   • • Is the employee hired by your sub-contractor? If so, tell your sub-contractor to submit the incident report to MOM.
     • Is the injured a self-employed or independent contractor? If so, report the accident to MOM if you are the occupier of the premise

2. For work incident involving three or fewer days of MC,

   • • You remain liable to pay the injured employee his medical leave wages and medical expenses. Click here to know more about Work Injury Compensation.
     • You are encouraged to report the incident to MOM if your employee suffers Permanent Incapacity (PI) and wishes to seek work injury compensation.

What is considered as a "work incident"?

It refers to incidents that (i) happened at the workplace or in the course of work , as well as (ii) those that are incidental to work e.g. going to toilet as well as slip and fall within workplace.

Click here to know more about what scenarios should be reported.

I am the workplace occupier

What is a "workplace occupier"?

If the workplace is registered as a factory, the occupier is the company with the certificate of registration or factory permit. In all other workplaces, the workplace occupier is the company that has control of the workplace regardless of whether it is the owner of the premises. As an occupier, you are required under the Workplace Safety and Health Act to report an incident to MOM under the following scenarios:

Scenario	Reporting method
Self-employed or member of public died from an accident at your workplace due to works done Self-employed or member of public was injured as a result of works done at your workplace and was sent to hospital for treatment No one was injured but incident is considered a Dangerous Occurrence	Notify the Commissioner at once and Submit incident report online within 10 calender days of accident

I am the treating doctor

As the treating doctor, you are required under the Workplace Safety and Health Act to report an occupational disease to MOM.

Scenario	Reporting method
You have diagnosed that an employee (of any company) has contracted an Occupational Disease	Submit incident report online within 10 calender days of diagnosis. Do also inform the employer of the diagnosis in writing.

Notes:

1. If you are a Designated Workplace Doctor (DWD), in addition to the incident report, please also remember that the Summary Report of Examinations and/or Register of workers exposed to a hazard are to be submitted either by DWD or the company representative.
2. If unsure of the diagnosis, you can refer the patient to one of the occupational health clinics listed below.
   
   

   Hospital/ Polyclinic	Clinic (by appointment)	Contact Number
   Geylang Polyclinic	Occupational Health Clinic	6547 6922/6842 2440
   Hougang Polyclinic	Occupational Health Clinic	6496 6600
   Jurong Polyclinic	Occupational Health Clinic	6355 3000
   National Skin Centre	Occupational Dermatoses Clinic	6350 6666
   Singapore General Hospital	Occupational Lung Clinic	6321 4402
   Tan Tock Seng Hospital	Occupational Deafness Clinic Occupational Lung Clinic Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorder Clinic	6357 7000

3. While not required by law, doctors are encouraged to submit an incident report to MOM when they find out that a patient was injured/developed a condition as a result of a work incident. This would enable the Ministry to get in touch with the injured to advise him on work injury compensation.

I am the injured/sick employee

The legal duty falls on your employer to report a work accident to MOM. Play your part by informing your employer/supervisor of your work injury/illness as soon as possible, as well as updating him whenever you are given MCs. This is so that your employer is aware of your accident and is able to notify MOM quickly.

If you wish to, you can also keep MOM informed of your accident by filing a form online.

Click here to find out more about Work Injury Compensation.