A HEALTHLY WORKFORCE IN A SAFE WORKPLACE

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISION

YEAR IN REVIEW 2015

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

  498
NOISE INDUCED DEAFNESS
Remains top contributor, down from 2,922 cases in 2014

  304
WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER

  89
OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
An increase of 65% compared to 2014, due to an outbreak of skin rashes at a construction site

  18
COMPRESSED AIR ILLNESS

  26
OTHERS

935

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE (OD) IN 2015 Down from 992 in 2014


MANUFACTURING

33%

continued to record the highest number of OD cases of total ODs confirmed in 2015


RATE

27.5

per 100,000 employed persons Down from 29.5 in 2014