WSH Advisory for Fatal Accidents in Second Half of 2025

25 Mar 2026 Announcements

The Ministry of Manpower has released the National Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) statistics for 2025. Singapore’s performance improved, with the workplace fatal injury rate declining to a record low of 0.96 per 100,000 workers. The workplace major injury rate also fell to an all-time low of 15.7 per 100,000 workers (excluding platform workers). These achievements place Singapore’s workplaces among the safest globally.

The WSH Council has prepared a WSH Advisory based on the fatalities that occurred in the second half of 2025^[1,2]. Eleven workplace fatalities^[3] have been grouped into four incident categories, with recommendations tailored to address each incident type.

We urge all employers, supervisors and workers to learn from these incidents, adopt the recommendations, and remain vigilant as workplace risks continue to evolve.

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[1]: In 2025, there were a total of 36 workplace fatalities, including six Work-related Traffic Accidents (WRTAs).

[2]: In the first half of 2025, there were 17 workplace fatalities, including three WRTAs. The WSH Advisories for the fatal accidents (excluding WRTAs) were earlier published on 6 August 2025 (WSH Advisory for Workplace Accidents Involving Compressed Gas Cylinders in 1H2025) and 30 September 2025 (WSH Advisory for Fatal Accidents in First Half of 2025).

[3]: In the second half of 2025, there were 19 workplace fatalities, including three WRTAs.