Companies should report near misses to bring down industrial accident rate: Zaqy Mohamad
- January 16, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsSINGAPORE – Companies need to report near misses at the workplace and encourage workers to highlight hazards, in order to reduce the number of injuries resulting from industrial accidents. Speaking at the launch of Safe Hands Campaign 2019 on Thursday (Jan 10), Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, Zaqy Mohamad, said such near-miss
Spike in cases of near misses at LTA worksites
- September 7, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The number of near-miss incidents being reported at the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) worksites has surged by over 40-fold – growing from 73 incidents in 2015 to 3,126 last year. These refer to incidents that did not result in injury, illness or damage – but had the potential to do so. The LTA said that