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More than 960 firms adopt standard to handle staff grievances, including sexual harassment
- May 8, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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SINGAPORE – More than 960 companies, that employ nearly half a million workers here between them, have adopted a set of good practices to address workplace unhappiness, including sexual harassment complaints, as of January this year. The scheme – the Tripartite Standard on Grievance Handling – may be voluntary for employers, but the Ministry of
More than 300 election workers, police officers in Indonesia die of exhaustion
- April 30, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
JAKARTA (DPA) – At least 287 polling station workers and 18 police officers have died mainly from exhaustion and illnesses associated with overwork after Indonesia’s elections this month, officials said on Monday (April 29). The world’s fourth-largest country held the legislative and presidential elections in a single day for the first time on April 17,
Workplace fatalities edge to new low, but more non-fatal injuries on the job last year
- February 27, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – More workers sustained non-fatal workplace injuries last year, though the number of those who died on the job edged to a new record low. Forty-one workers died from workplace injuries, one fewer than the 42 the year before. The construction sector remained the top contributor of deaths, with 14 fatal accidents, two more
More can be done to improve safety of crane operations despite fewer dangerous incidents: Zaqy…
- February 1, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – There are fewer dangerous incidents involving cranes but more can be done to improve the safety of crane operations, said Minister of State for Manpower and National Development Zaqy Mohamad. The number of such occurrences has fallen from 22 in 2015 to 12 last year, he told more than 400 participants on Friday
More deaths, fewer injuries in construction from Jan to Nov
- December 31, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The construction sector has promised that there will be “no let-up” in its efforts to promote safety after new figures showed an increase in deaths due to workplace accidents this year. A Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesman told The Straits Times that there were 13 workplace fatalities in the construction sector from January to last
Fewer workplace deaths, but more injuries last quarter
- November 8, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
There were fewer workplace deaths from July to September this year compared with the previous quarter, although more workers sustained injuries. Ten workers died in the last quarter, down from 14 deaths between April and June this year. To date, 34 workers have died on the job since January. There were also 3,122 cases of
Fewer workplace deaths, but more injuries last quarter: MOM
- November 7, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – There were fewer workplace deaths from July to September this year compared to the previous quarter, although more workers sustained injuries. A total of 10 workers died in the last quarter, down from 14 in April to June this year. To date, 34 workers have died on the job in 2018. Just as in
More workplace safety checks to be done
- June 29, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will step up enforcement efforts and conduct 250 more workplace safety inspections in the next two months, on top of the 500 inspections to be done from May to July that were announced earlier. This comes after a bakery owner’s fatal fall into a dough-making machine, and a woman died
More help for workers with chronic conditions under new workplace safety and health move
- May 16, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Workers with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol will be able to get screened and manage these chronic conditions early, under an initiative to promote safety and health at workplaces. It will identify at-risk workers – those whose health markers are a cause for concern – and help at least a fifth
More than 300 enforcement actions taken against companies for vehicle safety violations since June
- September 14, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – More than 300 enforcement actions have been taken against errant employers for vehicular safety infringements since June, Minister of State for Manpower Sam Tan revealed on Thursday (Sept 14). Vehicular accidents have been the No. 1 cause of workplace fatalities for the past three years, with 22 workers hit and killed by moving
