Lee Lam Thye: Underreporting hinders efforts to tackle industrial accidents


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 27 Jun 2017

PETALING JAYA: The underreporting of industrial accident cases will affect the effectiveness of the Government's medium and long-term plans to tackle the problem, said Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) chairman said that was because the Government's plans would be drafted based on inaccurate data.

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