Significant drop in workplace casualties nationwide, says Niosh

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The number of workplace casualties is down by half in the past decade with injuries also significantly reduced, says the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh).

Niosh chairman Chong Chieng Jen said for occupational fatalities, the figure had dropped by half to 2.06 per 100,000 workers in 2022, compared to 4.64 in 2012.