PERKESO’s efforts to reduce workplace accidents show results

Safety first: Abdul Rahman (front row, centre) posing for group photo with participants of the PERKESO Accident Prevention Convention 2025 at the Bangi Avenue Convention Centre in Kajang. With him is Subahan (front row, fifth from right) and Alliance for a Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye (front row, third from left). — ART CHEN/The Star

KAJANG: Proactive steps taken by the Social Security Organisation (PERKESO) to reduce workplace accidents resulted in a slight decline of cases last year compared with 2023, says Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad.

The Deputy Human Resources Minister said 66,574 cases of workplace accidents were reported in 2024 compared with 68,220 cases the previous year.