TABLE 4.
Number, Percent, and Rate* of Reported Non-fatal Occupational Injury by Year, Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Type of Occupational Injury, Cause of Accident and Accident Agent in the Agriculture, Wood-Product, and Non-metallic Product Industries
| Agriculture |
Wood product |
Non metallic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Rate | N (%) | Rate | N (%) | Rate | |
| Total | 25,950 (100) | 24.1 | 20,650 (100) | 22.1 | 5,214 (100) | 20.8 |
| Year | ||||||
| 2002 | 8,080 (31) | 39.0 | 5,639 (27) | 32.3 | 1,406 (27) | 28.3 |
| 2003 | 6,153 (24) | 30.4 | 4,728 (23) | 26.7 | 1,221 (23) | 25.3 |
| 2004 | 4,880 (19) | 23.3 | 3,933 (19) | 21.8 | 984 (19) | 19.7 |
| 2005 | 3,833 (15) | 16.7 | 3,428 (17) | 17.7 | 859 (17) | 16.9 |
| 2006 | 3,004 (11) | 13.0 | 2,922 (14) | 14.2 | 744 (14) | 14.1 |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 15–18 | 230 (1) | 5.8 | 627 (3) | 18.3 | 67 (1) | 7.2 |
| 19–29 | 3,650 (14) | 10.7 | 5,139 (25) | 17.5 | 1,456 (28) | 18.4 |
| 30–39 | 6,524 (25) | 21.3 | 5,002 (24) | 18.9 | 1,421 (27) | 20.0 |
| 40–49 | 8,528 (33) | 35.2 | 4,604 (22) | 22.0 | 1,184 (23) | 21.0 |
| 50–59 | 4,536 (17) | 36.1 | 2,613 (13) | 24.1 | 566 (11) | 19.4 |
| 60+ | 582 (2) | 23.1 | 645 (3) | 29.6 | 89 (2) | 15.1 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Malay | 8,307 (32) | 15.1 | 9,441 (46) | 19.9 | 2,625 (51) | 20.5 |
| Chinese | 3,512 (13) | 11.5 | 7,692 (37) | 29.1 | 1,150 (22) | 16.2 |
| Indian | 11,067 (43) | 125.2 | 2,188 (11) | 28.6 | 1,162 (22) | 56.5 |
| Others | 3,064 (12) | 1,329 (6) | 277 (5) | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 19,076 (74) | 27.5 | 17,163 (83) | 28.7 | 4,770 (91) | 29.6 |
| Female | 6,874 (26) | 17.8 | 3,487 (17) | 10.5 | 444 (9) | 4.9 |
| Type of injury | ||||||
| Fractures | 1,328 (5) | 1.2 | 1,502 (7) | 1.6 | 320 (6) | 1.3 |
| Sprains and strains | 2,719 (10) | 2.6 | 962 (5) | 1.0 | 504 (10) | 2.0 |
| Concussions and other internal injuries | 1,100 (4) | 1.0 | 787 (4) | 0.9 | 235 (5) | 0.9 |
| Superficial injuries | 4,418 (17) | 4.2 | 2,637 (13) | 2.8 | 466 (9) | 1.9 |
| Cause of accident | ||||||
| Fall from heights | 8,148 (31) | 7.7 | 2,214 (11) | 2.4 | 821 (16) | 3.3 |
| Falling objects | 4,757 (18) | 4.5 | 3,965 (19) | 4.3 | 818 (16) | 3.3 |
| Struck by objects, excluding falling objects | 6,470 (25) | 6.1 | 6,412 (31) | 7.0 | 1,829 (35) | 7.3 |
| Caught between objects | 2,578 (10) | 2.4 | 5,424 (26) | 5.9 | 1,087 (21) | 4.3 |
| Accident agent | ||||||
| Machine | 3,477 (13) | 3.3 | 7,724 (37) | 8.4 | 1,059 (20) | 4.2 |
| Transport and lifting equipment | 2,875 (11) | 2.7 | 994 (5) | 1.1 | 332 (6) | 1.3 |
| Materials and substances | 3,768 (15) | 3.6 | 2,031 (10) | 2.2 | 938 (18) | 3.8 |
| Working environment | 11,603 (45) | 10.9 | 7,121 (34) | 7.7 | 1,833 (35) | 7.3 |
*
Per 1,000 workers.