Singapore’s workplace fatality rate is expected to be 2.5% per 100,000 workers, primarily due to the country’s dangerous construction industry. 18 out of the 42 workplace deaths that have occurred this year stem from the construction sector. Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say has announced that safety will become a main focus in upcoming public construction projects, which will help reduce the fatality rate to 1.8 per 100,000 by 2018. Lim warns however, that many private companies are doing little to prevent these accidents and are even specifically allocating for anticipated fines in their budgets.
See "Highest workplace fatality rate since 2009 expected this year", Iliyas Juanda, Today Online, August 24, 2016