Tracking Work Pattern Data to Assess Fatigue and Work Intensity as Safety Risks among Platform Workers

Ms Yeo Wan Ling asked the Acting Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry tracks or intends to track data relating to the work patterns of injured platform workers, such as hours worked or duration logged onto a platform before an accident, to better understand whether work intensity or fatigue contributes to workplace safety risks among platform workers.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) currently has no plans to track such data. Doing so would be challenging as platform workers can be working for multiple platforms throughout the day. Nonetheless, when MOM investigates accidents involving platform workers, work patterns, including work intensity, will be examined alongside other risk factors, in order to determine the potential causes of the accident.