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OSH Statistics
LABOR FORCE (As December 2018)1
Working age population (‘000) - 22,620.2
Labour force (‘000) - 15,500.1
Employed persons (‘000) - 14,986.0
Number of unemployed (‘000) - 514.2
Labour force participation rate (%) - 68.5
Unemployment rate (%) - 3.3
Notes:
1. From Department of Statistics, Malaysia
STATISTICS ON OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT, FATALITIES, DISEASES/POISONING
Reported Accidents and Fatalities.
| Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Accident Rate1 | 3.10 | 2.81 | 2.88 | 2.93 |
| Fatality Rate2 | 4.21 | 4.84 | 4.84 | 4.90 |
Notes: |
Reported Occupational Diseases/Poisoning, 2016-2018 (As December 2018)
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Cases | 7,820 | 6,020 | 7,258 |