https://www.scmp.com/rss/321977/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Each year in Hong Kong, there are about 55,000 cases of workplace accidents or work-related diseases, resulting in some 200 deaths. In a working population of about 3.9 million, this means a fatality rate of 5.2 deaths per 10,000 workers, which is higher than that observed in Singapore (2.1) or Australia (1.7). Any injuries affect not only the workers, of course, but also their families. Society suffers, too, in terms of productivity loss and higher costs in compensation and insurance. The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1896027/hong-kongs-outdated-approach-injury-management-not-working?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1896027/hong-kongs-outdated-approach-injury-management-not-working?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:47:41 +0000