A total of RM718mil in compensation was disbursed for work-related incidents by the Social Security Organisation (Socso) as of June this year, said Human Resources Minister Steven Sim at the opening of the Conference on Asia Road Safety in Putrajaya on Monday (Sept 2).
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00:0046.4% of accidents reported under Perkeso last year, Act 4, Akhtar 4 in 2023, involved commuting accidents.
00:12About more than 38,000 cases, and out of these cases, 750 were fatal accidents.
00:21This year alone, until June, out of the 41,278 accidents reported to Perkeso, 47.9% were related to commuting.
00:33You are talking about more than 19,000 cases, and out of these, 352 cases involved death.
00:42Statistics show that more than about half of the accident-related claims from Perkeso, about 50%, are commuting accidents.
00:52But the death of one person is a 100% loss, 100% tragedy to him and his family.
01:02And of course, beyond the tragic loss of life, there is a huge economic cost involved.
01:08We are talking about last year, Perkeso paid out about 1.4 billion ringgit under the Employment Injury Scheme for work-related incidences.
01:19From January to June this year, total compensation disbursed for the same work-related incidences is almost about 718 million ringgit.
01:34So in the spirit of Madani, and as a socially concerned organisation, Perkeso is committed, Pesuma is committed, to work with our partners to ensure that our workers are safe.
01:46We are committed to reaching out to about 10 million workers under Perkeso, with campaign and campaign messages on safety and health, including road safety.
01:57Last year, we organised more than 500 road safety programmes, reaching out to more than 2,000 employers and 20,000 employees.
02:07And I am proud to inform you that we will continue this effort this year, in fact, with newer programmes.