Guide
Incident Reporting in Singapore: The MOM iReport Guide (2026)
What you must report, the 10-day deadline, how to file through the WSH Incident Reporting eService, and the risk assessment review the law requires after every incident.
7 min readIn Singapore, work-related accidents, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences must be reported to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) through the WSH Incident Reporting eService, commonly called iReport, within 10 days. Reporting is only half the legal duty: after any injury caused by a workplace hazard, the WSH (Risk Management) Regulations also require you to review and revise your risk assessment so the same accident cannot happen again.
Key takeaways
- Report through MOM's WSH Incident Reporting eService (iReport) within 10 days.
- Any work injury that leads to medical leave, light duty, hospitalisation or death is reportable. There is no minimum number of MC days.
- Deaths and dangerous occurrences need an immediate notification to the Commissioner, then the report.
- Not reporting is an offence: a fine of up to $10,000 for the first offence, and up to $20,000 or jail up to 6 months for repeat offences.
- After the incident, the law requires you to review and revise your risk assessment and brief your workers on the new controls.
What must be reported to MOM?
The rules come from the WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations. Who reports depends on the type of incident:
| Incident | Deadline | Who reports |
|---|---|---|
| Employee injured at work or made ill by work exposure, resulting in medical leave, light duty, hospitalisation leave or death | Within 10 days of your first notice of the accident (fatal: within 10 days of the accident) | Employer |
| Employee dies during work or at the workplace as a result of work | Notify the Commissioner as soon as practicable, then report within 10 days | Employer |
| Self-employed person or member of public dies, or is injured and sent to hospital, because of work done at your premises | Notify the Commissioner as soon as practicable (death: also report within 10 days) | Occupier |
| Dangerous occurrence (for example a crane collapse or fire explosion), even if nobody is hurt | Notify the Commissioner as soon as practicable, then report within 10 days | Occupier |
| Occupational disease diagnosed in an employee | Within 10 days of receiving the diagnosis | Employer (the doctor reports separately) |
Reportable scenarios companies often miss: a worker injured in a traffic accident while travelling for work or on company transport, an employee who suffers a heart attack or stroke at the workplace, and a work injury during an overseas assignment for a Singapore employer.
What is not reportable?
- Traffic accidents while commuting in the employee's own car, a friend's car or public transport.
- Accidents during personal errands, even if they happen during work hours.
- A member of the public who falls ill at your premises for reasons unrelated to any work done there.
You can still tell MOM about unsafe acts or conditions you see anywhere, but that is voluntary feedback, not incident reporting.
How do you report an incident?
Notify the Commissioner first if someone died or it is a dangerous occurrence. Do it as soon as reasonably practicable through MOM's online notification, with the date, time, place, people involved and a brief description.
Gather the details. Your company particulars, the accident details, and the injured person's employment, injury and insurance information.
Submit the report in the WSH Incident Reporting eService (iReport) on mom.gov.sg within 10 days. You can save a draft and finish it later, but do not sit on it.
Update the report if the MC grows. If the worker is given more medical leave later, you must update the online report.
Save the submitted report. Employers and occupiers must keep every incident report for at least 3 years.
What happens after you submit?
Three things follow a submitted report. MOM may investigate the accident, including a site visit for serious cases. If an employee was injured, MOM forwards the report to your work injury compensation insurer, so the report doubles as the start of the WICA claim. The injured employee also receives a form to indicate whether they wish to claim compensation under WICA.
This is why the quality of your incident report matters. It becomes the official record that MOM, your insurer and, in serious cases, the court will read.
The step most companies skip: review your risk assessment
Filing the iReport closes the loop with MOM. It does not close the loop with the law. Under Regulation 7 of the WSH (Risk Management) Regulations, you must review and revise your risk assessment whenever someone suffers a bodily injury from a hazard at your workplace, or whenever there is a significant change in work practices or procedures. Waiting for the usual 3-year review cycle is not an option once an incident has happened.
Investigate the cause, not the symptom. Ask why the hazard was there and why the existing controls did not stop it. The answer is usually a missing or weak control, not a careless worker.
Update the risk assessment. Add the hazard if it was missed, re-rate the risk, and record the new or strengthened controls with an owner and a deadline. Our free risk assessment template follows the MOM 3-step format.
Put the new controls in place following the hierarchy of control: eliminate or substitute the hazard first, then engineering and administrative controls, with PPE as the last layer.
Brief your workers. The Regulations require you to inform affected persons whenever the risk assessment is revised or a safe work procedure changes. A short toolbox talk with an attendance record is the cleanest evidence.
File the records. Keep the revised risk assessment for at least 3 years, alongside the incident report. This trail is exactly what an auditor or MOM inspector asks for after an accident.
If your company is bizSAFE certified, this review is also what your auditor expects to see at the next bizSAFE Level 3 renewal audit: incident, investigation, revised risk assessment, and proof the workers were briefed. In an ISO 45001 system the same loop is a core requirement, where every incident must trigger an investigation and corrective action, so a well-run system turns incident reporting from a scramble into a routine.
How ZES helps after an incident
Most SMEs only discover these duties after their first accident, with the 10-day clock already running. We help you file the report correctly, run the investigation, rebuild the risk assessment so it reflects what actually happened, and set up the simple records that keep you covered at the next audit or inspection. You work directly with one experienced consultant the whole way, practical and risk-based, no juniors.
Frequently asked questions
What is iReport?
iReport is the common name for MOM's WSH Incident Reporting eService, the online portal where employers, occupiers and doctors submit incident reports for work-related accidents, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences. It is also used to update a report if the injured worker receives more medical leave.
Do I need to report if my worker only got 1 or 2 days of MC?
Yes. Any medical leave or light duty resulting from a work accident makes it reportable, no matter how short. The old rule that only required reporting beyond 3 days of MC is long gone.
What is the deadline for reporting a workplace accident?
Within 10 days of your first notice of the accident. For fatal accidents, notify the Commissioner for WSH as soon as reasonably practicable and submit the incident report within 10 days of the accident. If an injured employee later dies, notify the Commissioner immediately.
What is the penalty for not reporting an accident to MOM?
Failing to report is an offence under the WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations. A first offence carries a fine of up to $10,000. Repeat offences carry a fine of up to $20,000, imprisonment of up to 6 months, or both.
Do I need to report near misses?
A near miss with no injury generally does not need to be reported, unless it is a dangerous occurrence on the WSH Act list, such as a crane collapse or a fire explosion, which the occupier must report even if nobody was hurt. Internally, you should still record near misses and feed them into your risk assessment.
Must I update my risk assessment after an accident?
Yes. The WSH (Risk Management) Regulations require you to review and revise your risk assessment whenever a person suffers bodily injury from a workplace hazard, or when work practices change significantly. You must also inform your workers of the revised controls and keep the records for at least 3 years.
Can ZES handle this for my company?
We guide you through it end to end: the incident report, the investigation, the revised risk assessment and the records, and we can fold it all into bizSAFE Level 3 or ISO 45001 certification so the system keeps working after we leave. WhatsApp us at 8901 2255 for a same-day response.
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