Gan Wee Hoe, Koh David
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore.
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 2, #10-01, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
Saf Health Work. 2021 Jun;12(2):277-281. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2021.04.001. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
Singapore's construction sector employs more than 450,000 workers. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore from April to June 2020, migrant workers were disproportionately affected, including many working in the construction sector. Shared accommodation and construction worksites emerged as nexuses for COVID-19 transmission. Official government resources, including COVID-19 epidemiological data, 43 advisories and 19 circulars by Singapore's Ministries of Health and Manpower, were reviewed over 8 month period from March to October 2020. From a peak COVID-19 incidence of 1,424.6/100,000 workers in May 2020, the incidence declined to 3.7/100,000 workers by October 2020. Multilevel safe management measures were implemented to enable the phased reopening of construction worksites from July 2020. Using the Swiss cheese risk management model, the authors described the various governmental, industry, supervisory and worker-specific interventions to prevent, detect and contain COVID-19 for safe resumption of work for the construction sector.
新加坡建筑业雇佣了超过45万名工人。在2020年4月至6月新加坡新冠疫情最严重期间，外来务工人员受到的影响尤为严重，其中包括许多从事建筑业的工人。集体宿舍和建筑工地成为了新冠病毒传播的中心。在2020年3月至10月的8个月时间里，对包括新冠疫情流行病学数据、新加坡卫生部和人力部发布的43份咨询文件和19份通知在内的官方政府资源进行了审查。新冠疫情发病率从2020年5月的每10万名工人1424.6例的峰值，下降到2020年10月的每10万名工人3.7例。从2020年7月开始实施多层次安全管理措施，以使建筑工地能够分阶段重新开放。作者运用瑞士奶酪风险管理模型，描述了政府、行业、监管机构以及针对工人的各种干预措施，以预防、检测和控制新冠疫情，确保建筑业安全复工。
