TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The produced injured: locating workplace accidents amongst precarious migrant workmen in Singapore
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Yea, Sallie
SP  - e114948
EP  - e114948
VL  - 301
IS  - 
N2  - Serious workplace injuries and fatalities amongst migrant workers are an increasingly documented concern in critical literature on precarious migrant labour. Explanations vary as to why migrant workers experience a disproportionally high incidence of workplace accidents, with existing literature identifying risk factors such as dangerous and demanding working conditions and lack of adherence to safety standards, as well as socio-cultural and political barriers negatively affecting migrants' health-seeking behaviour. This paper aims to extend these discussions through a closer examination of the role of two inter-related factors emanating from the political economy of Singapore's migrant labour regime in creating a context of heightened vulnerability and risk. These are: the organisation of migration (including fees/debts and deportability), and contract fraud and deceptive recruitment (including wrongful deployment and substandard living conditions). To frame discussion in the paper, I introduce the concept of the 'produced injured', which refers to those whose vulnerability to injury results from processes related to the political economy of migrant labour.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114948
ID  - ref1
ER  -