One worker dies, another hurt in accident at RTS Link station worksite in Woodlands
الملخص
Date Reported: 28 أغسطس 2024
الموقع: سنغافورة
الشركات
Maranatha Contractors - Employer , Interno Engineering - Other Value Chain Entity , Penta-Ocean Construction - Other Value Chain Entityالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 2
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , البناء , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الوفيات , الإصابات , Occupational Health & Safetyالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The Ministry of Manpower instructed Penta-Ocean to stop all steel reinforcement work at the worksite.The Resource Centre contacted Penta-Ocean Construction, the main contractor to invite them to respond to the incident and to outline how they ensure safety standards for workers are upheld, as well as what measures the companies had taken to ensure remedy for the injured worker and for the family of the deceased worker. We could not find working contact information for Maranatha Contractors or for the subcontractor Interno Engineering to invite them to respond to the incident.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
A construction worker was killed and another was injured in an accident on June 27 at a worksite for the upcoming Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link station in Woodlands North.
The workers, aged 48 and 49, were injured by falling steel reinforcement bars that were being installed for the station’s foundation at around 9.30am.
Both workers were taken to Woodlands Health Campus Hospital, where the younger man, a Bangladeshi national employed by Maranatha Contractors, later died...
Police investigations are ongoing, but based on preliminary findings, foul play is not suspected...
Meanwhile, the authority is working with the main contractor, Japanese firm Penta-Ocean Construction, and the subcontractor involved, Interno Engineering, to assist the family of the dead worker.
MOM said it has instructed Penta-Ocean to stop all steel reinforcement work at the worksite...