The 33-year-old worker was conducting waterproofing work on a roof when he fell.
SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old construction worker died after falling from a height of 4m while conducting waterproofing work on a roof, making him the sixth workplace fatality reported this year.
The heightened safety period was introduced in September 2022 for six months to address the"concerning rise" in workplace fatalities.CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINED S$200,000 The worker, Mr Macha Duang, and his colleague were performing patching works inside a circular drainage pipe 6.5m below ground on Jul 23, 2019.
The two men decided to push the scaffold on their own in a breadthwise direction, which carried the risk of the structure toppling towards them. MOM's investigations found that the company had failed to properly consider the risks from the use of the scaffold by its employees to carry out work at heights.
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