SINGAPORE — A Singaporean who fell overboard at sea after performing maintenance work on a vessel was found dead on the shoreline of Batam, Indonesia, with an unactivated life vest.
Mr Abd Karim Ali, 58, had likely drowned, in what was a work-related death, State Coroner Adam Nakhoda found on Wednesday .
In Mr Karim's case, there was a label on his life vest stating it would inflate automatically, even though it was a manual type that needed to be inflated by hand. The trio were disembarking the ship to take a company boat back to Marina South Pier, when the accident occurred. His crew saw him fall and tried to rescue him, but he was swept away and they lost sight of him after he went under.Five days later Mr Karim's younger brother alerted the Police Coast Guard to an Indonesian news article stating that an unknown decomposed body was found along a shoreline in Batam.
These include a pre-transfer briefing for workers to be aware of the safe method of transfer, on-site hazards and personal protective equipment to be used.
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