SINGAPORE: A 45-year-old man was arrested after a workplace death at a Tengah construction site on Tuesday (Dec 13).
At about 4.35pm on Tuesday, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the accident at the construction site of a new executive condominium at Tengah Garden Avenue.
A 32-year-old Indian national and his co-worker were unloading steel bars from a lorry crane. During the operation, the boom of the lorry crane suddenly fell, striking and pinning the Indian national against the lorry bed, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
He was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
The 45-year-old man was arrested for causing death by a negligent act, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.
The occupier and employer, Woh Hup, has been instructed to stop all lifting operations involving lorry cranes. The developer of the executive condominium is Taurus Properties SG.
There have been 44 workplace fatalities this year, said MOM.
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At about 4.35pm on Tuesday, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the accident at the construction site of a new executive condominium at Tengah Garden Avenue.
A 32-year-old Indian national and his co-worker were unloading steel bars from a lorry crane. During the operation, the boom of the lorry crane suddenly fell, striking and pinning the Indian national against the lorry bed, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
He was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
The 45-year-old man was arrested for causing death by a negligent act, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.
The occupier and employer, Woh Hup, has been instructed to stop all lifting operations involving lorry cranes. The developer of the executive condominium is Taurus Properties SG.
There have been 44 workplace fatalities this year, said MOM.
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