Foreign Worker Dies After Crane Falls At Construction Site For TTSH Rehab Hub; One Taken To Hospital

Being a construction worker is no easy feat. It’s a respectable job which requires hard work and involves a ton of risk.

That’s also the reason why safety gear and helmets are imperative. But in the most unfortunate of circumstances, all the safety gear in the world cannot overcome the risk involved.

Which was what happened earlier this morning:

Man Dies After Crane Collapses At Construction Site For TTSH Rehab Hub; One Taken To Hospital

Construction workers build our hospital and our homes. They deserve more appreciation than we give them and today, someone lost a loved one.

A worker died following a construction crane collapsed at a Novena construction site on this morning (4 November 2019).

He wasn’t the only casualty. Another construction worker was also brought to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) revealed that they were alerted regarding the incident at Jalan Tan Tock Seng at around 8.30am.

They told The Straits Times, “A Boom of a tower crane had collapsed at the construction site and a man was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic”.

“Another worker was taken to TTSH after the incident.” He was reported to have sustained a leg injury.

Both Were Foreign Workers

Workers who were at the site told The Straits Times that the man who died was an Indian national while the other person who was sent to the hospital is a Bangladeshi.

A resident who lives in an apartment facing the construction site said that she witnessed a crane operator stuck on top of the partially collapsed crane at the construction site.

She had heard a loud boom at around 8.30am.

After approximately 20 minutes, she saw the man climb down from the crane.

Construction Site Was For A 17-Storey Rehabilitation Complex

The construction site was meant to build a new wing for Tan Tock Seng Hospital, a 17-storey 500-bed rehabilitation complex. It is being built by the Ministry of Health (MOH) at the worksite.

Construction began in March 2017 and it is scheduled to be completed by 2022.

The company who owns the cranes, Crane World Asia, confirmed that its crane had collapsed at the construction site. They are now investigating the incident.