There’s always a feeling of frustration and regret when a workplace accident leads to the loss of life.
In most cases, something could have been done to prevent the accident from occurring; negligence and lapses in safety are often to blame.
Whatever the reason, deaths resulting from workplace accidents are always hard to take. And sadly, another worker died from such an accident recently.
Migrant Construction Worker Dies After Falling from 4th Storey of a Building
An Indian migrant worker fell to his death on Monday (15 Nov) from the fourth storey of a building in Boon Lay.
The building, located at 22 Chin Bee Road, was still under construction. It was occupied by Logistics Construction.
The 35-year-old man was trying to board the platform of a boom lift from the fourth storey when he slipped and fell. He was rushed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, but he could not be saved as he succumbed to his injuries.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said it has ordered Logistics Construction to halt all works at the site.
The 35-year-old was reportedly employed by Success Engineering and Steel, which said it was involved in a project to build a food processing factory at the site.
33 Workplace Fatalities Recorded This Year; 30 Recorded in Whole of 2020
A total of 33 workplace fatalities have now been recorded this year, up from the 30 that were recorded in the whole of 2020.
A spate of workplace deaths in August compelled the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSH) and six trade associations to call for a safety time-out.
Measures include identifying possible systemic lapses in the workplace safety and health processes and addressing them. Safety time-outs are usually carried out in response to an emerging trend or spate of accidents.
According to the WSH, mobile elevated work platforms like boom lifts should only be used for exiting and entering at a height when:
- it is not prohibited by the platform manufacturer
- there are no other practical ways to access the floor or work area
- a thorough risk assessment has been conducted
Even if this is permitted, the worker should be wearing a safety harness tied to an anchor point on the platform, which will protect the worker in case they slip.
In August, a 74-year-old Singaporean logistics worker died after he fell off an elevated platform at a loading bay in Century Square Mall. The elevated platform at the mall was 1m-tall.
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