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SINGAPORE – A 31-year-old man was injured after part of a wall’s reinforcing bar and its adjacent scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Tuas on Thursday morning. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance at 71A Tuas Nexus Drive – the site of the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant – at about 5.25am. In response to queries from The Straits Times, national water agency PUB said the man was a worker at the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant construction site, and injured his left arm and left leg. “He was supervising the lifting and relocation of…
On 15 June 2023, a wall segment at the second storey of a building under demolition collapsed.A worker who was walking along the pedestrian walkway beside the worksite hoarding was pinned by the collapsed structure. He was extricated from the rubble and pronounced dead at the scene. Figure 1: Scene of the accident. What companies should do Demolition works are high-risk construction activities. A demolition method statement must be prepared by a Professional Engineer. The method statement must ensure that before and during the demolition of any structure, the stability of the walls, ceilings, slabs, beams, and all other structures…
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On 12 June 2023, a group of workers was deployed to install solar panels on the rooftop of abuilding. During the installation, one of the workers noticed an exposed cable arcing and emittingsmoke. He got electrocuted after coming into contact with the exposed cable.He was sent to the hospital and died on the same day.Preliminary investigations revealed that the cable was lying on the roof, which was wet due to rainbefore the incident. Figure 1: Scene of the accident. What companies should do Electrocution is a major concern during the installation of solar panels. Solar panels generate live current when…
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SINGAPORE – Two workers died in April in separate workplace incidents 10 days apart, with one man falling while working on a new lift shaft. The other worker died after a forklift machine fell on him. There have been 11 workplace deaths so far this year. The fatalities were reported by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council in an alert on Wednesday. On April 18, a worker died after he fell from a height of about 6m while carrying out welding work at a newly constructed lift shaft. The worker was taken to hospital and later died of his…