Worker dies after being struck by sheet pile at Sengkang construction site
- March 10, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsSINGAPORE – A 36-year-old worker died after he was struck by a sheet pile at a Sengkang construction site on Saturday (March 9). The Indian national was working at the Anchorvale Road site at the time, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement. The Straits Times understands that he was carrying out piling
Worker falls to death after rope attached to him snaps
- January 25, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
A 27-year-old foreign construction worker fell to his death on Tuesday when the rope he was attached to snapped after a part of it became entangled with the side mirror of a passing bus. The Indian national, who was painting the exterior of the Royal Plaza on Scotts, was secured to the rope and hovering
MOM investigating Republic Plaza incident after 4 workers in gondola 58 storeys high slam into…
- January 15, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has suspended all cleaning works for the facade of Republic Plaza in Raffles Place after four workers were spotted swinging precariously on a gondola last Wednesday (Jan 9). In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry also said that it is investigating the incident. A spokesman for Republic Plaza
Thai national, 49, dies at Tuas South construction site after 14m fall
- October 20, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – A 49-year-old Thai worker died on Friday afternoon (Oct 19) at a Tuas South construction site after a fall from height. A Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesman said the man was shifting the zinc roof sheets on the roof of a workshop that was under construction when he stepped on the insulation layer
Workplace safety charge dropped after employee death
- May 7, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
The prosecution case against Copper Mines of Tasmania over the death of a worker at the Mount Lyell site has been dropped. Michael Welsh died at the Queenstown mine in Tasmania's west in January 2014, a month after two other workers fell to their deaths at Mount Lyell. The 53-year-old was killed when a sudden inflow
Queensland safety procedures questioned after fatal crash
- August 23, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
A double fatality during a public race meeting at Queensland Raceway over the weekend has led to questions over safety procedures. Kurt Bull (32) and Daniel King (41) were killed when their car hit a wall and burst into flames during the Roll Racing drag meeting at the Ipswich circuit on Saturday morning. According to an