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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
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SINGAPORE – 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
More deaths, fewer injuries in construction from Jan to Nov
- December 31, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The construction sector has promised that there will be “no let-up” in its efforts to promote safety after new figures showed an increase in deaths due to workplace accidents this year. A Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesman told The Straits Times that there were 13 workplace fatalities in the construction sector from January to last
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
Construction deaths may be on the rise
- June 21, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Workplace deaths in the construction sector appear to be on the rise again after hitting a low last year. The latest figures from the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council show that there were six worksite deaths in the first five months of this year, up from two in the same period last year. The
6 construction deaths in first five months of 2018: Workplace Safety and Health Council
- June 20, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – There were six workplace deaths in the construction sector in the first five months of this year, up from two in the same period last year, it was revealed on Wednesday (June 20). Mr John Ng, chairman of the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSH), also reported a total of 12 deaths in
LTA bars professional engineer after formwork failed at Great World station construction site
- February 14, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has barred a professional engineer from working on all LTA projects after formwork failed at the construction site of the Great World station in River Valley in January. The engineer, Mr Gary Ng Wee Giap, had “under-designed a key component of a temporary work installation” at the station
LTA bars professional engineer after formwork collapse at Great World station construction site
- February 8, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has barred a professional engineer from working on all LTA projects after formwork collapsed at the construction site of the Great World station in River Valley late last year. The engineer, Mr Gary Ng Wee Giap, had “under-designed a key component of a temporary work installation” at the
Sembcorp Design and Construction fined $95k for breach of workplace safety and health
- October 26, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – A subsidiary of public-listed Sembcorp Industries was fined $ 95,000 on Monday (Oct 23) for failing to ensure the safety and health of its employees. Sembcorp Design and Construction (SDC), main contractor of a worksite at Jalan Bukit Batok, was deemed to have failed to ensure that the appropriate risk assessment was communicated
Construction firm fined $130,000 for repeated safety lapses at Hillview condo worksite
- August 4, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Construction firm Kingsford Construction Pte Ltd has been fined $ 130,000 under the Workplace Safety and Health Act for multiple safety lapses at a worksite, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Thursday (Aug 3). The firm, which was convicted last Thursday, had been engaged to carry out construction works of Hillview Peak, a
LRT construction firms face $4M in fines for alleged workplace safety …
- August 3, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Several companies building Ottawa’s light rail line could be facing serious fines after being charged with workplace safety violations that allegedly broke the province’s health and safety act. Ottawa Light Rail Transit Constructors (OLTRC), a consortium consisting of multiple firms, was charged with eight counts under the Occupational Health and Safety Act on May 10, 2017, Ontario’s Ministry
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