Workplace death, major injury numbers for all companies to be published online
- April 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
No CommentsSINGAPORE – Rates of workplace deaths and major injuries for every company will be published online, in a move to hit errant companies where it hurts. Clients, such as property developers, and workers will be able to compare employers’ safety records in the portal, which is expected to be ready within the next two years.
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
Jurong Shipyard fined $230,000 over safety lapses that led to worker's death
- June 12, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – Jurong Shipyard has been fined $ 230,000 for a fatal accident in 2015 which saw a worker struck and caught between a gantry crane and a manifold. The shipyard was convicted of failing to take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety of workers at its 5 Jalan Samulun site, the Ministry of
Wedding company fined $100,000 for worker's death
- June 12, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
A district judge criticised a wedding services company for work safety lapses, pointing out that the safety harnesses provided for staff were useless as there were no anchorage points for them and the staff were not trained to use them. SMR Wedding Services was fined $ 100,000 for the lapses that led to the death
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
Firm charged over Gladstone worker's death
- August 10, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
VEOLIA Environmental Services is facing a fine of up to $ 3.5 million over the death of Gladstone worker Mark Chapelhow. Almost two years after the 31-year-old’s death, a court date has been set for a workplace health and safety charge against Veolia. The refractories project manager was killed on October 27, 2015, when a
Veolia Environmental Services charged over Gladstone worker's death
- August 10, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Workplace accident death rate higher for older workers
- August 7, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Firefighters transport an injured worker in a stretcher to the ambulance after an April 2014 explosion at the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant that left worker Earle Robinson, 60, dead and two others injured. Provided/Bryan Fire Department via AP By John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than
Archerfield Kart Hire fined for exposing patrons to a risk of death or serious injury
- July 29, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Safety concerns follow Fraser: Documents in worker's death reveal a reactive workplace
- July 16, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
“He was always optimistic,” said Burch’s sister-in-law Stacy Mackie. “He would talk about going back to work.” The reunion between the welder and the tools of his trade never happened as Burch, 53, died in April — two months after the incident aboard the docked freighter Roger Blough. Burch succumbed to sepsis, Mackie said, which