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
Parliament Briefs: Worker safety issues at food delivery and courier firms
- February 28, 2018
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
Worker safety issues at food delivery and courier firms Nearly nine in 10 food delivery and courier services companies that the Manpower Ministry inspected last year had safety and health issues, putting staff at risk. The ministry inspected 50 such companies, and issued 71 notices to 44 errant firms for infringing workplace safety and health
Brampton meat company fined $55000 for injury to young worker
- August 4, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Temporary Foreign Worker program must be changed, workers say
- August 1, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Migrant farm workers in strawberry fields. (Mark Miller/Getty Images) MONTREAL — Henry Aguirre, a temporary foreign worker from Guatemala, considered himself lucky when he got a job in Quebec as a chicken catcher, rounding up poultry and handing them over for processing. Aguirre, 27, said he was quickly disillusioned when he learned the job paid
Qld Rail worker dies after being hit by train in SEQ
- May 31, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
A QUEENSLAND Rail employee has died after he was hit by a train at Petrie Station on Brisbane’s north overnight. Emergency services were called to the incident about 10.30pm after the 64-year-old man was struck by the train. He was rushed to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with critical injuries where he was declared
Ipswich factory worker crushed to death by lifting machine in …
- May 28, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
An Ipswich factory worker has died after being crushed in the early hours of Saturday. Emergency services were called to the James Hardie facility on Cobalt Street in Carole Park about 1.20am, but the 63-year-old man died at the scene. The victim died at the scene. Photo: Supplied A Workplace Health and Safety Queensland spokesman said
Worker killed by falling pipe being unloaded from truck in Darling Downs industrial accident
- May 8, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
A man has died after he was hit by a falling pipe being unloaded from a truck, in an industrial workplace accident in the Darling Downs region. The incident happened about 9.15am on Saturday at the Malduf Street worksite in Chinchilla, with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland investigating the death of the 36-year-old worker. A
Opinion: Federal leadership needed to enforce worker safety with Westray Law
- April 30, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Two corsages placed on a cairn in Campbell River where two men died in the Quinsam Coal Mine accident. The cairn is a tribute to the men that died in the Westray mine accident in 1992. Don MacKinnon / Vancouver Sun On May 9, 1992, a community in Nova Scotia was shattered when an explosion
Worker Memorial Day: 13 Workplace Fatalities Occur Every Day in the United States
- April 28, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Amidst the groundswell of information, energy, and genuine excitement around last week’s March for Science and the upcoming People’s Climate March, there’s another global and national event that should not get lost in the mix. This one relates to workers—you know, those dedicated and hardy souls that are the backbone of what makes America great.
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