extracted from CNA.
SINGAPORE : A construction company and its project director have
been fined for an accident in June in which a worker died.
Chiu Teng Enterprises was fined S$42,000, while the project manager
was fined S$20,000.
The court heard that during the construction of residential flats,
a worker was about to pour some cement.
To do so, he stood in a cage attached to a cement hopper, which was
hoisted by crane to the 7th floor.
In the process, the cage hit a bar, was dislodged and fell to the
ground.
The worker inside the cage was killed as a result of the
fall.
The Manpower Ministry's investigations showed the project manager
had initiated the use of the cage, despite being cautioned by the
company's safety officer not to do so without approval.
Calling it an inappropriate and highly dangerous practice, the
ministry said the correct procedure would have been to erect a
properly designed elevated work platform. - CNA /ct
