Technician hit by LRT train

dan474 SG

Extracted from The Straits Times @ http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_596455.html

AN INVESTIGATION into how and why a technician who was carrying out maintenance works on the tracks of a Light Rapid Transit station was hit by a train, is underway.

Mr Chia Teck Heng was on the tracks of Ten Mile Junction LRT station doing some maintenance works, when he was hit by an oncoming train last Sunday.

The impact of the crash left him with head and leg injuries, and also resulted in his right leg being amputated.

Train operator SMRT said investigations on the incident are ongoing.

The Straits Times understands that part of the investigations include whether any safety rules were flouted, resulting in the accident.

SMRT said it has in place strict regulations for granting staff access to the tracks to do any kind of works.

i_luv_erky SG

news reported days ago...

SMRT jialat liao.. sure kenna fine. Never take care of their employee

Junyang700 SG

-_-"

dan474 SG

Somebody has put a curse on SBST and SMRT. 3 accidents in a row (2 SBST+1 SMRT).

TIB 781 L SG

If the man decides to file a lawsuit (against SMRT), SMRT has to pay hundreds of thousands though for this case.

Junyang700 SG

If the man decides to file a lawsuit (against SMRT), SMRT has to pay hundreds of thousands though for this case.

It depends... If the staff didnt practise the safety protocols.. which resulted in the accident... SLRT doesnt even need to pay a single cent of the bill....

Hopefully in this case... its really SLRT's fault. If not this guy's gonna pay high medical bills, lose his job plus lose a leg forever...

TIB 781 L SG

Safety measures I believe (my assumption), he did follow, but too bad his reflexes were slow, and there he goes.

Dragonaxe SG

This one is SLRT OCC Signalling fault liao. Seriously, Knowing a person is on the track at that zone and you make a train go to that zone, Its seriously GG.

@TIB 781 L

You can hardly even hear the train when it is approaching. This guy obviously cant hear it

Dragonaxe SG

-Double Post-

SmRtFrEaks SG

like i say...driverless train are not always perfect...

likeyou SG

Most likely is human error.

Never follow the safety protocol.

Take things for granted.

Sabotage.

Attitude towards safety procedures.

joeyfjj SG

This one is SLRT OCC Signalling fault liao. Seriously, Knowing a person is on the track at that zone and you make a train go to that zone, Its seriously GG.

@TIB 781 L

You can hardly even hear the train when it is approaching. This guy obviously cant hear it

You can hear it. I can hear it at home, it's facing the opposite way, and there's even a block of flats in between.

Junyang700 SG

THE Light Rapid Transit (LRT) technician who sustained head injuries and needed a leg amputation as a result of a train accident while attending to an electrical fault, died last Friday.

Mr Chia Teck Heng, 48, was at a designated walkway, checking the power rail between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang stations, when an oncoming train hit him at Phoenix station at about 8am on Oct 17.

The 1.5m wide walkway runs throughout the LRT system, between the two rail tracks, and has yellow demarcation lines on both sides.

The Sunday Times understands that train operator SMRT has strict regulations on staff access when they go onto the tracks. Its operation control centre approves every access, which is closely monitored.

Read the full story in this week's edition of The Sunday Times.

Source:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_597387.html

Junyang700 SG

Sad Case.

Rest In Peace.

likeyou SG

1 life gone, hope lta can compensate the family.

dan474 SG

Driverless trains NEED sensors around the train.

likeyou SG

Driverless trains NEED sensors around the train.

Sensors spoilt at that time?

Normally if there is an object in front of the moving train, the train will automatically stopped running.

Is the technician alone doing the job?

Is there no other buddy with him to keep a lookout of the incoming train?

When technician doing his work, did the company inform LTA about it? The time and place of the services? Why nothing from LTA to bring down the staff to check with them?

So many unanswered questions.

Who's liable?

joeyfjj SG

To correct: east of Phoenix station, the 1.5 m walkway widens to at least 2 m.

joeyfjj SG

Driverless trains NEED sensors around the train.

There are no sensors installed on the train. Even if there are, no sensors can detect objects that far away. Even if there are sensors, so what if they detect someone on the tracks? Trains don't go from 50km/h to 0 in a millisecond.

likeyou SG

A suicide motive?

Many factors need to be investigated.