Snapped wires may have led to Monday's National Art Gallery crane
accident which killed two workers, said Acting Manpower Minister
Tan Chuan-Jin.
Calling it a "serious incident" after a visit to the construction
site along St Andrew's Road yesterday, he added that it was still
too early to say what actually happened.
It appears that there had been "nothing unusual" with the operation
of the crane, and the weight of the excavator it had been lifting
was well within limits.
"So the next step really is to determine what exactly happened - is
it technical in nature, is it a systemic problem - so that lessons
can be learnt, rectifications can be made," explained Mr Tan. "Not
just here, but whether there are lessons for the industry as
well."
