SINGAPORE: Three Bangladeshi workers were injured
after an incident at Kranji Water Reclamation
Plant.
A statement from national water agency PUB said the
incident happened on February 23 at 11.30am.
It is the first time an explosion has occurred at
PUB's water reclamation plant.
The trio, who are contract workers, were working at an empty sludge
storage tank when an explosion occurred at an adjacent sludge
storage tank in the plant.
They were sent to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
One of the workers, who is aged 36, was discharged on the same day.
The other two workers, aged 28 and 34, sustained head and leg
injuries.
They are now in stable condition.
As a safety precaution, PUB has suspended operations of the sludge
tanks while the Manpower Ministry conducts its
investigations.
PUB said used water treatment operations at the Kranji plant
continues without interruption.
It has diverted sludge produced in the water treatment process to
Changi Water Reclamation Plant.
Dewatered sludge is stored in sludge tanks at the used water plants
and removed daily for incineration at Tuas.
- CNA/fa