Singapore: A 35-year-old Indian national has been killed in a forklift accident at an under-construction public housing project. SingaporeAccording to a media report.
The incident occurred Thursday when the worker was standing on the back counterweight of a forklift at the workplace, tying an electrical cable to the side of an overhead beam, when the forklift suddenly went backwards, reported The Report. Straits Times,
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said the accident took place at the state-run Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) upcoming 571-unit Kite Hong Verge build-to-order public housing project.
The accident happened around 10 a.m. and the worker got stuck between the umbrella and beam of a forklift at the Keet Hong Link site in the Choa Chu Kang area.
He was hired by Mega Engineering (Singapore), a subcontractor of the main contractor. teambuild engineering and construction,
The worker was unconscious when he was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
HDB said it would work with team building To help with the investigation.
“Security is of the utmost importance to HDB,” said an HDB spokesperson. “We also extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased and together with the contractor we will provide them support and assistance.”
Teambuild, the main contractor and occupier of the work site, has been ordered to cease all work there.
Keet Hong is a public housing development by the Verge State Authority. housing board and is expected to be completed in this quarter.
The incident occurred Thursday when the worker was standing on the back counterweight of a forklift at the workplace, tying an electrical cable to the side of an overhead beam, when the forklift suddenly went backwards, reported The Report. Straits Times,
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said the accident took place at the state-run Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) upcoming 571-unit Kite Hong Verge build-to-order public housing project.
The accident happened around 10 a.m. and the worker got stuck between the umbrella and beam of a forklift at the Keet Hong Link site in the Choa Chu Kang area.
He was hired by Mega Engineering (Singapore), a subcontractor of the main contractor. teambuild engineering and construction,
The worker was unconscious when he was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
HDB said it would work with team building To help with the investigation.
“Security is of the utmost importance to HDB,” said an HDB spokesperson. “We also extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased and together with the contractor we will provide them support and assistance.”
Teambuild, the main contractor and occupier of the work site, has been ordered to cease all work there.
Keet Hong is a public housing development by the Verge State Authority. housing board and is expected to be completed in this quarter.