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3 more fatal workplace accidents in June; worker deaths in 2021 at 22

Three workers died in สล็อต168 separate accidents within five days in June, with one falling to his death, another worker drowning and one worker crushed by goods that toppled from a forklift.

This takes the total number of fatal workplace accidents in 2021 to 22, which is higher than the 17 workplace fatalities recorded in the first half of 2020.

There were 17 worker deaths in the same time period in 2019 and 18 in 2018.

The deaths came in the wake of another fatal workplace incident earlier this month, when an SMRT technician died after being pinned under a bus he was repairing at Ang Mo Kio depot.

The three latest fatal workplace accidents happened between Jun 10 and Jun 14, and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said it is investigating all three incidents.

In the first accident on Jun 10, a Bangladeshi worker was working on the erection of a stairwell formwork in a warehouse under construction in Tuas when he fell.

He was crossing the structure used to bridge the gap between the stairwell’s walls when it gave way, causing him to fall from 40m.

The 25-year-old Bangladeshi was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, said MOM.

A Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) alert from Jun 17 said that the worker was wearing a full-body harness but without a lanyard attached.

Fall from heights have typically been one of the main causes of fatal workplace accidents.

The occupier is HPC Builders, and the employer is BHD Construction. MOM has instructed the occupier, HPC Builders, to stop all formwork erection activities in stairwells.

The second accident took place at a fishery at Lim Chu Kang Lane on Jun 11.