Spotted on The Straits Times:
Scaffolding collapses at Braddell Road worksite – seven workers injured
Seven workers were injured at a construction site along Braddell Road on Wednesday morning in the second worksite accident this week.
Safety officer Lenin Venugopal, 35, said one worker was seriously hurt but conscious after the suspended scaffolding on the second level of the building collapsed.
A worker is believed to have been clipping his harness to the scaffolding when the structure became unbalanced leading to its collapse, said Mr Lenin. Another six workers were injured but they were conscious and seated when The Straits Times arrived at the scene.
A 23-year-old worker from China, who wanted to be known as Mr Liu, said he was on the second level scaffolding when it collapsed, but he was unsure of what happened. He injured his legs. A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance at 11.40am. The site will house a new building in an industrial cluster.
Credits: The Straits Times
Alamak, ANOTHER one? Again, see the list of reported construction site incidents this year:
- Crane collapse: At least 2 dead and 3 seriously injured at National Art Gallery site (SEPTEMBER 2013)
- Worker plunges 18 storeys to his death at Silversea condominium construction site (SEPTEMBER 2013)
- Scaffolding collapses at Braddell Road worksite – seven workers injured (OCTOBER 2013)
Well, actually I’m sure that there are more of construction site accidents in Singapore, just that they aren’t as widely publicized. I was working at a construction site (YES, literally in a container at a construction site as my working place) a few years ago as an admin assistant for a manufacturing company and I had heard news from their architects and workers that there are usually casualties at every site. Whether that’s true anot – I’m not too sure.
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