Mr Vinoth Kumar was pronounced dead at the scene after his body was pulled out from the rubble. Read more at straitstimes.com.
at the Fuji Xerox Towers site on June 15 was walking along a pedestrian walkway outside the worksite, the Workplace Safety and Health Council said on Friday.
“Demolition works are high-risk construction activities. A demolition method statement must be prepared by a professional engineer,” it added. The WSH Council said companies should take measures to prevent similar accidents, such as conducting a pre-demolition survey to assess the structural stability of the building and its surroundings before demolition work begins.
Methods such as a top-down approach to hacking walls to reduce the risks of any large wall collapse should be adopted and any other demolition work should be carried out in a controlled manner which does not compromise the integrity of the remaining structure.
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