Two workers died in April in separate workplace incidents 10 days apart, with one man falling while working on a new lift shaft. The other worker died after a forklift machine fell on him. There have been at least 11 workplace deaths so far this year. The fatalities were...
The WSH Council urged companies carrying out vehicular repair to ensure worker safety and undertake an assessment of their safety measures.
In a separate incident, a technician died on April 28 after a forklift’s mast fell on him. The technician was preparing to carry out repair works on the forklift.The locking pins of the mast were removed without first securing the mast, according to preliminary investigations.
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