Four workplace deaths over a week – Workplace Safety and Health Council

Four workplace deaths over a week

In the span of just one week, four employees were killed and one injured in their workplaces within the construction and manufacturing sectors. These arose from four separate work accidents.

First case on 19 Dec 2012
Four workers were planning to shift some glass panels from a makeshift trolley. They were standing near the stack of glass panels which were stacked vertically on the trolley when the glass panels suddenly toppled and collapsed onto two of the workers. One of the workers was pronounced dead by attending paramedics, while the other was hospitalised for his injury.

Second case on 21 Dec 2012
A team of workers from a building construction company was assisting in the boring of a bore hole with a rig. A 27-year-old construction worker was tasked to open the bottom flap of the boring bucket to discharge the bored earth into a skip bin beside the boring rig. At the time of the accident, the worker had opened the bottom flap of the boring bucket and was walking between the skip bin and the boring rig. Suddenly, the skip bin skidded and crushed the worker against the boring rig’s track. The worker was sent to hospital where he passed away on the same day.

Third case on 22 Dec 2012
A 55-year-old driver was tasked to drive a prime mover from a storage yard. He was believed to have fallen while climbing into the cabin of the prime mover. He was conveyed to the hospital and pronounced dead.

Fourth case on 25 December 2012
A 32-year-old worker of a building construction company was plastering a fascia wall at the roof of a 27-storey building under construction. While doing so, he fell through an opening (about 1m high and 3.15m wide) on the fascia wall. He landed on the ground floor and died instantly.

via Workplace Safety and Health Council.