SINGAPORE – On April 18, a 65-year-old Singaporean electrical worker was installing closed-circuit camera cables in a restaurant in Toa Payoh when he fell off the ladder he was on and later died.
Within a fortnight, five other workers would also die on the job, including two who were run over by heavy vehicles and another two who fell from height.
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MCI (P) 031/10/2021, MCI (P) 032/10/2021. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No. 202120748H. Copyright © 2021 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.