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SINGAPORE – A part-time security officer was killed last year after he fell into a 4m-deep pit near the 1-Altitude rooftop bar at One Raffles Place.
A coroner’s inquiry into Mr Shaun Tung Mun Hon’s death revealed that the opening had been left uncovered by workers who were tasked with cleaning the building’s facade.
On Wednesday (Aug 5), a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) officer told State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam that the workers had found moving the concrete slab to cover the opening on a daily basis, “quite troublesome”.
Barricades and warning signs had also been put up near the opening at an earlier time.
But the MOM officer testified that these measures were “not effective”.
The court heard that the ministry is contemplating action against the parties involved and that investigations are ongoing.
A concrete slab cover, weighing about 80kg, had been moved to expose an opening near the nightspot on June 9 last year.
The opening led to a pit and guests were barred from entering the area surrounding it.
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