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A worker died after being exposed to toxic gas on Jurong Island, while two of his colleagues are still recovering more than two weeks after the incident.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said that on Sept 17, two workers were preparing a pipeline for maintenance works at 1 Merlimau Road, the location of the Singapore Refining Company.
But at about 6pm, the workers were overcome by residual toxic gas in the pipe.
A third worker tried to rescue them, but was also overcome by the poisonous gas.
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman said on Wednesday that they were alerted at about 6.10pm, and took the three workers, including one who was unconscious, to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
A spokesman for MOM told The New Paper that one of the workers, a 30-year-old Indian national, died from his injuries on Sept 22, after spending five days fighting for his life.
It is not known if he was one of the initial workers preparing the pipe, or the one who tried to save the others. The employer was identified by MOM as PEC, a plant and terminal engineering specialist provider.
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