SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old man has died after a piece of equipment dislodged and fell into the shaft he was working in, The Straits Times reported.
According to the report, the incident happened at a construction site in Marina South on Thursday (June 30).
It is believed that the the worker is Malaysian, and was working at the bottom of a shaft on Thursday afternoon when the equipment hoisted by a crane dislodged and fell.
A stop-work order has been issued by the Ministry of Manpower.
The Straits Times reported that the construction project’s developer is the PUB, while its main contractor is Transbuild Engineering.
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