YHI Corporation and its chief operating officer Ong Chin Kiong pleaded guilty to workplace safety offences and were fined $200,000 and $150,000 respectively.
The fatal accident happened on July 3, 2021, at a two-storey warehouse on the company’s premises at 2 Pandan Road, near West Coast. Goh operated a very narrow aisle, or VNA, machine, which could raise both himself – in the machine cabin – and Mr Tay, who was standing on a wooden pallet attached to the machine’s fork.
The pallet was stacked with 30 tyres at the time, with each weighing about 7.1kg. The tyres were dislodged, and Mr Tay fell, along with the tyres, from a height of about 10m.Ministry of Manpower prosecutor Kimberly Boo told the court that the company’s employees were not trained or equipped to install metal beams on the storage racks.
As the chief operating officer, Ong failed to ensure the rigour of safety checks and the adequacy of the safety systems in place. Neither Mr Tay nor Goh sought the approval of the company or Ong before installing the metal beams, added the lawyers.
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