Stop-work orders, fines given to 2 companies after unsafe conditions found at worksites

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SINGAPORE: Two companies have been fined and issued stop-work orders after safety inspections found unsafe conditions at their worksites, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Thursday (Aug 4). The ministry said in a Facebook post that to curb the spike in workplace fatalities, it has ramped up enforcemen

SINGAPORE: Two companies have been fined and issued stop-work orders after safety inspections found unsafe conditions at their worksites, said the Ministry of Manpower on Thursday .

CAD Associates was fined S$21,000 and KHC Development was fined S$20,000. Both were issued stop-work orders. A worker erecting the formwork without any fall prevention measures such as having effective barricades and proper work platforms. Pictures in the Facebook post showed some of MOM's findings. They ranged from a lack of effective barricades to unsafe platforms and scaffolding.

Scaffold was erected by untrained workers, and was placed in an unsafe manner on the next roof, with unsecured access onto the scaffold.

 

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