16 weeks' jail for site supervisor who coerced worker to take blame for fatal workplace accident

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SINGAPORE: A site supervisor for construction company ZAP Piling was sentenced to a total of 16 week' imprisonment for offences related to a fatal ...

SINGAPORE: A site supervisor for construction company ZAP Piling was sentenced to a total of 16 week' imprisonment for offences related to a fatal workplace incident on Jun 9, 2016, a press release from the Ministry of Manpower said on Saturday .

He died after he was pinned against the tracks of a piling machine by piling casings weighing 1.76 tonnes each. The casings had toppled off a stack that was struck by a boring bucket being lifted by a crane.According to MOM, Tay and the company's plant manager decided to persuade a worker named Mamun to accept the blame for the accident.

When Mr Mamun was informed that he would be charged for doing a negligent act which endangered the safety of others, he then provided the recording to MOM investigators.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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