2 workers die after being thrown off a vessel and onto the dock at Tuas shipyard

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SINGAPORE - Two Bangladeshi workers died on Monday night (March 28) after they were thrown off a vessel that was docked at a shipyard in Tuas owned by Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation. In response to queries from The Straits Times, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Tuesday that the workers, aged 30 and 42, fell onto the dock below...

The workers were at work on a scaffold that was built around a structure atop the docked vessel at 51 Pioneer Sector 1.SINGAPORE - Two Bangladeshi workers died on Monday night after they were thrown off a vessel that was docked at a shipyard in Tuas owned by Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation.

They were among three workers who were at work on a scaffold that was built around a structure atop the docked vessel at 51 Pioneer Sector 1. MOM said on Tuesday that Keppel Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine, is the occupier of the worksite and the employer of the 42-year-old worker who died.MOM is investigating the incident and has instructed Keppel Shipyard to stop all works involving structures on board the vessel.

With Monday's accident, there are nine workplace deaths that have occurred this year. Last year, there were 37 workplace deaths, compared with 30 deaths in 2020, and 39 deaths in 2019.

 

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