SINGAPORE: A 23-year-old Singaporean who was moving items at an apartment in a Robertson Quay condominium died after falling from the 10th floor of the building.
He fell over a parapet wall in the service yard and landed on the third floor, said the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday .His employer, Apex Worldwide Movers & Services, has been ordered to stop work. MOM said the man had been on a job with other co-workers to move and dispose furniture and electrical appliances from a unit in the condominium.
“He was standing on a ladder when he fell backwards over an opening that was above a 1m-high parapet wall in the service yard," said an MOM spokesperson."He fell from the 10th floor and landed on the 3rd floor. He was pronounced dead at the scene by attending paramedics."There have been 11 fatal workplace accidents this year, with 13 fatalities, said MOM.
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