SINGAPORE - An outflow of experienced workers, coupled with tight delivery timelines amid the pandemic could be contributing factors to a recent rise in workplace accidents and deaths, said industry experts.
"Consequently, more experienced workers are eager to go home since they haven't been back in a long time, and so it creates a manpower constraint, which firms may not be able to adequately supervise." Wee Chwee Huat Scaffolding and Construction assistant operations manager Mathiarasan Subramaniam said employers have a role to play in helping their workers who face mental stress as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He added:"The main issue here is sometimes companies treat them as employees. I feel that we should treat them like a family, because they are leaving their entire family back home and coming here to earn a living. To minimise the risk to workers, the firm managed to combine the separate parts into two modules, which can be pre-assembled on the ground and lifted up the air once ready.Online bite-sized workplace safety courses to be piloted for migrant workers
Means something is wrong doesn’t it ? Companies are prioritising $$ over safety ? You can have all the safety officers and all the protocols but if the company directs otherwise how?
The experts blame the workers now? 🤦♂️
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