Worker dies in crane collapse at Novena construction site of new TTSH rehab hub

that the deceased was an Indian national and the other injured worker, a Bangladeshi, was hurt in his leg.

A resident whose apartment faces the construction site said she heard a loud boom in the area at about 8.30am. The 33-year-old consultant, who wishes to be known as Mrs Goh, said she saw a crane operator stuck on top of the partially-collapsed crane at the construction site. A new 17-storey 500-bed rehabilitation complex, which is part of TTSH, is being built by the Ministry of Health at the worksite. Construction started in March 2017 and is scheduled to be completed by 2022.The worker stuck at the top of the broken crane was able to climb down from the crane after 20 minutes, she added.

When contacted, Crane World Asia confirmed that its crane had collapsed at the worksite and it was looking into the incident. The Straits Times has contacted main contractor Kajima, the Ministry of Manpower and MOH for more information.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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