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Company fined over death
By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
A CONSTRUCTION company was fined $100,000 on Friday over a fatal accident at Marina Bay Sands integrated resort project early last year.
A representative of Lian Beng Construction, the occupier of the worksite, pleaded guilty on its behalf to failing to ensure that the workplace was safe and without risks to every person within the premises on Jan 16 last year.
The company had failed to ensure that a brick wall was not backfilled, which resulted in the death of China construction worker Xie Xu Han, 39, that day.
Lian Beng, contracted to build the sub-structure for three hotel towers at the Marina Bayfront Avenue worksite, engaged subcontractor Soon Li Heng Civil Engineering to carry out the earthworks.
The fatal accident occurred at the basement where a gravity wall was to be erected to demarcate and separate the work areas.
A brick wall - with no support and backfilled with earth - was erected as the formwork for the gravity wall.
It caved in on Mr Xie as he was walking past it. He died about an hour later of multiple fractures.
In the same court, Soon Li Heng's then foreman, Pitchai Alagarsamy, 40, an Indian national, was fined $800 for failing to prevent the brick wall from being backfilled. He pleaded guilty.
Investigation showed that a few hours before the accident, Alagarsamy had seen the brick formwork being backfilled with earth when he had been told not to do so.
Under the Workplace Safety and Health Act, the company could have been fined up to $500,000.
Alagarsamy could have been fined up to $1,000 for failing to co-operate with the occupier.
Company fined over death
By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
A CONSTRUCTION company was fined $100,000 on Friday over a fatal accident at Marina Bay Sands integrated resort project early last year.
A representative of Lian Beng Construction, the occupier of the worksite, pleaded guilty on its behalf to failing to ensure that the workplace was safe and without risks to every person within the premises on Jan 16 last year.
The company had failed to ensure that a brick wall was not backfilled, which resulted in the death of China construction worker Xie Xu Han, 39, that day.
Lian Beng, contracted to build the sub-structure for three hotel towers at the Marina Bayfront Avenue worksite, engaged subcontractor Soon Li Heng Civil Engineering to carry out the earthworks.
The fatal accident occurred at the basement where a gravity wall was to be erected to demarcate and separate the work areas.
A brick wall - with no support and backfilled with earth - was erected as the formwork for the gravity wall.
It caved in on Mr Xie as he was walking past it. He died about an hour later of multiple fractures.
In the same court, Soon Li Heng's then foreman, Pitchai Alagarsamy, 40, an Indian national, was fined $800 for failing to prevent the brick wall from being backfilled. He pleaded guilty.
Investigation showed that a few hours before the accident, Alagarsamy had seen the brick formwork being backfilled with earth when he had been told not to do so.
Under the Workplace Safety and Health Act, the company could have been fined up to $500,000.
Alagarsamy could have been fined up to $1,000 for failing to co-operate with the occupier.
