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Nov 17, 2009
Four fined over safety lapses <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->
TWO brothers of a lift business outfit were each fined $50,000 on Tuesdayover a fatal accident in Ocean Building two years ago.
<table valign="top" align="left" width="200"> <tbody><tr><td class="padr8"> <!-- Vodcast --> <!-- Background Story --> <style type="text/css"> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </style> AVA Global fined $80,000
IN THE same court, AVA Global, a building and construction and engineering company, was fined $80,000 after a representative admitted to breaching the Workplace Safety and Health Act at the Tampines Mall worksite which resulted in the death of an Indian construction worker in April.
Its site supervisor, Lin Tin Fook, 48, was given the maximum fine of $1,000 for failing to co-operate with AVA to such an extent that the employer would comply with the provisions of the Act.
</td></tr> </tbody></table> Chua Kwak Swee, 52, a de facto owner of Yew Tee Lift Engineering, had admitted to failing to take measures to ensure the safety and health of his employees which led to a worker, Mr Chua Yew Meng, falling 13 floors to his death in a lift shaft at the Ocean Building worksite in Collyer Quay on Aug 7, 2007.
His younger brother, Malaysian Chua Tian Lok, 43, the firm's foreman, had pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that a rope damaged by fire previouslys was not used to lift the components of the lift.
Instead, he had allowed Mr Chua Yew Meng, a lift installer, to work in the lift shaft without lifelines and safety barricades, exposing the 47-year-old to the hazard of falling from heights.
The victim and a colleague were dismantling the lift components on the 13th storey of the building when Mr Chua fell to the bottom of the pit. He died on the spot. The other worker broke his left leg.
Nov 17, 2009
Four fined over safety lapses <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Elena Chong </td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->
TWO brothers of a lift business outfit were each fined $50,000 on Tuesdayover a fatal accident in Ocean Building two years ago.
<table valign="top" align="left" width="200"> <tbody><tr><td class="padr8"> <!-- Vodcast --> <!-- Background Story --> <style type="text/css"> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </style> AVA Global fined $80,000
IN THE same court, AVA Global, a building and construction and engineering company, was fined $80,000 after a representative admitted to breaching the Workplace Safety and Health Act at the Tampines Mall worksite which resulted in the death of an Indian construction worker in April.
Its site supervisor, Lin Tin Fook, 48, was given the maximum fine of $1,000 for failing to co-operate with AVA to such an extent that the employer would comply with the provisions of the Act.
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</td></tr> </tbody></table> Chua Kwak Swee, 52, a de facto owner of Yew Tee Lift Engineering, had admitted to failing to take measures to ensure the safety and health of his employees which led to a worker, Mr Chua Yew Meng, falling 13 floors to his death in a lift shaft at the Ocean Building worksite in Collyer Quay on Aug 7, 2007.
His younger brother, Malaysian Chua Tian Lok, 43, the firm's foreman, had pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that a rope damaged by fire previouslys was not used to lift the components of the lift.
Instead, he had allowed Mr Chua Yew Meng, a lift installer, to work in the lift shaft without lifelines and safety barricades, exposing the 47-year-old to the hazard of falling from heights.
The victim and a colleague were dismantling the lift components on the 13th storey of the building when Mr Chua fell to the bottom of the pit. He died on the spot. The other worker broke his left leg.