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[Pinkieslut]

Traffic controller, 72, dies after being run over by truck at Lim Chu Kang​

Vernon Lee
·Senior Editor
Thu, 25 August 2022 at 4:21 pm

A traffic controller was killed at a workplace in Lim Chu Kang on 16 August 2022. (PHOTO: Workplace Health and Safety Council)
SINGAPORE — A 72-year-old traffic controller died last week after he was run over by a truck while at work in Lim Chu Kang.
The Singaporean traffic controller was hit by the vehicle exiting the premises at 150 Neo Tiew Road on 16 August in the morning, a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesperson said on Thursday (25 August), in response to media queries from Yahoo News Singapore.
The worker, who was employed by Chew’s Agriculture, was sent to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where he later died from his injuries, the spokesperson added. The employer and occupier are investigating the accident.
“As a general safety measure, traffic controllers should be extra alert and sensitised of the dangers when they have to manage the blind spots of heavy vehicles,” the spokesperson said.
In a separate statement on the accident, the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) said the truck had stopped at the main gate of the company’s premises to exit to the main road.
The traffic controller tried to get the driver’s attention and moved to the left of the truck. “He then went to the front of the truck, when the truck suddenly moved forward and ran over him,” said WSHC.
The deaths of the traffic controller and a Bangladeshi worker, whose body was found two days after a crane collapsed at Keppel shipyard in Tuas earlier this week, have brought the number of workplace deaths in Singapore to 34 so far this year.
On 9 May, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed concern over the spate of workplace deaths since the start of the year, saying it was “not acceptable”. In a Facebook post then, Lee urged companies to take workplace safety seriously. At the time of his post, there were 20 workplace deaths arising from accidents.
WSHC also highlighted an earlier workplace death on 27 April due to poor traffic management. A 39-year-old worker died after the Indian national was run over by a moving prime mover in Yishun.
The statutory body under MOM issued several guidelines to prevent such accidents, such as having a workplace traffic management plan, clear traffic layout and route planning, and robust traffic control and communications.

 

[JohnTan]

Traffic controller, 72, dies after being run over by truck at Lim Chu Kang​

Vernon Lee
·Senior Editor
Thu, 25 August 2022 at 4:21 pm

A traffic controller was killed at a workplace in Lim Chu Kang on 16 August 2022. (PHOTO: Workplace Health and Safety Council)
SINGAPORE — A 72-year-old traffic controller died last week after he was run over by a truck while at work in Lim Chu Kang.
The Singaporean traffic controller was hit by the vehicle exiting the premises at 150 Neo Tiew Road on 16 August in the morning, a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) spokesperson said on Thursday (25 August), in response to media queries from Yahoo News Singapore.
The worker, who was employed by Chew’s Agriculture, was sent to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital where he later died from his injuries, the spokesperson added. The employer and occupier are investigating the accident.
“As a general safety measure, traffic controllers should be extra alert and sensitised of the dangers when they have to manage the blind spots of heavy vehicles,” the spokesperson said.
In a separate statement on the accident, the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) said the truck had stopped at the main gate of the company’s premises to exit to the main road.
The traffic controller tried to get the driver’s attention and moved to the left of the truck. “He then went to the front of the truck, when the truck suddenly moved forward and ran over him,” said WSHC.
The deaths of the traffic controller and a Bangladeshi worker, whose body was found two days after a crane collapsed at Keppel shipyard in Tuas earlier this week, have brought the number of workplace deaths in Singapore to 34 so far this year.
On 9 May, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed concern over the spate of workplace deaths since the start of the year, saying it was “not acceptable”. In a Facebook post then, Lee urged companies to take workplace safety seriously. At the time of his post, there were 20 workplace deaths arising from accidents.
WSHC also highlighted an earlier workplace death on 27 April due to poor traffic management. A 39-year-old worker died after the Indian national was run over by a moving prime mover in Yishun.
The statutory body under MOM issued several guidelines to prevent such accidents, such as having a workplace traffic management plan, clear traffic layout and route planning, and robust traffic control and communications.

Old fart who failed to control traffic gets controlled by traffic. It's karma.

 

[laksaboy]

I bet the Banglas can do it better and cheaper.

 

[glockman]

The traffic controller tried to get the driver’s attention and moved to the left of the truck. “He then went to the front of the truck, when the truck suddenly moved forward and ran over him,” said WSHC.​

Wasn't he trained to not do that? Or at least have the common sense to not do that. The cab of the truck is located so high, there's no view of what's below in front. RIP Mr 72-year-old traffic controller.

 

[glockman]

Old fart who failed to control traffic gets controlled by traffic. It's karma.

I am appalled at your lack of compassion and empathy. No, I am disgusted!

 

[Dr Christopher Cheok C S]

The deaths of the traffic controller and a Bangladeshi worker, whose body was found two days after a crane collapsed at Keppel shipyard in Tuas earlier this week, have brought the number of workplace deaths in Singapore to 34 so far this year.

3 dead in Keppel shipyards and more than a dozen injured so far this year.
https://www.upstreamonline.com/safe...er-latest-singapore-yard-accident/2-1-1282812

MOM Auxiliary Enforcement Programme (AEA), OSH Inspectorate only keep raiding and bullying the SMEs for workplace safety and dare not touch the big boys.

 

[bobby]

Shocking news indeed...72yo still working a menial job.

 

[laksaboy]

Shocking news indeed...72yo still working a menial job.

This one worked as a cleaner when he was 78 years old.

 

[bobby]

This old man worked until 91yo.....collect full salary but chobolan

 

[tobelightlight]

Shocking news indeed...72yo still working a menial job.

Indeed. He should be in this forum daily thinking he is still young and virile.

 

[syed putra]

Who buys products from chew agriculture?

 

[JohnTan]

I am appalled at your lack of compassion and empathy. No, I am disgusted!

Controlling traffic is a matter of life-and-death. I treat workplace safety with the same attitude.

 

[rushifa666]

Lanslide pap gneration. Now become mudslide

 

[mako65]

At 72, I doubt his cognitive movement wasn't that sharp anymore! Anyway..Rip!