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Jan 21, 2010
Shipyard charged with lapses
<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong
A SHIPYARD was charged in court on Thursday with breaching the Workplace Safety and Health Act which resulted in the deaths of three foreign workers and injury to four others in separate incidents. Also charged along with Kreuz Shipbuilding and Engineering were Wong Chun Hoong, 37, and Lim Tan Kheng Yong alias Raymond Lim, 55. The shipyard is accused of failing to effectively ventilate the tanks where three of its foreign workers were carrying out spray painting works, which lead to a build-up of flammable vapours from the spray painting in the tanks on board a supply boat, Rainbow Star. The vessel was undergoing repairs at the Tuas Crescent premises when an explosion occurred on June 8, 2008. The three workers subsequently died. Kruez is also accused of failing to ensure that adequate safety measures were taken for the pressure testing of the hydraulic piping system on board a vessel, OBT Alpha, on April 2 that year. Four workers were injured in the fire that broke out as a result. Wong, the project manager in charge of OBT Alpha, is accused of agreeing to the use of oxygen as a test medium for the pressure testing of the hydraulic piping system despite knowing that oxygen supports combustion. Lim, then ship repair manager of Rainbow Star, allegedly failed to ensure that no torchlights were to be brought inside the ballast tank during spray painting works before he approved the applications for the permit-to-work. The case will be mentioned on Feb 18.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 21, 2010
Shipyard charged with lapses
<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong
A SHIPYARD was charged in court on Thursday with breaching the Workplace Safety and Health Act which resulted in the deaths of three foreign workers and injury to four others in separate incidents. Also charged along with Kreuz Shipbuilding and Engineering were Wong Chun Hoong, 37, and Lim Tan Kheng Yong alias Raymond Lim, 55. The shipyard is accused of failing to effectively ventilate the tanks where three of its foreign workers were carrying out spray painting works, which lead to a build-up of flammable vapours from the spray painting in the tanks on board a supply boat, Rainbow Star. The vessel was undergoing repairs at the Tuas Crescent premises when an explosion occurred on June 8, 2008. The three workers subsequently died. Kruez is also accused of failing to ensure that adequate safety measures were taken for the pressure testing of the hydraulic piping system on board a vessel, OBT Alpha, on April 2 that year. Four workers were injured in the fire that broke out as a result. Wong, the project manager in charge of OBT Alpha, is accused of agreeing to the use of oxygen as a test medium for the pressure testing of the hydraulic piping system despite knowing that oxygen supports combustion. Lim, then ship repair manager of Rainbow Star, allegedly failed to ensure that no torchlights were to be brought inside the ballast tank during spray painting works before he approved the applications for the permit-to-work. The case will be mentioned on Feb 18.
