28-year-old worker dies in tree pruning incident in Toa Payoh, taking workplace deaths to 43 so far in 2022
this is index.phpSINGAPORE — A 28-year-old worker involved in tree pruning works died on Wednesday (Dec 7) after a mishap involving the loading of a tree trunk. This took to 43 the number of workplace deaths so far this year, already well above last year’s total of 37.
In a news release on Thursday, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said that the fatal accident happened at around 3.30pm along Toa Payoh East Road, near 1003 Toa Payoh Industrial Park.
The ministry said that the man, a Bangladeshi, was involved in the loading of tree trunks using a lorry crane after the tree-pruning works.
During the lifting operation, a tree trunk that was being hoisted dislodged from its lifting sling and struck the man.
This caused him to fall and hit his head against the pavement.
The man was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after, MOM said.
The ministry is investigating the accident and it had ordered the man’s employer — Penta Landscape — to stop all pruning and lifting activities.
It added: “As a general safety measure, all loads must be properly rigged and secured by a competent rigger before conducting any lifting operation by mobile cranes.”
The 43 workplace deaths so far this year already exceed the 37 workplace deaths for the whole of 2021.
Last month, two workplace incidents occurred, including one on Nov 26 involving a 69-year-old worker who fell while cleaning windows.
The other fatality happened on Nov 25 and involved a 41-year-old India national who was involved in scaffolding works at Singapore Refining Company in Jurong Island when he fell into the sea.
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