The following article was published by CNA on 23 August 2007.
One died, 14 injured after lorry overturns on PIE
23 August 2007
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: One died and fourteen others were injured when their lorry overturned after colliding with a car along the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) on Thursday.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the accident happened at 8.16am in the direction towards Changi near Bedok Reservoir View.
The injured were sent to Changi General Hospital (CGH).
The foreign worker who died was sitting at the back of the lorry.
CGH says 7 of the 14 people have been discharged.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Worker Plunges to Death During Repair Works
We jumped slightly to avoid mystery object, then...
By Dawn Chia
10 August 2007
The New Paper
THEY were carrying out repair works in a lift shaft when a mystery object supposedly fell from above.
To avoid it, they ducked, but one of them didn't make it.
Mr Chua Yew Meng, 48, plunged 13 floors to his death at Ocean Building on Collyer Quay.
The incident happened around 5pm on Tuesday.
The police and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) are investigating.
Another worker, Mr Mohd Zah, 48, escaped with a fractured left leg.
He told Lianhe Wanbao that he had just joined the company a week ago, and lamented his bad luck.
He said he and Mr Chua were standing on top of the lift on the 13th floor doing repair works on the lift.
He added: 'All of a sudden, something fell from above.
'To avoid it, we jumped slightly, but didn't expect to fall into the shaft.'
Mr Mohd Zah didn't know what the falling object was.
He escaped death because another colleague managed to hold on to his left leg, reported Lianhe Wanbao.
Mr Mohd Zah said his company's representatives had visited him in hospital yesterday morning.
Mr Chua's younger brother told reporters that his brother was divorced, and lived with an elder sister in Circuit Road.
He had two daughters who are still in school.
The younger Mr Chua said: 'My brother had always been doing lift repairs, and is a very experienced worker.
'He was with this company for about a year, and we never expected this to happen.'
He and his mother rushed to the scene after the incident.
He said: 'He was very hardworking, and would dash off the moment he was activated.
'He worked very hard to make ends meet.'
One of Mr Chua's neighbours said Mr Chua fell to his death because he tripped over an electric cable.
BUILDING BEING REDEVELOPED
Keppel Land, which owns Ocean Building, said it was working with the authorities.
The commercial building is currently undergoing redevelopment.
A spokesman told The New Paper that the main contractor for the project was Loh Brothers, and they had in turn contracted lift repair works to Yew Tee Lift Engineering, Mr Chua's company.
Another industrial accident happened at Cantonment Road at around 10.45am yesterday.
A worker in his mid-20s was knocked down by a trailer and pronounced dead 10 minutes later.
The Manpower ministry and police are also investigating the incident.
Other lift shaft accidents
Jan 2004:
Foreign worker suffers serious head injuries after falling from lift.
He reportedly lost balance while dismantling lift at Block 449, Tampines Street 42.
Jan 2001:
Lift technician crushed to death while cleaning lift pit at Block 705, Hougang Avenue 2.
Copyright 2007, Singapore Press Holdings Limited
By Dawn Chia
10 August 2007
The New Paper
THEY were carrying out repair works in a lift shaft when a mystery object supposedly fell from above.
To avoid it, they ducked, but one of them didn't make it.
Mr Chua Yew Meng, 48, plunged 13 floors to his death at Ocean Building on Collyer Quay.
The incident happened around 5pm on Tuesday.
The police and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) are investigating.
Another worker, Mr Mohd Zah, 48, escaped with a fractured left leg.
He told Lianhe Wanbao that he had just joined the company a week ago, and lamented his bad luck.
He said he and Mr Chua were standing on top of the lift on the 13th floor doing repair works on the lift.
He added: 'All of a sudden, something fell from above.
'To avoid it, we jumped slightly, but didn't expect to fall into the shaft.'
Mr Mohd Zah didn't know what the falling object was.
He escaped death because another colleague managed to hold on to his left leg, reported Lianhe Wanbao.
Mr Mohd Zah said his company's representatives had visited him in hospital yesterday morning.
Mr Chua's younger brother told reporters that his brother was divorced, and lived with an elder sister in Circuit Road.
He had two daughters who are still in school.
The younger Mr Chua said: 'My brother had always been doing lift repairs, and is a very experienced worker.
'He was with this company for about a year, and we never expected this to happen.'
He and his mother rushed to the scene after the incident.
He said: 'He was very hardworking, and would dash off the moment he was activated.
'He worked very hard to make ends meet.'
One of Mr Chua's neighbours said Mr Chua fell to his death because he tripped over an electric cable.
BUILDING BEING REDEVELOPED
Keppel Land, which owns Ocean Building, said it was working with the authorities.
The commercial building is currently undergoing redevelopment.
A spokesman told The New Paper that the main contractor for the project was Loh Brothers, and they had in turn contracted lift repair works to Yew Tee Lift Engineering, Mr Chua's company.
Another industrial accident happened at Cantonment Road at around 10.45am yesterday.
A worker in his mid-20s was knocked down by a trailer and pronounced dead 10 minutes later.
The Manpower ministry and police are also investigating the incident.
Other lift shaft accidents
Jan 2004:
Foreign worker suffers serious head injuries after falling from lift.
He reportedly lost balance while dismantling lift at Block 449, Tampines Street 42.
Jan 2001:
Lift technician crushed to death while cleaning lift pit at Block 705, Hougang Avenue 2.
Copyright 2007, Singapore Press Holdings Limited
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