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SBS Transit fined $7,000 for safety lapses that led to guard's death
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This metal gate outside the North East Line Sengkang train depot had fallen on Mr Ong Yue Hing, a security guard at the depot on 15 March 2011. It had fallen suddenly, crushing Mr Ong's lower body. PHOTO: Lau Keng SengSBS Transit was fined $7,000 yesterday for the safety lapses which led to a giant 900kg gate falling on a 55-year-old security guard on his first day of work in March two years ago, killing him.
According to a report from The Straits Times, Mr Ong Yue Hing died in hospital five hours after suffering multiple injuries due to the accident, which occurred at the North East Line Depot in Sengkang East Avenue in March 2011. SBS Transit, which pleaded guilty last Monday, could have been fined up to $10,000.
The court heard then how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) had engaged Alstom Transport to construct additional railway tracks at the MRT depot in Sengkang. Alstom then hired Elk Security to guard the areas handed over to it.
A gate, which was 10m long and 3m high, was the entrance and exit to these areas. SBS Transit had subcontracted the maintenance and servicing of the gate to engineering company ST Synthesis.
On Oct 19, 2010, SBS Transit instructed ST Synthesis to remove the motor which opened and closed the gate, for repair. The court was told that the bus and train operator then handed over the gate to Alstom on March 7, 2011, without conducting a risk assessment of the workplace.
An assessment would have probably revealed that the gate was in danger of toppling without its motor, said the Ministry of Manpower prosecutor. On March 15 that year, Mr Ong reported for his first day at work. At about 7.20pm, he was closing the gate with a colleague when it fell on him.
The motor’s housing, which was also removed, could also have acted as a barrier to prevent the gate from falling.
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SBS Transit fined $7,000 for safety lapses that led to guard's death
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This metal gate outside the North East Line Sengkang train depot had fallen on Mr Ong Yue Hing, a security guard at the depot on 15 March 2011. It had fallen suddenly, crushing Mr Ong's lower body. PHOTO: Lau Keng SengSBS Transit was fined $7,000 yesterday for the safety lapses which led to a giant 900kg gate falling on a 55-year-old security guard on his first day of work in March two years ago, killing him.
According to a report from The Straits Times, Mr Ong Yue Hing died in hospital five hours after suffering multiple injuries due to the accident, which occurred at the North East Line Depot in Sengkang East Avenue in March 2011. SBS Transit, which pleaded guilty last Monday, could have been fined up to $10,000.
The court heard then how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) had engaged Alstom Transport to construct additional railway tracks at the MRT depot in Sengkang. Alstom then hired Elk Security to guard the areas handed over to it.
A gate, which was 10m long and 3m high, was the entrance and exit to these areas. SBS Transit had subcontracted the maintenance and servicing of the gate to engineering company ST Synthesis.
On Oct 19, 2010, SBS Transit instructed ST Synthesis to remove the motor which opened and closed the gate, for repair. The court was told that the bus and train operator then handed over the gate to Alstom on March 7, 2011, without conducting a risk assessment of the workplace.
An assessment would have probably revealed that the gate was in danger of toppling without its motor, said the Ministry of Manpower prosecutor. On March 15 that year, Mr Ong reported for his first day at work. At about 7.20pm, he was closing the gate with a colleague when it fell on him.
The motor’s housing, which was also removed, could also have acted as a barrier to prevent the gate from falling.
For the full story, please log on to The Straits Times Online.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?159633-FAP-Values-SG-Security-Guard-s-Life-at-Only-7k&goto=newpost).