Two men died at Fusionopolis Way worksite

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SINGAPORE: Police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted at 12.45pm on Wednesday to an incident at a construction site at Fusionopolis Way.
Police said on arrival, their officers established that an industrial accident had occurred.
SCDF paramedics pronounced two men, both in their 20s, dead at the scene.
It is believed the two men were workers of Bangladeshi nationality.
Police are investigating the case.


- CNA/gn

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http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/two-workers-fall-death-construction-site

SINGAPORE — Two workers fell to their death today (Jan 22) at a construction site at Fusionopolis Way, near Ayer Rajah Avenue.

Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted at 12.45pm to an incident. On arrival at the worksite, police established that an industrial accident had occurred. SCDF paramedics pronounced two men, both of Bangladeshi nationality and in their 20s, dead at the scene.

Officers from the Manpower Ministry’s Occupational Safety and Health Inspectorate were on-site to investigate the incident.

The ministry said preliminary findings show the two men fell from the 7th storey of a building under construction.

The Manpower Ministry has instructed the occupier of the construction site to stop all work involving lifting operations.

Investigations are ongoing. CHANNEL NEWSASIA