A FEW MORE Incidents
Vehicle and machinery-related incidents, as well as falls from top, were among the leading causes of dangerous and serious injuries in the first quarter of 2023, according to MOM’s report.
Kim Hock Corporation, a business that processes waste material for trade abroad, was involved in another circumstance mentioned in MOM’s October statement.
It was fined S$ 240, 000 on October 13 in response to a catastrophic incident that occurred on Feb. 24, 2020, while employees were performing repair work on an equipment used to reduce waste steel.
While another coworker, Karuppaiah Selvaraj, watched the device, one of them, Uttom, was using a smart panel to operate it.
When asked to activate the machine, Uttom incorrectly pressed a button, which instead caused the door of the device to pin the deceased ( Karuppaiah Selvaraj ) against it, according to MOM.
According to MOM’s investigations, the steps Kim Hock Corporation took, such as making sure the system was de-energised and locked-out before approaching it, “were not in line with what was required in the regular.”
Additionally, the company failed to ensure that employees received adequate training and instruction in advance and did not establish sufficient safe work procedures for them.
According to MOM, the Uttom situation is still pending.
Another business that was criticized was  , Chew’s Agriculture, a livestock farm that produced animal for retail, manufactured, processed, and packaged eggs.
After Lim Teck Huat was struck by a vehicle on August 16, 2022 while performing traffic controller tasks, the firm was fined S$ 185, 000 on October 26.
Studies by MOM showed that Chew’s Agriculture was unable to recognize and reduce the possibility of collisions between cars and traffic controller employees.
According to MOM, the business did not have a transportation management strategy in place, and traffic controllers were not wearing the necessary safety vests. It also neglected to provide training for employees carrying out such tasks.