A director of a business was fined S$ 8, 000 ( US$ 6, 000 ) on Thursday ( Mar 20 ) after giving an employee instructions to tamper with the scene of a fatal workplace accident.  ,
At the time of the accident in 2018, Lim Choon Hwee, 49, was a chairman at Dyna-Log Singapore, a business that provided administrative services, including the launching, unloading, and transport of vessels. The business was based in Boon Lay’s West Connect Building.  ,
One of its people died in the crash, which resulted in a fine of S$ 200,000.  ,
Both Lim and Dyna-Log Singapore were charged under the Workplace Safety and Health Act. He entered a guilty plea to his charge , as well as his contract as the company’s member.
For  Lim’s cost consisted of altering the scene of the accident by ordering a firm controller to remove the worker’s boots with a pair of health shoes.  ,
The agency’s responsibility was for, but it failed to make sure health precautions were followed. For example, failing to make sure that satisfactory risk assessments and safe work procedures were established in respect of collection, delivery, or hoist operations, as well as failing to connect existing risk assessments and secure work instructions to employees carrying out such tasks.  ,
Mr. Yong Him Chong, a director of operations at Dyna-Log Singapore, was the individual who passed away.  ,
Mr. Yong was observing and verifying the contents of a box on November 22, 2018. Mr. Yong was going to count the load as part of his job.
He opened the box’s right door and used a crane to taking pictures of the items he had stored nearby. But, when he opened the bottle’s left doorway, a bundle of 577 kg rubber sheets sank out and pinned him to the ground when he opened it.  ,
He was discovered by coworkers, but ambulances later declared him dead at the scene.  ,
According to an examination, Mr. Yong had died from tragic asphyxia or suffocation, which was consistent with him being pinned down by a large item.
According to court records, Mr. Yong’s photos taken shortly before the event revealed that the package that held him down was good displaced during travel because it wasn’t stacked in a secure way.  ,
Mr. Yong was wearing a pair of boots at the time of the crash, which was against Dyna-Log Singapore’s safety regulations.  ,
Mr. Yong’s body should be near the controller’s feet, and Lim instructed them to take his slippers to their business.  ,
The joystick left with a pair of boots after arriving at the crash site thanks to closed-circuit broadcast footage that showed him bringing two safety boots.  ,
Studies revealed that Dyna-Log Singapore had conducted a risk analysis and established secure job procedures for office collection, delivery, and hoist activities. But, Mr. Yong  had not been informed of the potential risks associated with accessing a car deck and its load because none of the control measures were followed.  ,
According to a Ministry of Manpower attorney, Lim had instructed the controller to tamper with the crash scene by placing the shoes close to Mr. Yong’s body.  ,
But, Lim’s attorney Anand George of IRB Law claimed that it was “going too far” to refer to this as an attempt to deceive the government.  , He sought a S$ 5, 000 good for Lim and a S$ 100, 000 good for the business.  ,
According to District Judge Salina Ishak, punishment was the main sentencing factor.
She noted that Lim had privately instructed the controller to spot the piece of safety boots at the scene of the accident and to deliver Mr. Yong’s boots to the office, which altered the situation.
She and the prosecution both agreed that this was a” apparent attempt to mislead investigators” and that it had tampered with the setting, putting the investigation’s integrity at risk.  ,
This, Judge Salina added, could possibly stifle efforts to protect workers ‘ life and encourage people to make similar evasion attempts, she added.  ,
All in all, she claimed, these actions may reduce the impact of the Workplace Safety and Health Act.