Myanmar labourer dies after iron rod falls on him at building site

PETALING JAYA: Barely a day after an Indonesian worker was crushed to death at a construction site, a Myanmar labourer died after an iron rod fell on his head at another site.

Identified as Tun Nang, he was working at the construction site when the rod weighing between 10kg and 15kg fell from a building at the site in Bukit Jalil on Friday.

Cheras police chief Asst Comm Chong Kok Sin said the 31-year-old man collapsed and was rushed to the Taman Desa Medical Centre but he died on the way.

“Investigations revealed that the object had fallen from the second floor of the building,” he said, adding that the man had been working at the site for the past six months.

Checks by police found that the victim had a valid travel document.

There were no other workers nearby at the time of the incident.

“The Department of Occupational Safety and Health has been alerted so that a probe into negligence at the construction site can begin,” he said.

On Friday, a 50-year-old Indonesian man died after being crushed by rubble under a construction bridge in Jalan Genting-Klang.

Salbahri, also a construction worker, was resting under the incomplete bridge by the side of Jalan Genting-Klang near Columbia Hotel when the structure collapsed.