Singapore: Worker dies after falling 9.5m to factory floor; 2022 fatalities now at 24; workplace deaths so far highest since 2016


SINGAPORE, May 28 (The Straits Times/ANN): A 49-year-old local worker died after falling 9.5m through a skylight to the factory floor while preparing to do roof cleaning work.

The freelance labourer contracted by oil and gas inspection, repair and maintenance company Vina Specialist died in Ng Teng Fong General Hospital shortly after he was taken there, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in response to The Straits Times' queries.

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