Second worker, a Malaysian, dies after inhaling toxic fumes at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks

Three workers were found unconscious at PUB’s Choa Chu Kang Waterworks on May 23. -LIANHE ZAOBAO

SINGAPORE: A second worker died on Tuesday (May 28) after inhaling poisonous fumes while carrying out routine tank cleaning at PUB’s Choa Chu Kang Waterworks.

In a statement on May 29, national water agency PUB said the 24-year-old Malaysian, who was in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, died at about 10pm on May 28.