Shipyard worker dies in industrial accident after scarf gets trapped


SIBU: A worker at a shipyard in the Rantau Panjang Shipbuilding zone died in an industrial accident on Tuesday (Oct 13).

Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said painter Angkam Engkang, 44, from Kapit was painting a ship when his scarf, which he had wrapped around his neck, was caught by a brush grinder.

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