CIDB issues stop work order following LTU fatal trench collapse

KUANTAN: The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has issued a stop-work order on the construction of the Lingkaran Tengah Utama (LTU) Package 4 project in Lipis, near here following a trench collapse that resulted in a fatality on Monday (Dec 11).

Its chief executive Datuk Mohd Zaid Zakaria said the subcontractor involved was instructed to stop the excavation work until sufficient control over the work was submitted to the CIDB and the contractor complied with the safety instructions for soil excavation work from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health.