Foreign worker dies from electrocution at construction site


GEORGE TOWN: A foreign worker was killed after he was electrocuted while doing welding work at a construction site using a scissor lift on Saturday (Dec 30).

Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) director Hairozie Asri said the victim died at about 9.45am at a construction located in George Town.

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