KUALA TERENGGANU: A 17-year-old student was killed when some construction materials he was carrying fell on him.
The student, who was working part-time, was carrying building materials on a modified trolley to a shoplot in a shopping centre when the incident occurred at about 4.30pm on Wednesday.
The state Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) said the trolley broke, causing the building materials to fall and hit the victim.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene due to severe head injuries.
“The department went to the shopping centre on Thursday to conduct further investigations,” DOSH said in a statement.
It said it had also issued a notice of prohibition to the contractor concerned for failing to provide safety measures for unloading and moving goods, resulting in a fatal accident.
The department said it views accidents at workplaces seriously and stressed the need for effective risk control measures to reduce the risk of workplace accidents.
