Practise safety at work and end tragedies

THE recent tragedy in which six Filipino labourers died after accidently inhaling carbon monoxide while cleaning a tank at the Kampong Lawa Gadong Water Treatment plant in Beaufort, Sabah, has once again highlighted the poor work safety at the workplace.

This is not the first such incident. Over the years, a number of labourers have died while working in confined spaces at shipyards, silos or manholes when carrying out sewerage repairs or when doing maintenance works.