The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council said in an alert on Friday that the worker who was killed after being pinned by a concrete wall that collapsed on 15 June at a Tanjong Pagar worksite had been walking along a path at the time outside the worksite.
They said that a wall segment on the second storey of the building that was under demolition had collapsed, and the worker was walking along the pedestrian walkway beside the worksite at the time, before he was pinned by the collapsed structure.
He was eventually pronounced dead at the scene after being extricated from the rubble.
SCDF’s previous statement on 15 June
Following an intensive search operation, a worker who was earlier reported missing, was sighted to be pinned under the collapsed reinforced concrete structure around 1800hrs. The worker had no pulse and not breathing.
The SCDF immediately conducted cutting and breaking operations to free the casualty. The operation also required the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) personnel to dig their way through the rubble to create space and assess where parts of the body may have been trapped. This was further complicated due to the weight of the concrete slab which was in excess of 50 tonnes (estimated) as well as mangled scaffolding around the body.
The casualty was finally freed after nearly four hours around 2145hrs. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.
Earlier in the search operation, CCTV footages from the surrounding buildings were obtained by the Police to assist in the assessment of the situation. A fibre optic scope, life detection equipment and search canines were also deployed to detect for signs of life. The operation involved the coordinated use of heavy machinery from the construction site as well as rescue equipment to cut and lift the reinforced concrete slab.
11 SCDF emergency vehicles and about 70 personnel, including rescuers from the DART were deployed at the scene for this operation.