Bangladeshi national, Mamun AL, pleaded guilty to one count of recklessly doing an act which endangered the safety of others, as well as on count of using a forged certificate.
The 35-year-old was sentenced on 28 July to 45 weeks of jail.
What happened?
Mamun had driven a forklift at a high speed and caused an accident that seriously injured another man.
The accident occurred on 18 January 2018, when he was employed by QFC construction.
Mamun was the safety supervisor during an addition and alteration work being carried out at a worksite at 11 Tuas Avenue 10.
The victim was Mr Chia Kok Kheong, a delivery driver with another company delivery sanitary materials to the worksite.
Mamun was trying to unload the materials on the lorry, raising the mast of the forklift that he was operating and drove towards the right side of the lorry, where Chia was standing.
But due to the mast of the forklift being raised, Mamun couldn’t see Chia.
Mamun was also driving too fast and he couldn’t stop in time when he eventually spotted Chia, hitting him and pinning the victim against the side of the lorry.
Chia suffered multiple injuries, including having his ribs and pelvis fractured.
Fake certificate
Mamun was eventually revealed to have not attended any training to operate a forklift.
He had obtained a forged certificate that stated he underwent forklift training by a company called Quality Safe Academic in November 2017.
He had initially told the investigating officer that his cert was legitimately obtained.
But he later admitted to buying the forged document after Quality Safe Academic confirmed that they never conducted the said training.
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