SINGAPORE – A 37-year-old worker was injured after a crane broke and hit him at a Build-To-Order (BTO) site in Sin Ming on the evening of Oct 10.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to the accident, which happened at a construction site in 28 Sin Ming Street, at 5.25pm. The location is the site of the Sin Ming Residences BTO project.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said the worker was nearby during the demobilisation of a mobile crane.
The crane boom broke and the jib fell to the ground, hitting the worker who was on site to oversee the dismantling work.
The man was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he later underwent surgery, MOM and HDB added. It was not specified what type of surgery he had undergone.
