SINGAPORE – A cleaning services company and a worksite manager were charged on July 16 over alleged safety lapses uncovered during a probe following the death of two people who worked at national water agency PUB’s Choa Chu Kang Waterworks in 2024.
The cleaning company, Stargroup Est, was handed one charge under the Workplace Safety and Health (Risk Management) Regulations.
According to court documents, the company had failed to implement “reasonably practicable measures” to minimise the risk to individuals at the workplace on or before May 23, 2024.
Lim Beng Hock, who was an authorised manager at the worksite in Nanyang Drive at the time of the alleged offences, was handed 12 charges under the Workplace Safety and Health (Confined Spaces) Regulations.
The 49-year-old is said to have failed to exercise due diligence when performing his tasks in connection with the issuance of confined space entry permits.
The cases will be mentioned again in court on Aug 13.
Stargroup was appointed to wash the water treatment process tanks at the waterworks from December 2021 to November 2024.
At the time of the incident on May 23, 2024, the company was tasked with conducting tank-cleaning operations, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement.
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