{"id":53176,"date":"2026-05-17T21:25:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53176"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:25:42","slug":"30-year-old-site-supervisor-dies-after-falling-bricks-hit-him-at-worksite-along-jalan-usaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53176","title":{"rendered":"30-year-old site supervisor dies after falling bricks hit him at worksite along Jalan Usaha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: A 30-year-old site supervisor died after he was struck by pallets of bricks when a newly constructed canopy on which the pallets had been placed gave way.<\/p>\n<p>The man was taken unconscious to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred along Jalan Usaha off Upper Paya Lebar Road at about 10.30am on Saturday (May 16), is being investigated by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).<\/p>\n<p>In response to a CNA query, MOM said on Sunday that the occupier of the site and the man&#8217;s employer, LCN, had been instructed to stop all works at the worksite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a general safety measure, construction materials should not be placed on structures that are not designed to bear the load of the materials,&#8221; MOM said.<\/p>\n<p>The police, in response to a query from CNA, said they do not suspect foul play, adding that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>CNA has contacted LCN for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/jalan-usaha-workplace-incident-site-supervisor-dies-bricks-hit-him-6126711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: A 30-year-old site supervisor died after he was struck by pallets of bricks when a newly constructed canopy on which the pallets had been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--a0Cs6MCg--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/12\/18\/mom_building4.jpg?itok=LQGkQnVv","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16339,22904,3134,4355,467,10185,6743,1531,22905,9576],"class_list":["post-53176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-30yearold","tag-bricks","tag-dies","tag-falling","tag-hit","tag-jalan","tag-site","tag-supervisor","tag-usaha","tag-worksite","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}