{"id":53339,"date":"2026-05-18T14:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53339"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:20:35","slug":"construction-worker-dies-after-concrete-falls-on-him-at-cross-island-line-worksite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53339","title":{"rendered":"Construction worker dies after concrete falls on him at Cross Island Line worksite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MOM said it had instructed the occupier, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore)- Obayashi CR203 Joint Venture, to stop all excavation works at the worksite.<\/p>\n<p>Both police and MOM are investigating the incident, with LTA supporting the probe.<\/p>\n<p>Police added that they do not suspect foul play based on their preliminary investigations.<\/p>\n<p>LTA said it was deeply saddened and extended its condolences to the family of the deceased worker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working with the contractors to provide support and assistance to the family.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MOM, meanwhile, said that as a general safety measure, the hacking and removal of any temporary concrete section must be conducted in a controlled manner and exclusion zones must be strictly enforced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition, while banksmen safeguard others by monitoring hazards and controlling access, they must also ensure that they do not position themselves within potential collapse zones,&#8221; the ministry added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/worker-dies-cross-island-line-dies-concrete-falls-turf-city-6127791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOM said it had instructed the occupier, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore)- Obayashi CR203 Joint Venture, to stop all excavation works at the worksite. Both&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--1F0VtDmc--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2024\/05\/27\/turf_city_artist_impression.jpg?itok=EPsaW4AP","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18429,9720,820,3134,2738,5067,700,1692,9576],"class_list":["post-53339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-concrete","tag-construction","tag-cross","tag-dies","tag-falls","tag-island","tag-line","tag-worker","tag-worksite","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53339","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=53339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}