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The first worker was assigned to a gas pipe laying project at Jurong Pier Road between June and September 2021. The role required a Perform Work in Confined Space Operation card. He did not have one – because he had never done the training. His supervisor handed him a forged card bearing the name of an accredited training provider, and he used it. In a statement to the Ministry of Manpower, he admitted submitting the card to the worksite attendant 30 to 40 times across four months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second worker was deployed to pipe laying along Mountbatten Road from October 2020 to January 2021. He needed a rigger and signalman card. Same story: no training, no legitimate card. The same supervisor gave him a forged one. He signed off as a rigger and signalman on multiple occasions. The training provider named on his card confirmed it had never even offered a course by that title.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At trial, both tried to walk back their earlier admissions. Both claimed the supervisor handled all the paperwork and never personally submitted the cards. Both said they only realised the cards were forged after attending legitimate courses later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The court called those defences \u201cafterthoughts\u201d designed to shift blame to the supervisor – who left Singapore in February 2022 and never returned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Under Singapore\u2019s Workplace Safety and Health Act, employers and principal contractors must ensure workers hold valid safety certifications before assigning them to hazardous roles. Specific regulations require completed training before anyone can be appointed to confined space work or rigging and signalling duties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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