Construction accident kills Thai worker in S'pore
Published on Jan 20 , 2006


A Thai worker was killed when part of a brick wall collapsed and pinned him to the ground at a Singapore


construction site, officials said Friday.




Promsri Khampan, 41, had been levelling some freshly laid cement when the half-tonne brick slab, part of a retaining

wall on the uncompleted bungalow, came loose after heavy rain.




The Singapore Civil Defence Force had to break up the slab before Promsri could be extricated, but efforts to revive him failed.



Two teams from the Ministry of Manpower are investigating the cause of the accident and checking the safety standards at the rest

ofthe site.



Promsri's death came the day after parliament passed a new law to make Singapore a safer place to work. It goes into effect in March

with the aim of halving the workplace fatality rate.


The law carries tougher penalties for unsafe practices.