The 26-year-old foreign worker died after falling through a false ceiling from the fifth floor of Tampines Mall and landing on the third floor.
SINGAPORE: Capitaland Retail Management was fined S$24,000 for breaching workplace safety and health regulations on Tuesday after a cleaner died in 2020 when he fell through a false ceiling in Tampines Mall.
A team of workers arrived at about 11pm on Jan 24, 2020 and they had a toolbox meeting before starting work. Although there were lightbulbs in the room, the lighting was below the recommended level and visibility was poor, she added.Defence lawyer Paul Sandosham stressed that this case involved the contravention of Workplace Safety and Health regulations, and not the Act itself.
"He shouldn't have been there at all. No one is supposed to go there," he said, citing a previous report by TODAY that quoted the cleaning company as saying they were investigating why the deceased was working in an area that he was briefed not to enter.
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