Six workers were taken to the hospital after a steam pipe ruptured while they were doing maintenance work on Jurong Island, scalding them with hot water. The workers, aged 25 to 51 and from India, Bangladesh and the Philippines, were working on a furnace unit at ExxonMobil...
MOM said it has instructed ExxonMobil Asia Pacific to stop all maintenance works relating to similar furnace equipment, and that investigations are ongoing.
In a statement to ST on Friday, an ExxonMobil spokesman said the health and safety of workers are paramount and that the firm would ensure the affected workers are receiving the care they need.
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