Overview
- A 30-year-old site supervisor died when a newly cast concrete canopy collapsed at a house near Upper Paya Lebar after pallets of bricks were placed on it.
- MOM said the bricks gave way and ordered his employer, LCN Pte Ltd, to stop all works at the site while investigators review how materials were loaded onto the structure.
- LCN’s project manager told The Straits Times the supervisor had asked for about six tonnes of bricks to be set on the canopy minutes before it failed, a detail now under review.
- In a separate case at 250A Turf Club Road, a 23-year-old banksman was fatally struck by a temporary concrete section during hacking works, and MOM halted excavation by the site occupier STECS-Obayashi CR203 Joint Venture.
- Police said they suspect no foul play in either incident as MOM reminded firms to control the removal of temporary structures and enforce exclusion zones, reflecting risks that contributed to 13 construction deaths in 2025.