By Diana Othman

TWO sub-contractors and five others, inlcuding two company directors, have been charged by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) between April and June for failing to ensure the safety of workers doing work at height, resulting in three separate worksite deaths.

Falls from height is the top killer at workplaces in the last three years, making up three in every 10 workplace deaths. The majority of the cases were from the construction and marine sectors, which account for more than 70 per cent of such accidents.

The latest three parties hauled to court on Thursday include Construction company Tat Ho Builder and its director Ng Tze Lik over the death of a worker who fell from an inclined roof of a house under construction. The worker fell while installing a lightning conductor on the roof. There were no lifelines or preventive barricades installed on the main roof, said MOM.

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