Accident reporting

18 09, 2015

Injured workers hit face-on with doctor and housing issues

alex2019-08-30T16:32:25+08:00September 18th, 2015|Articles, Stories|

Medical treatment and housing -- two issues that workers, after an injury, find themselves grappling with. They shouldn't have to, and it is troubling to any outside observer that soon after an injury, perhaps still in pain with mobility difficulties, anyone should find himself with these additional complications. For a little insight as to how and why these

4 02, 2015

“Locking into container never happened,” says employer

webmaster2019-08-30T16:32:54+08:00February 4th, 2015|Articles, Stories|

Express Point Engineering Pte Ltd took exception to our article published on 17 December 2014, titled 'Injured Hossian hidden away in locked container'. The employer asserted that this was untrue, though this was possibly later qualified with a further nuance: that they had no knowledge of any such incident. Following an email from Express Point,

17 12, 2014

Injured Hossian hidden away in locked container

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:32:55+08:00December 17th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Fuxiong In the minutes following his three-metre fall, with his right shin and back in pain, Hossian Ramzan was carried by two "tamil man" on the instructions of a company supervisor to a shipping container, "to rest". "Then they lock the door." It worried him, but at first he gave them the benefit of

4 07, 2014

Building boom leading to more workplace injuries

webmaster2019-08-30T16:33:30+08:00July 4th, 2014|News, News Flash|

Released yesterday by the Manpower Ministry, new statistics revealed a jump in construction-related deaths this year – 17 in the first half, with eight cases in January alone, up from 11 in the same period last year. Major injury cases also leaped 15 percent this period from last year to 71 cases. TODAY reported (Building

21 05, 2014

Went to lawyer in November, injury claim not filed till April, says worker

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:31+08:00May 21st, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Pan Chuen His livelihood depended on him being physically fit and able to shoulder heavy materials, but a worksite injury dashed those hopes. The only break in the dark clouds above him is a compensation pay-out from his employer. But what if the lawyer doesn't act promptly? Like many other Bangladeshi workers in Singapore,

3 05, 2014

With a broken foot, Siva climbs three floors to sleep

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:32+08:00May 3rd, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Eitan He's been hobbling around with that boot and a crutch for four months already. Every day he goes up and down three floors to get his free meals provided by Transient Workers Count Too, each step presenting a risk of tumbling down. Unable to put weight on his broken right foot, he largely

29 04, 2014

Inspectors coming, so crew moved elsewhere

alex2019-08-30T16:33:32+08:00April 29th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

Your writer asks Deepak (not his real name) how much overtime he worked, and gets a long-winded response that doesn't quite answer the question. Instead Deepak describes how he has to work two, three or four Sundays a month, sometimes at the main project site in Loyang, other times at a site in the Novena

15 03, 2014

In the hours following an accident, the mischief starts

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:35+08:00March 15th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Keith W Hossain Jabed's story is one of long frustration. His accident happened more than one year ago, but his medical treatment has been suspended because his employer wouldn't pay, and now he is likely to be sent home without being properly cured. "I cannot turn head very much," he says, explaining his restricted

24 02, 2014

“Sign now,” says ‘workers control assistant’ to injured Arif

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:36+08:00February 24th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Joyce Wong Confronted by enforcers, Arif fled the dorm for his own safety. He left all his belongings behind. On 18 Jan 2014, fifteen days after a section of a finger was cut off by a cement mixer during work, Arif Hossin Chan Miah received a phone call from Zainuddin (not his real name),

15 02, 2014

Nazim’s employer didn’t report accident to ministry for ten months

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:33:36+08:00February 15th, 2014|Articles, Stories|

By Keith W Nazim Chowdhury shows me a three-page document he printed out. It's the formal accident report that his employer provided to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). The incident was described in the document thus: That he "... with a co-worker was tasked to remove a beam at the location. While handling the beam,