Parliament
9 construction sites halted after fatalities due to safety failures in H2 2024: Zaqy Mohamad
During a Parliamentary session on 7 January, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad revealed that nine of the 14 construction sites with fatalities in the second half of 2024 were issued stop-work orders due to inadequate safety systems.
These sites were required to review their safety measures before resuming work.
SINGAPORE: During Parliamentary sitting on 7 January, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad revealed that of the 14 construction sites where fatalities occurred in the second half of 2024, nine were issued with stop-work orders as their safety management systems were found to be inadequate, posing imminent danger to their workers.
These worksites were required to undertake measures such as reviewing their safety management systems before they could resume work. None of the 14 worksites had previously been issued with stop-work orders, he said.
He was responding to questions filed by MPs, who questioned about the effectiveness of the November 2024 Safety Time-Out in raising safety awareness, its impact on the rise in construction fatalities in H2 2024, and whether stricter measures such as external safety audits should be implemented at sites with fatalities.

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