Collapsing Steel Bars At Semantan MRT Construction Site Kills One And Traps Another
One construction worker was killed and another trapped when a cable at the Semantan MRT construction site snapped.
By Mei Mei Chu — 27 Feb 2015, 05:46 PM
Another deadly accident has occurred at an MRT construction site, this time killing one and trapping another at the Semantan MRT construction in KL at 1.20pm today
One worker has been killed and another trapped during an incident at the Semantan MRT construction site in Kuala Lumpur Friday.
thestar.com.myThe two construction workers were fabricating a steel cage when a cable snapped, causing the steel bars to collapse on them
According to a police source, the incident occurred while the two workers were fabricating a steel cage at the site when a cable snapped, causing the steel bars they were working on to collapse.
thestar.com.myMRT Corp has released a press statement saying rescue work has started. However, they were not able to detail the condition of the victims.
“According to early reports, two workers involved and rescue work has started,” the press released by MRT Corp said.
Rescue work has begun but the developer was unable to elaborate on the condition of the workers.
“We don’t have that information currently, we have more details later,” an MRTCorp official, who did not want to be named, told Malay Mail Online when contacted.
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According to The Malaysian Insider, Sunway Construction is responsible for Semantan site
The work at the Semantan site is contracted to Sunway Construction.
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Construction of the much anticipated MRT system has been plagued with accidents ever since a man was killed from falling equipment in March 2013
In June 2014, metal slabs from two separate construction sites in Kota Damansara and Subang Jaya crushed two cars. A man barely escaped death and a couple was killed in the crash.
The most shocking accident happened in August 2014 when a 300-tonne concrete block at a construction site in Kota Damansara collapsed and crushed three Bangladeshi workers
The accident prompted MRT Corp's then CEO Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid to resigne and take responsibility of the incident. His resignation was however rejected by the company.
