Painter who didn’t put on security harness died after falling from second-floor ledge: Coroner

WHAT HAPPENED

In her findings, Coroner Sripathy-Shanaz outlined what occurred on the morning of Mar 2.

Mr Hoon, who was a self-employed development painter, labored as a contractor for Tamagawa Tech to color the inside and exterior partitions of 58 Lorong Marzuki within the Kembangan space. He started work in Could 2021 and the challenge was due for completion in mid-March.

Aside from reporting his progress to Tamagawa each month, he labored independently and unsupervised on the worksite.

Tamagawa had performed a danger evaluation for portray works there, particularly figuring out “fall from top” as a hazard related to portray actions.

MOM established and applied a number of danger management measures to handle this hazard, together with ensuring that staff engaged on the exterior scaffolding have been carrying security harnesses.

These procedures have been made recognized to Tamagawa staff and sub-constructors.

MOM additional discovered that Tamagawa didn’t inform Mr Hoon to do any touch-up portray work on the bolstered concrete ledges after the exterior scaffold was dismantled on August 2021. All work on the facade, together with exterior portray works, had been accomplished by then.

Mr Hoon appeared to have been on the worksite on that fateful day to carry out touch-up portray work. This was one thing Tamagawa was unaware of, and Mr Hoon didn’t inform anybody about his intention to take action, the coroner famous.