Worker who was killed by falling bars used unsafe rigging method at HomeTeamNS …

SINGAPORE: A foreign worker who died after a bundle of rebars fell on him at a construction site for a HomeTeamNS clubhouse had been using an unapproved rigging method, a coroner’s court has found. As a result, a wire used to secure a bundle of rebars weighing 2,750kg that were being lifted by a tower crane snapped. The bundle fell and struck Mr Isalm Robiul, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi national, leaving him with severe traumatic injuries to his head and body. Despite other workers frantically extricating him and having him taken to hospital, he died of his extensive injuries. He leaves behind his wife and three daughters, according to non-profit organisation ItsRainingRaincoats, which focuses on migrant workers in Singapore. WHAT HAPPENED Mr Robiul stayed at Sungei Tengah Lodge and was employed as a construction worker by Chin Leong Building Construction. On the day of the incident on Dec 11, 2021, Mr Robiul was working on a construction site at 900 Bedok North Road. CMC Construction was erecting a four-storey clubhouse with a swimming pool, car park and 10 chalets for HomeTeam NS at the site. Mr Robiul was assigned as a rigger and signalman and was at the pool area. As
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