On Jan 2, construction worker Aridosalu Arulraj, 29, from India, was killed after he was
struck in the chest by the hose of a concrete pump truck at a Housing Board worksite in Tengah.
On Jan 25, a Bangladeshi worker, 31, died at a construction site in Raffles Place, where Clifford Centre once stood, after
the ground beneath him gave way.
In the first half of 2024, 19 workers died in work-related accidents, up from 14 in the same period in 2023.
MOM has not released the full-year figures for 2024 yet, but in December 2024, it reported
15 work-related deaths in the construction sector in the second half of 2024, up from five in the first half.