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Worker dies after fall at MRT construction site; stop-work order issued
The Straits Times
|November 16, 2025
A worker died after falling at an MRT construction site for the Jurong Region Line on Nov 13.
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said the 46-year-old construction supervisor had fallen from a height of about 9m while descending scaffolding at the site near Block 202 Pandan Gardens, near Jurong East, at around 5.30pm.
He was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A stop-work order has been issued for the worksite, said LTA.
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