Operator trapped in overturned excavator in Novena Ville

[Darthrevan]

 

Rescue efforts are now underway to excricate a man trapped inside the operator's seat of an overturned excavator in Novena Ville.

 

It is understood that the excavator toppled sideways into a ditch at a construction site of a four-storey residential and commercial building at about 9am on Thursday.

 

As of 10.30am, Singapore Civil Defence Force officers were at the construction site.

 

They were seen using an onsite exacavator and hydraulic rescue equipment to try and free the man.

 

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...ue-efforts-unde

[Darthrevan]

A large crane has been brought into the worksite where an excavator toppled this morning, killing the machine operator.

 

At least 10 officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force are at the scene to try and retrieve the body.

 

An SCDF spokesman confirmed that the excavator operator, believed to be a Singaporean Chinese in his 50s, is dead.

 

SCDF officers had asked the site contractor to bring in a large crane to help stabilise the area, and the crane was sent in at about 12.30pm.

 

The accident happened at about 8am, with the Novena Ville excavator accident: Large crane brought in to stabilise toppled machine

 

SCDF receiving a call for help at 8.42am.

 

An on-site safety supervisor was believed to be at another end of the worksite when the accident happened.

 

The site, opposite Novena Church, used to house a row of shops including the famous Wee Nam Kee Hainanese chicken rice eatery and a Penang food restaurant, as well as apartments.

 

It is being developed by the Fragrance Group into a four-storey residential cum commercial development called Novena Regency.

 

It has not been confirmed how the excavator, which was carrying out demolition works, toppled suddenly to its left before being submerged under debris.

 

Ms Merian Inboc, 34, who lives in a bungalow opposite the worksite, told The Straits Times she heard a loud bang earlier in the morning but was unaware that an accident had occurred.

 

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...bilise-toppled-

[Darthrevan]

 

Novena Ville excavator accident: Body of operator removed from site

 

The body of the man caught in an excavator pinned under debris at a worksite along Thomson Road was removed from the site in a police vehicle at about 3.20pm. Eight family members who declined to speak to the media exited the area soon after.

 

A construction worker who did not want to be named said he found the site to be "safe" and added that about three to four workers were carrying out demolition works for about a month at the site, he added.

 

A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman said a concrete slab had been pinning down the cabin where the operator was in.

 

The site, opposite Novena Church, used to house a row of shops including the famous Wee Nam Kee Hainanese chicken rice eatery and a Penang food restaurant, as well as apartments. It is being developed by the Fragrance Group into a four-storey residential and commercial development called Novena Regency.

 

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...d-site-20130606

 

[Hamburger]

RIP...

[Twnll]

This condo may be haunted...

[Happily1986]

This condo may be haunted...

 

Really? someone may have just lost her husband and some kid(s) may have lost their father and all you are concerned about is that the place may be haunted?

 

[Kusje]

Really? someone may have just lost her husband and some kid(s) may have lost their father and all you are concerned about is that the place may be haunted?

 

Really? someone may have just lost her husband and some kid(s) may have lost their father and all you are concerned about is that someone is concerned that the place may be haunted?

[Windwaver]

Yeah, it's a fellow Singaporean . Actually these folks that fight the fire should be paid the MOST. Not some idiots up there that only know how to use 'imagination' and mouth power.

[Mysportwish]

RIP - construction workers are our unsung hero that helped to build singapore and allow us to have a shelter over our head.

 

It is not easy to be in that trade, under hot sun and rain....

 

my condolences to the family of the late

[2BDriver]

Saw the deceased grey hair old mother turned-up at the site in the TV News video clip and felt very sad for her painful loss of a son, hope she can overcome and live on.

Crane Driver Rest In Peace, God Bless Him And His Family.

[WTF]

RIP.......

[Happily1986]

Really? someone may have just lost her husband and some kid(s) may have lost their father and all you are concerned about is that someone is concerned that the place may be haunted?

 

nice trolling